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“I remember seeing my body riddled with shrapnel”

Iraq

In April 2017, Raneen was injured in a bomb attack in Mosul. The leg fracture she sustained has still not healed. She is currently being treated in Hamdaniya hospital, where Handicap International (HI) is providing her with physiotherapy sessions.

Raneen Testimony

Raneen in her hospital room in Hamdaniya. | © E. Fourt / Handicap International

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1.8 million square metres of land cleared by HI since 2016
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1.8 million square metres of land cleared by HI since 2016

HI has been conducting land release operations in Iraq since 2016. Clearance is currently underway in Kirkuk.

Interview with Laurie Druelle, Head of Partnerships for Armed Violence Reduction
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Interview with Laurie Druelle, Head of Partnerships for Armed Violence Reduction

Laurie Druelle is in charge of partnerships for Armed Violence Reduction. Having joined HI in March 2019, Laurie has since supervised risk education activities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Fresh back from Iraq, we asked her a few questions.