The Collateral Repair Project
in affiliation with the International Humanities Center
Food for the hungry in Iraq
The displacement crisis inside of Iraq is of catastrophic proportions. It is estimated that 2,000,000 people are displaced
within the borders of Iraq.  Now that Jordan has effectively closed it's borders to Iraqis and with Syria soon to follow suit,
 The number of people internally displaced is certain to only increase now that Jordan has effectively closed it's borders
to Iraqis and with Syria soon to follow suit.

Very limited international aid is getting into the country and what little does is vastly insufficient to meet the
overwhelming need.

The severity of this crisis is such that, as word has spread within Iraq about our modest project,  pleas are flooding in
from Iraqi grassroots relief groups, begging us to provide funds for food rations.  

Although all of the projects we facilitate are worthy in providing much needed assistance, we hope you will consider
helping to provide desperately needed food rations for hungry families.   
Food Rations Desperately Needed Throughout Iraq
From: Humanitarian Briefing on the Crisis in Iraq

Food -
The general perception currently is that the Government of Iraq's (GoI) Public Distribution System (PDS) food ration has ceased to function in some
districts and is only partially functioning in others, with incomplete rations being provided, due to declining security conditions, breakdowns in the
supply chain or pilfering/criminality. This brings deep concern when the World Food Programme (WFP) reports that, “For the poor and food insecure
population, the PDS ration represents by far the single most important food source in the diet.”

Four million Iraqis are food insecure and 47% of Iraqis are highly dependent on the PDS.

Malnutrition among children aged 6 months to 5 years in Iraq is widespread. Forty-three percent of these children are suffering from a form of
malnutrition: 23% suffer from chronic malnutrition, 12% suffer from general malnutrition, and 8% suffer from acute malnutrition. As a result, 18% of
these children are suffering from growth stunting.

A human development crisis is the fate of the Iraqi population, 39% of whom were below 15 years of age in 2004. As the humanitarian situation has
deteriorated, the rate of malnutrition has increased.