Harikar implements a variety of awareness raising activities, such as workshops, trainings, and community events. Harikar NGO also works with the media and utilizes social media to promote awareness of these issues and to challenge negative stereotypes and attitudes.

Harikar has extensive experience in providing case management services to survivors of gender-based violence (GBV), child protection cases, and other vulnerable populations in Iraq. Case management is a holistic approach to supporting survivors that includes providing them with access to a range of services, such as medical care, psychosocial support, legal assistance, and economic empowerment opportunities. Harikar NGO’s case management services are tailored to the individual needs of each survivor and are provided in a confidential and supportive environment.

Harikar has successfully implemented 5 Child Protection (CP) projects in Iraq since 2017, with a primary focus on aiding Syrian refugees, internally displaced person(IDPs), and vulnerable children and youth. These initiatives have been specifically designed to improve access to education, child protection services, livelihoods and structured unstructured psychosocial support for this demographic.

Harikar’s CP projects encompass a wide range of activities, including providing psychosocial support and life skills training for children and youth, establishing mother toddler groups and early childhood care and development (ECCD) activities, supporting youth clubs, regular sessions focused on resilience activities for both children and parents, offering multipurpose cash assistance and cash for protection to children and their families, providing life skills and vocational training for youth, business grants, apprenticeship services, hosting home-based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) awareness sessions for children and families, and delivering case management services for children and youth. Furthermore, support was extended to duty bearers and community structures, including child protection committees and child rights clubs, to ensure the protection of at-risk girls and boys.

These projects have had a significant impact on the lives of children and youth in need, contributing to the creation of a safer and more nurturing environment.

Harikar has implemented 18 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) projects since 2017, with a focus on Syrian and non-Syrian refugees, internally displaced individuals (IDPs), and vulnerable women and girls. These projects have aimed to reduce the risk of GBV, improve the quality of GBV response services, and strengthen the capacity of government and civil society institutions to prevent and respond to GBV.

Harikar’s GBV projects included a range of activities, such as providing case management, counseling, and psychosocial support structures for GBV survivors and their families, raising awareness on GBV issues, and promoting community engagement and mobilization to prevent and respond to GBV. They also offered vocational training and income-generating projects to empower women, men, boys, and girls economically and reduce their vulnerability to GBV. The projects strengthened the referral pathway for GBV survivors to ensure they had access to the services they needed, conducted safety audits and other GBV assessments to identify gaps, needs, and risks related to GBV, provided training on GBV prevention and response for various actors, including community members and leaders, and organized international events related to GBV.

Harikar’s GBV projects have made a significant impact on the lives of refugees, IDPs, and vulnerable women, men, boys and girls in need. By reducing the risk of GBV, improving the quality of GBV response services, and empowering women, men, boys and girls, Harikar NGO is helping to create a safer and more equitable society for all. Additionally, Harikar is a co-chair of the GBV working group in Duhok, and a member of the PSEA Iraq network and of the GBVIMS taskforce since 2017.

Harikarhas implemented a wide range of protection projects since 2017, targeting populations of Syrian and non-Syrian refugees and asylum seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and returnees. These projects have aimed at promoting protection including but not limited to, the improvement of access to legal assistance, registration, psychosocial support, education, and other essential basic services, while also promoting peaceful coexistence between refugees, IDPs, and host communities.

Harikar dedicated its efforts to enhancing access to legal assistance and remedies, elevating the quality of registration and profiling for refugees and IDPs, and fostering peaceful coexistence between refugees, IDPs, and the host communities. Additionally, Harikar provided crucial psychosocial support and GBV prevention and response services in camps and urban areas, and offered free legal and social guidance, with a special focus on vulnerable groups such as women and children. Harikar was passionate about raising awareness regarding fundamental human rights, child protection, women’s rights, issues related to sexual and gender-based violence (S/GBV), legal matters, and health and hygiene education within the displaced communities. Furthermore, Harikar empowered IDP and refugee youth, men, and women through skill development, civic education, and sports activities, and worked tirelessly to improve access to quality education for children and adolescents. The organization’s commitment extended to safeguarding the physical and mental well-being of those with acute needs due to conflict, and they strived to address critical living standard issues by expanding access to essential services. Harikar also played a crucial role in strengthening access to specialized protection services for returnees and IDPs in Ninawa and Duhok governorates.

In light of the developmental phase, and even progressing beyond, Harikar, since the beginning of 2023, in collaboration with UNHCR, is implementing an initiative that aims at enabling the targeted communities including Syrian and non-Syrian refugees and asylum seekers and IDPs, managing, representing, and leading themselves. At the same time, the initiative is advancing plans to enhance the communication between communities and service providers and support community-led protection response and social cohesion initiatives.

Harikar’s protection projects have made a significant impact on the lives of refugees, IDPs, returnees and the host communities. By providing essential services and promoting peaceful coexistence, Harikar is helping to build a better future for all.

Harikar has undertaken four Health projects since 2017, with a primary focus on vulnerable young people, women, and girls, as well as crisis-affected populations in general. These projects aimed to enhance access to reproductive health services, address gender-based violence, and strengthen early warning disease detection.

Harikar’s Health projects included key activities such as coordinating with the Iraqi Ministry of Health to ensure integrated high-quality reproductive health services, establishing and reinforcing programs on reproductive health, social cohesion, and civic engagement for vulnerable young people, especially marginalized adolescent girls in humanitarian settings. They also conducted initiatives to prevent gender-based violence and provide information on related services, offering a range of reproductive health services, including antenatal and postnatal care, family planning, deliveries, gynecological services, and clinical management of rape. Moreover, Harikar NGO carried out COVID-19 awareness campaigns for pregnant and new mothers and other community members.

The impact of Harikar’s Health projects has been significant, improving the lives and well-being of vulnerable women and girls.

Harikar is a pioneer in providing legal assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs, with 17 years of experience. Leveraging its technical capacity, Harikar’s legal teams offer awareness, counseling, and representation through static clinics and mobile helpdesks in camps and urban areas. Moreover, they actively engage in civil registration projects, playing a crucial role in preventing statelessness through documentation initiatives.

Harikar has implementing five Livelihood projects since 2017, primarily focused on aiding conflict-affected residents, returnees, internally displaced individuals (IDPs), and host communities. These initiatives have been designed to enhance access to food security, agricultural assets and inputs, and livelihood opportunities.

Harikar’s Livelihood projects encompass a wide range of activities, including irrigation rehabilitation, agricultural techniques training, rehabilitation of marketing centers, improved marketing techniques training, financial management and accounting training, provision of agriculture inputs and assets, Cash for Work programs involving cleaning irrigation canals and water networks, labor market assessments, micro-enterprise training, distribution of business grants, business mentorship, apprenticeship support services, and job counseling and referrals.

These Livelihood projects have had a significant impact on the lives of conflict-affected individuals and communities. By providing essential support, training, and opportunities, Harikar has aided people in rebuilding their livelihoods and creating a better future for themselves and their families. Additionally, Harikar is an active member of the Climate Resilient Livelihoods/Agriculture Task Force (CRLA TF).

Harikar provides PSEA trainings to a variety of stakeholders, including humanitarian workers and government officials, and community members. PSEA trainings help participants to understand the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian and development settings and to prevent and respond to these risks. Harikar NGO’s PSEA trainings are based on international best practices.

Harikar provides a range of PSS services to survivors of GBV, child protection cases, and other vulnerable populations in Iraq. PSS services help survivors to cope with the psychological and emotional impact of their experiences. Harikar NGO’s PSS services are provided by trained and experienced professionals and are tailored to the individual needs of each survivor.

Harikar has successfully implemented six Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) projects since 2017, with a primary focus on internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and host communities. These projects have been dedicated to enhancing access to safe water and sanitation facilities, promoting hygiene practices, and reinforcing water conservation efforts.

The WASH projects conducted by Harikar have included a range of activities, such as drilling boreholes and constructing water networks in host communities, supplying camps with medical resources and enhancing solid waste management, rehabilitating water and sanitation networks and boreholes in camps and urban areas, providing vocational training on WASH and care and maintenance of WASH facilities, distributing water filters and hygiene kits, conducting hygiene promotion campaigns, developing and implementing a multi-sectoral water conservation concept paper, and offering safe water, sanitation facilities, and hygiene promotion in underserved informal settlements and critical shelters.

The impact of Harikar’s WASH projects has been significant, benefiting IDPs, returnees, and host communities. These efforts have played a crucial role in creating a healthier and more sustainable future by delivering essential services and promoting WASH practices.