Warchild – Iraq

In September 2017, Arete photographer Kate Holt travelled to Iraq to document War Child’s work with children who had been displaced by the ongoing war. The photos have been used widely on War Child’s social media and have recently been used to front their #LearnToLive campaign, in partnership with the Independent and Standard newspapers.

One of our videographers also travelled with Kate on the trip. The footage was edited by Arete’s Jasmin Qureshi into a short video, showing the work of one of War Child’s staff members, Nesreen.

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WATCH NESREEN'S STORY

A man holds his children's hands as they walk between rows of tents and burning plastic in a camp for people displaced from Mosul in Northern Iraq.

Children play amongst rows of tents that are covered in dust in a camp for people displaced from Mosul in Northern Iraq.

Young children look through a fence at a Child Friendly Space that is run by War Child UK at an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

Children play with wheelbarrows and run past a destroyed University building in Hamam al-Alil, Mosul, Iraq.

Young boys play with a puzzle at a Child Friendly Space that is run by War Child UK at an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

Young girls play a game at a Child Friendly Space that is run by War Child UK at an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

Ali, a former Iraqi soldier, and his family pose for photographs at their tent in an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

Mohammed, a young boy who fled from his home in Mosul three years ago with his brother and grandparents, leaving his parents behind, poses for a for photograph in an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

Sa'afi, who was injured when a bomb exploded in his village of Salazar, that also killed his father, poses for a photograph in the tent he shares with his cousins at an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

Young girls who have been displaced from Mosul because of ongoing fighting, play with string in a Cat's Cradle, at a Child Friendly Space that is run by War Child UK at an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

Young girls wait to play a game at a Child Friendly Space that is run by War Child UK at an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

A young boy skips at a Child Friendly Space that is run by War Child UK at an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

A young child who has been displaced by fighting in Mosul poses for a photograph in a Child Friendly space run by the NGO War Child at an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

The daughter of Ali, a former Iraqi soldier, poses for photographs at their tent in an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

The child of Ali, a former Iraqi soldier, poses for photographs at their tent in an IDP camp near Dohuk, Iraq.

A young girl poses for a photograph in the evening light in a camp for people displaced from Mosul near Erbil, Iraq.