In response to the evolving needs of this growing community and particularly due to the major and devastating impacts that the global pandemic has had, UHfR is committed to taking a long term resilience approach towards improving overall health and wellbeing within the community. As there is very little state financial support available or health and welfare services provided to the community, basic medical needs often go untreated resulting in poor health outcomes, especially for single mothers, pregnant women, infants, the elderly and people with chronic illness. To overcome these systemic challenges and improve public health conditions in a sustainable way, UHfR is working to support three professional nurses from within the Yazidi community with a monthly stipend and essential medical equipment. UHfR mediates and establishes additional dialogues and trainings between the nurses and other healthcare professionals. This partnership model with local nurses aims to empower the community from within, by enabling them to respond to their own needs with their existing skills and strengths, and providing them with the material resources, equipment and additional training they need to deliver quality medical care to their community. To ensure the success of this long term partnership, we rely on your monthly donations. ​ Add the following reference: #medicalsupport to contribute to this program.