U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Iraq – Humanitarian and Reconstruction
Assistance
Fact Sheet #63, Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 September 4, 2003
Current Situation (updated once a week)
Sector Updates
Electricity
• On August 27, power generation reached a post-conflict high of 3,715 megawatts (MW) or 84 percent of the
pre-war level of 4,400 MW.
Food
Public Distribution System (PDS)
• Distributions for the August PDS are ongoing. Since August 19, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP)
dispatched 70,249 metric tons (MT) of commodities, for a total August dispatch of 170,453 MT. To date, total
WFP dispatches into Iraq have exceeded 1.8 million MT.
• The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) is working with the Director of the Arbil Food Department to ensure
a smooth transition from the WFP PDS in northern Iraq to a PDS run by Kurdish authorities. Arbil’s Food
Department currently processes approximately 4,000 monthly PDS registrations, as well as the Dahuk and Arbil
food agent payments.
U.S. Government Response
• USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) is supporting U.N. and non-governmental
organizations (NGO) emergency assistance activities through quick-impact projects and internally displaced
persons (IDP) support. USAID/OFDA supports projects in the sectors of food security, health, logistics,
nutrition, shelter, and water and sanitation.
• USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) is providing emergency food commodities through the Bill
Emerson Humanitarian Trust (BEHT) and P.L. 480 Title II emergency food assistance to the U.N. World Food
Program (WFP) for distribution to food insecure Iraqis. WFP also received a cash contribution from
USAID/FFP for the purchase of commodities in the region.
• The Department of State’s Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) contributed assistance
for the pre-positioning and emergency response activities of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and
Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
• USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) is supporting the implementation of the Iraq Transition
Initiative (ITI). The ITI program supports the process of community recovery and stabilization in post-conflict
Iraq by providing small grants designed to build confidence among Iraq's diverse ethnic groups, increase citizen
participation in decision-making, and rapidly respond to community needs, while establishing and building trust
for long-term reconstruction efforts. The ITI program is implemented through USAID/OTI implementing
partners Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) and IOM. In addition, USAID/OTI works with the Broadcasting
Board of Governors to enhance the capacity of Radio SAWA to broadcast humanitarian and reconstruction
reporting.
• In addition to emergency relief assistance, USAID’s Asia and Near East Bureau (USAID/ANE) has provided
timely assistance for reconstruction requirements in Iraq in a broad range of sectors. USAID is helping to
rehabilitate schools in time for the start of the new school year, review and distribute text books, and distribute
school and student kits. USAID/ANE is also helping to organize neighborhood advisory councils and
community associations that help prioritize and deliver essential services to communities, provide basic
healthcare to all Iraqis, and organize immunization campaigns. In addition, USAID/ANE is helping to
rehabilitate power plants, water and sanitation facilities, bridges, railroads, the Umm Qasr seaport, and the
airports in Baghdad and Al Basrah, as well as initiating an economic governance program that will help Iraq
transition to a free market society.
Emergency Relief, Transition, and Reconstruction Initiatives (updated once a week)
Abuse Prevention Unit (APU)
• The Kurdish Regional Government Ministry of Human Rights is collaborating with USAID/OTI partner DAI
and the Ministry of Education (MOE) to organize a three-day conference in Dahuk Governorate entitled

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“Conference on the Education of Human Rights.” The participants will work together to find ways of
strengthening human rights within Iraq, especially within the national educational system.
Community Action
• USAID partner ACDI/VOCA assisted an Iraqi community association in the northern city of Taza with
generator repairs at a primary health care center that provides dental, laboratory, and testing services to 2,400
people.
• During the month of August, USAID partner International Relief and Development (IRD) delivered 89
administrative kits containing office supplies to neighborhood advisory councils in Baghdad.
• IRD is continuing to develop Baghdad’s community marketplace that will contain stalls for over 1,300 local
Iraqi vendors once completed. The marketplace will also open walkways, create a secondary market for street
vendors, and employ 800 Iraqi laborers over a three-month period.
• USAID partner CHF International (CHF) sent five teams to the southern Iraqi governorate of An Najaf to open
an office and to brief tribal and religious leaders about the community action program. CHF is currently
working on rehabilitating a school and a health center in An Najaf.
Economic Governance
• USAID partner BearingPoint is working on developing micro- and small-enterprise lending activities in Iraq
through banks, non-bank finance companies, and NGOs.
• BearingPoint is providing technical assistance to the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) for the creation of both a
currency auction (the process through which a stable currency is established) and a statistics and monetary data
unit at CBI. These mechanisms are necessary for ensuring the stability of Iraq’s new currency that will begin to
be issued in mid-October.
Education
• On August 31, USAID/OTI partner DAI began efforts to rehabilitate five primary schools in the city of Kirkuk
to benefit over 2,000 students.
• ACDI/VOCA held an exam preparation course for students of eight schools in Kirkuk’s Shoresh area to benefit
290 students. In addition, the school’s student union employed thirteen people during the ten-day program.
Health
• USAID/OFDA partner International Rescue Committee (IRC) conducted a training session for 43 midwives in
Karbala’, teaching participants additional skills and preparing them for work in their communities.
• USAID/OFDA and IRC are working to provide health and water and sanitation assistance to 80,000 IDPs in
Arbil Governorate.
Infrastructure
Airports
• Bechtel is restoring the East Fire Station building at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) by refurbishing the
stations plumbing, electrical fixtures, and heating and air-conditioning units.
• Skylink has developed and conducted three classes in basic firefighter certification for 60 Iraqi airport
firefighters.
Electricity
• USAID partner Bechtel continues major planning and staffing efforts in support of CPA’s accelerated power
generation programs and is deploying 45 additional personnel to Iraq.
Local Governance
• On August 26, USAID partner Research Triangle Institute (RTI) attended the election of the Ad Diwaniyah
tribal council. Approximately 300 sheikhs, representing 40 tribes and an estimated 90 percent of the population
of the governorate, also attended. CPA is supporting the new tribal council with facilities, training programs,
and other resources.
• On August 27, RTI conducted a budgeting and accounting workshop for thirty representatives from 15 Babil
Governorate departments in Al Hillah. The workshop outlined steps used in identifying governorate needs and
prioritizing investment opportunities.
Transition Initiatives
• USAID/OTI partner DAI is working with the MOE and officials from the public library in the city of Arbil to
identify renovation priorities for the dilapidated library, particularly with respect to furnishings and establishing
an Internet-capable computer system.
• On August 27, USAID/OTI delivered a “Ministry-in-a-Box” furniture kit to the Ministry of Planning in
Baghdad, and on August 31, USAID/OTI delivered “Ministry-in-a Box” kits to the Ministry of Housing and
Construction, as well as the administrative offices of Baghdad’s Zawara Park. To date, USAID/OTI has
completed 30 “Ministry-in-a-Box” projects.
• On September 1, DAI completed the renovation of the façade of the At’ Tamim Governorate Building in
Kirkuk. The building will serve as the central office building and town hall for the new interim governorate
authority.

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Water and Sanitation
• USAID/OTI partner IOM is working with the Kirkuk Solid Waste Technical Center to rehabilitate the center’s
building and repair the Kirkuk Department of Sanitation’s fleet of trucks.
• Bechtel is beginning comprehensive work on the Sweet Water Canal located north of the city of Al Basrah,
including dredging the canal, repairing water pumping stations, and cleaning reservoirs. Once completed, water
flow in the canal will rise from a current 3 cubic meters per second to approximately 8 cubic meters per second,
an increase of 250 percent, resulting in more availability of clean drinking water for Al Basrah residents.
Background on USG Response in Iraq
• Since 1991, the Iraqi population has subsisted on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. Between 1991 and 1996,
the USG provided nearly $794 million in humanitarian assistance to IDPs in northern Iraq.
• In 1996, the Government of Iraq accepted the Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP), after which humanitarian
conditions improved. Revenues from the OFFP provided food, medicine, and other civilian goods to assist
vulnerable Iraqis through the PDS. However, widespread corruption by Iraqi officials limited the effectiveness
of the OFFP program.
• On March 20, 2003, Coalition forces began military operations in Iraq. On May 1, 2003, 42 days after the
conflict began, U.S. President George W. Bush announced that major combat operations in Iraq had ended.
• Looting and sabotage of infrastructure as well as security issues during and after the recent conflict has created
additional challenges for reconstruction efforts aimed at restoring the country’s essential services.
• In March 2003, the USG deployed a multi-agency Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to the region to
assess and respond to humanitarian needs and to help coordinate the emergency relief effort. In addition, the
USAID Asia and Near East Bureau sent a number of technical staff to prepare for immediate reconstruction
requirements. USAID established offices in Arbil, Baghdad, Al Hillah, and Al Basrah, and located staff
members in Kuwait, Doha, Amman, and Cyprus. USAID personnel deployed to Baghdad, Al Basrah, Al
Hillah, and Arbil have worked closely with U.N. agencies, NGOs, and in coordination with U.S. Military Civil
Affairs personnel. On July 27, at the USAID office in Baghdad, USAID Mission Director Lewis Lucke
officially announced the formation of USAID's Mission to Iraq. On August 1, the DART in Iraq officially
ended, and the USAID Mission in Baghdad now coordinates all USAID programs.

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Agency
Implementing
Partner Sector Regions Amount
FY 2003
EMERGENCY RELIEF
USAID/OFDA ........................................................................................................................................... $74,924,316
Administrative Administrative Costs Countrywide $5,064,167
AirServ Logistics Countrywide $2,151,585
ARC Capacity building, Disaster support Al Basrah $537,746
The Cuny Center Research studies Countrywide $40,260
GOAL Coordination, Nutrition Al Muthanna’ $1,507,900
International
Dispensary
Association
Health Countrywide $1,283,772
InterAction Coordination Kuwait City $92,860
IOM IDP programs Countrywide $5,000,000
IMC Capacity building Countrywide $202,900
Logistics Commodities and DART support Countrywide $10,966,351
SCF/US NGO Consortium Countrywide $883,131
UNICEF Health, nutrition, water/sanitation Countrywide $4,000,000
UN OCHA Coordination and Information Countrywide $1,200,000
WFP Logistics and pre-positioning of food Countrywide $5,000,000
Cooperative Agreements
IMC
Quick-impact projects: Food Security,
Health, Nutrition, Water/Sanitation
Countrywide
$8,000,000
Health Al Basrah, Maysan,
Wasit, Kirkuk, At’ Tamin
Health, Water/Sanitation An Nasiriyah
IRC
Quick-impact projects: Health,
Water/Sanitation
Countrywide
$4,998,685
Water/Sanitation Kirkuk, Karbala’, Najaf
Mercy Corps
Quick-impact projects: Health, Non-
Food Items, Shelter, Water/Sanitation
Countrywide
$5,000,000
Water/Sanitation Kirkuk
Water/Sanitation Diyala’, Al Kut, Khanaqin
Water/Sanitation Wasit
Water/Sanitation Al Basrah
SCF/US
Quick-impact projects: Food Security,
Health, Shelter, Nutrition, Non-Food
Items, Water/Sanitation
Countrywide
$6,000,000
Nutrition Mosul
Health, Transportation Mosul
Water/Sanitation Al Basrah
Health Mosul
Health Baghdad
Nutrition Baghdad
Water/Sanitation, Health Al Basrah
IDP Support Al Basrah
World Vision
Quick-impact projects: Health,
Logistics, Non-Food Items
Countrywide
$4,994,959
Water/Sanitation Al Anbar
Hospital Rehabilitation Al Anbar
Water/Sanitation Mosul
CARE
Quick-impact projects Countrywide
$8,000,000
Water System Rehabilitation Al Anbar
Blankets, Hygiene Kits Baghdad

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U.S. Government Humanitarian and Reconstruction Assistance to Iraq*
USAID/FFP ..............................................................................................................................................$431,800,000
WFP Operations Countrywide $45,000,000
WFP Emerson Trust – 81,500 MT Countrywide $39,400,000
WFP
P.L. 480 Title II emergency food
commodities – 163,820 MT
Countrywide $147,400,000
WFP Regional Purchase – 330,000 MT Countrywide $200,000,000
STATE/PRM ..............................................................................................................................................$38,935,691
UNHCR Emergency assistance Countrywide $21,000,000
ICRC Emergency assistance Countrywide $10,000,000
IFRC Emergency assistance Countrywide $3,000,000
IOM TCN – transportation assistance Countrywide $3,630,000
Catholic Migration
Commission
Humanitarian assistance to Iraqi
refugees
Lebanon and Jordan $1,305,691
RECONSTRUCTION
USAID/ANE ............................................................................................................................................$930,564,000
Abt Associates Health Countrywide $20,995,000
AFCAP Logistics Countrywide $16,500,000
Army Corps of
Engineers
Architecture and Engineering services Countrywide $10,000,000
BearingPoint Economic Governance Countrywide $9,000,000
Bechtel Airports, buildings, emergency
communications, power, railroads,
roads and bridges, Umm Qasr seaport,
water and sanitation
Countrywide $680,000,000
Community Action
Program
Development in impoverished
communities
Countrywide $35,000,000
IRG Reconstruction Support Countrywide $18,286,000
RTI Local Governance Countrywide $44,611,000
CAII Education Countrywide $22,853,000
UNICEF Health, Water, and Sanitation Countrywide $28,000,000
UNICEF Education Countrywide $7,000,000
UNESCO Textbook Printing and Distribution:
Math and Science
Countrywide $10,000,000
WHO Strengthen Health System Countrywide $10,000,000
SSA Port Management Umm Qasr $4,819,000
SkyLink Airport Management Baghdad
Al Basrah
Mosul
$8,000,000
MSI Monitoring and Evaluation Countrywide $5,500,000
USAID/OTI ................................................................................................................................................$50,651,794
Administrative Administrative Costs Countrywide $1,066,831
IOM Iraq Transition Initiative Countrywide $10,587,595
DAI Iraq Transition Initiative Countrywide $35,523,857
Internews Media Countrywide $160,359
Radio SAWA Media Countrywide $400,000
Spa War Inter-Ministry Communications Countrywide $2,913,152
TOTAL USAID ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ IN FY 2003 ....................................................................$1,487,940,110
TOTAL STATE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ IN FY 2003.........................................................................$38,935,691
Total STATE/USAID Assistance to Iraq in FY 2003.........................................................................$1,526,875,801
*Figures in funding sheet are subject to change and do not represent a final official accounting of USG obligations.