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"AMAR has
implemented local healthcare projects both for refugees and in
situations of
conflict, in line
with WHO concepts, by developing basic medical services, educational
systems, water sanitation systems and training in medical services.
WHO and AMAR share a basic belief in assisting populations to become
self-reliant in health."
Kazem Behbehani, Assistant Director
General WHO |
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The AMAR Appeal was set up in 1992
after the war for the liberation of Kuwait and in response to the
plight of the Sh’ia of the southern Marshlands of Iraq. The
founder was Emma Nicholson, then a Conservative Member of the British
Parliament. AMAR was established as a charity registered under English
law. In the next few years it build up a structure of support for
Marsh Arabs who had fled to Iran.
 The work has concentrated on providing
basic health care, clean water and essential educational services
for up to 95,000 refugees in and around camps in Iran. Administrative
costs are kept to a minimum. Wherever possible Iranians and Iraqis
themselves have been recruited to provide operational services. Management
is restricted to a small number of dedicated Iranians in Tehran and
a staff of three in London. AMAR has received funding from the British
and other governments, from international agencies and from corporate
and private donations.
 Throughout its relief work it has received
generous cooperation at all levels from the authorities of the Islamic
Republic of Iran. In addition to the work of the relief of suffering
AMAR has also worked to raise the awareness of the plight of the
Marsh Dwellers of southern Iraq within the context of the travails
of the people of Iraq as a whole. It has documented and monitored
what has been happening in southern Iraq both to the people and to
the environment.
The organisation has expanded its activities to emergency relief
and medical training in Lebanon and after the US-led war in Afghanistan
to providing primary health care and sanitation projects for Afghan
refugees in Iran. |
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