On Sunday 10th of May IUS Aid volunteers are running in the Morrison’s Great Manchester 10k run, one of Europe’s largest runs of its kind.
There are over 4 million Iraqi Orphans, equal to nearly twice the population of the entire Greater Manchester. Many of them are victims of ISIS and its barbaric war crimes ISIS have committed against the Iraqi people and nation.
IUS Aid is aiming to raise £10,000 funds for the Orphans of Iraq. It takes just £1 a day to meet the basic needs on orphan in Iraq.
On the 11th of November 2014, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHRC) released a statement that estimated 13.6 million people have been displaced due to the invasion by ISIS.
ISIS hastargeted all segments of Syrian and Iraqi society including Sunni and Shia Muslims, Christians, Kurds, Assyrians and Yazidis. At Camp Speicher alone an estimated 1,700 men were killed on a single day. Many have been forced to leave their homes and are left with inadequate shelter, clothes and food sources.
An average Iraqi volunteers to fight ISIS at the battlefield to free his country from the enemies of humanity. He knows that his wife however is pregnant. He asks her that if he’s martyred, the child should be brought and placed on his grave…
a. Online donations: justgiving.com/Iraqaid10k
b. Texting IRAQ95 £5/£10 to 70070 (JustTextGivingfreephone number)Once your donation has gone through you can also add Gift Aid to the donation, which gives us an extra 25%.
We urge you to help the thousands of families in Iraq who are relying on your generosity.
With prayers for your safety and wellbeing, and that of your family