MOSUL AL JADIDA AREA BASED ASSESSMENT

MAY 2018

Returns Working Group RWG al Jadida Area Based Assessment

Produced by REACH Initiative with the support of the Iraq Returns Working Group, CCCM and ECHO

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2 TABLE OF CONTENTS

4 Introduction 18 Functionality and Access to Services

6 Methodology 18 Overview

7 Challenges and Limitations 20 Healthcare

8 Background and Context 24 Education

8 Historic Overview and Trends 28 Access to Municipal Services

10 Governance Structure 28 Water

12 Assessment Findings 30 Electricity

12 Demographics 32 Solid Waste Disposal

13 Livelihoods 34 Conclusion

14 Food Security 35 Endnotes

14 Assistance

15 Shelter APPENDIX ONE - SECTOR FACTSHEETS

16 Protection and Social Cohesion APPENDIX TWO - NEIGHBOURHOOD MAPS

3 INTRODUCTION

In October 2016, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and individuals (82,978 families) returning between 1 Kurdish Peshmerga Forces began a military January 2017 and 30 March 2018.5 Many families offensive to regain control over the city of Mosul returned to neighbourhoods scarred by conflict and its surroundings from the so-called Islamic and years of ISIL occupation. As the context in State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which had Mosul transitions from an emergency to one of controlled these areas since the summer of 2014. recovery and stabilization, the priority for the On 24 January 2017, the Government of Iraq (GoI) government and the humanitarian community re-established complete control over the east side has shifted to facilitating the safe and dignified of Mosul city.1 The west, however, proved more returns of IDPs, and the resumption of key public difficult to retake, and it was not until 9 July – 10 services that are critical to both restoring public months after the start of the offensive – that the confidence in the ability of the government to city was declared fully under GoI control.2 meet the core needs of the population, and to ensuring sustainable returns to Mosul city. Based As a result of the offensive on the western half of on available sources, REACH Initiative (REACH) informing planning and prioritization of needs by (167,580 individuals/27,930 families) between the city, high numbers of individuals were displaced found that, while data regarding returns and level actors implementing humanitarian and recovery 17 February and 30 March);6 is comprised of from their homes: the International Organization of damage within west Mosul was widely known, interventions in the municipality. The ABA several neighbourhoods that were among the for Migration (IOM) recorded 695,677 individuals there was a lack of publicly available, location- represents a key product contributing to a global first to be retaken by the ISF, thereby sustaining Al-Shuqaq Mosul (115,946 families) transiting through Hamam specific information outlining the availability of program supported by EU Humanitarian Aid, less damage than other areas of the western Al-Risalah Al-Jadida al Alil screening site3 between 3 March and 6 services and specific needs in areas of the west. which targets cities in crisis to inform area-based half of the city;7 and was one of the first western Rajim Hadid - Al-Nablus Al-Amil 4 Nawab Al Dhubat Al-Mansur July 2017. These populations were displaced response and recovery plans, and where possible, municipalitie