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<p>DFID is one of the largest donors to the UN’s Iraq Humanitarian Fund (IHF), having
committed over £74m since 2014. The IHF was one of the largest and most comprehensive
funding mechanisms available for humanitarian partners responding to the needs of
Moslawis throughout 2017 and 2018. The IHF rapidly scaled up its operations in advance
of Mosul’s liberation, including with significant financial support from DFID. In
March 2017, for example, over £1.5m was allocated by the IHF to expand and upgrade
water and sanitation facilities in Haj Ali IDP camp in Ninewa Governorate, to ensure
preparedness for the increasing caseload of displaced people from Mosul. The IHF continues
to support dozens of humanitarian camps in the region, and DFID maintains a close
dialogue with the UN in this respect.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to helping those displaced
from Mosul, DFID is supporting efforts to improve conditions in the city so that people
can return home following the conflict. This includes over £30m in funding for the
UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) and UNDP’s Funding Facility for Stabilisation (FFS)
since 2015. UNMAS focusses on the removal of explosive hazards and the FFS works to
restore basic services; the latter has already rehabilitated dozens of hospitals and
schools, and is currently carrying out work to repair the decimated electricity grid
in West Mosul.</p>
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