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17/06/09 Rapareen II - Start of activities

Vocational trainings and social activities have been launched in Rapareen in the frame of the second phase of the project 'Promoting Peace Building in Rapareen'. Activities are very popular and include: mobile fixing and computer maintenance training for young people, decorative sewing training for women and theatre training for youth. Attendance is higher than planned and INSAN is taking adequate steps to ensure that all can take part to activities..

10/05/09 Closing registrations in Rapareen

During the last 20 days, INSAN received community members in Kirkuk al Salam Centre to fill applications to take part to new set of activities to be launched in the frame of the second project. Registration is now closed and selection of participants will be announced in the next week..

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Focus on current activities

INSAN is currently implementing a project in Kirkuk to promote peace building and peaceful co-existence between communities living in the same area.

In January and February 2009, grants were awarded to 30 individual entrepreuners to start economic activites. New shops and services have been opened in Rapareen, providing new dynamics to the comunity life and generating regular income to the young entrepreuners..

Below are two success stories: Miran opened a CD shop while Namam developed her hairdressing salon.