Qandil Swedish Humanitarian Aid Organization

QANDIL was founded in Stockholm, in 1991 as a Swedish not-for-profit, non-governmental humanitarian aid organization. The aims of the organization are to provide humanitarian assistance, promote peace through developmental and rehabilitation projects, support economic and social development, improve human rights, assist in the improvement of local governance structures and improve the lives of vulnerable people, including local communities, internally displaced people (IDPs), refugees, and returnees. QANDIL aims to provide long-term and sustainable solutions to the challenges faced by communities, but also to enhance the capacity of all stakeholders, promoting local resilience as the key strategy for reducing the reliance on the international community. QANDIL has traditionally been funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). However, Since 2016 QANDIL has been the biggest implementing partner of UNHCR in KR-I. In Erbil the partnership has meant that the organization now manages the Protection Assistance and Reintegration Centre (PARC) in Erbil, as well as providing Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) across all three governorates. Although these activities, in partnership with UNHCR, have become the cornerstone of QANDIL’s operation in the KR-I, they are by no means the only activities that the organization has been engaged in. Indeed, QANDIL has a long history of high quality service provision across Iraq, with past projects focusing on rehabilitating and constructing: health; water sanitation and hygiene; shelter and educational, facilities. Furthermore, recently QANDIL is also implementing educational skills projects, capacity building for local NGOs and establishing logistical hubs for partners. In addition to UNHCR these other activities have either been supported or done in partnership with: The German Ministry for Economic and Social Development, GIZ, UNICEF, WFP and UNFPA.