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| Project Date | 16 March 2023 |
| Project Title | Construction of Kindergarten building at the compound of Mar Qardakh School, Ankawa |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | 150 pupils for the SY 2022-23 |
| Amount | US$ 304,000.00 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic Kindergarten (Mar Qardakh International School) |
| Description | The Mar Qardakh school serves the local Catholic community providing education from Kindergarten to Twelfth Grade. It was the first school in the Kurdistan region to adopt the International Baccalaureate curriculum of education. In 2020 Mar Qardakh partnered with the Chesterton Schools Network establishing the St. Thomas Chesterton Academy for the Eleventh and Twelfth grades. In the last two years the demand for seats (places) has increased by 20 percent with the school population now at 460 (109 kindergarten; 210 primaries; 141 secondary). The school’s capacity is now full, and its premises must be expanded to meet the demand; The Kindergarten is therefore a twofold solution of the school’s development strategy to meet the demand for seats (places): to make room for increased applications for the Primary and Secondary stages of the school, and to have a dedicated Kindergarten to meet the current and future demand. Parents will stay in the country when they know their children will be properly educated with a total Catholic identity. The Archdiocese must therefore meet the demand of Christian parents as they look to the Church and rely on it in all matters. |
| Closing Date | 20 September 2023 |
| Project Date | 29 June – 01 July 2023 |
| Project Title | Youth evangelization and Formation Program, Ankawa Youth Meeting (AYM) – 2023 |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | Over 1,400 youth attendants from all over Iraq; 7 archdioceses accounting for more than 60 parishes young Christians from Erbil, Alqosh, Baghdad, Basra, Duhok, Zakho, Mosul & Aqra, Sulaymaniyah & Kirkuk |
| Amount | US$ 132,000.00 |
| Category of Support | Pastoral Care – Youth Ministry |
| Description | AYM is the largest meeting for Christian youth in Iraq; started in 2013 by the Archdiocese of Erbil, the initiative has been met with wild success resulting in subsequent celebrations in 2018 and 2019 and resumed in 2022 following COVID-19 delays. Three days gatherings on 29 June to 01 July 2023, participated by young Christians from Erbil, Alqosh, Baghdad, Basra, Duhok, Zakho, Mosul & Aqra, |
| Closing Date | February 2024 |
| Project Date | Academic Year 2023-2024 |
| Project Title | Pope Francis Scholarship 1: 4-year scholarship program for students studying at Catholic University in Erbil (CUE), 2021-2024 |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | 150 students per Academic year of CUE from October 2021 until June 2025 |
| Amount | US$ 427,500 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | To provide free education for 150 Christian high school graduates students from different parts of Iraq over the four-year period of their degree. Parents cannot afford their education as unemployment remains at 80 %. ACN and the CUE has given them hope for their future and the ability to obtain jobs. This encourages the whole family to stay and not to emigrate; 10 per cent of the grant was mainly given to Yazidis who are destitute and a few Muslims. |
| Closing Date | July 2024 |
| Project Date | Academic Year 2023 – 2024 |
| Project Title | Pope Francis Scholarship 2 and 3: Additional 78 scholarships for 4-year scholarship program Catholic University in Erbil (CUE), 2022-23 to 2025/26 |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | 78 students of CUE for Academic year 2023 – 2024 |
| Amount | US$ 222,300.00 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | Providing scholarships to students in the first Catholic University in Iraq, that serves as the key structure to keep Christianity in Iraq; CUE plays a central role in educating Iraqi society about Christianity through events and seminars with the aim towards reconciliation, justice, peace and social cohesion; It not only gives hope to the young minorities to be able to compete for jobs through higher education, it also gives hope to their parents who would otherwise emigrate if their children could not get the chances CUE and the four Catholic schools under the archdiocese give to them; The CUE is not only be about academia but is also about forming and solidifying lifelong relationships and bonds through the traditional values of a Catholic education; From a sense of community to obtaining life skills, CUE graduates will stand apart from other university graduates of the region, especially in critical thinking; The latter is in great need in a country that learns by rote in society constantly at war; The country needs lateral solutions to their systemic challenges, and this will come from critical thinking education. |
| Closing Date | July 2024 |
| Project Date | 20 August 2023 |
| Project Title | Additional 78 scholarships for 4-year scholarship program Catholic University in Erbil (CUE), 2022-23 to 2025/26 |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | 41 students of CUE for Academic year 2022 – 2023 |
| Amount | US$ 116,850.00 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | Providing scholarships to students in the first Catholic University in Iraq, that serves as the key structure to keep Christianity in Iraq; CUE plays a central role in educating Iraqi society about Christianity through events and seminars with the aim towards reconciliation, justice, peace and social cohesion; It not only gives hope to the young minorities to be able to compete for jobs through higher education, it also gives hope to their parents who would otherwise emigrate if their children could not get the chances CUE and the four Catholic schools under the archdiocese give to them; The CUE is not only be about academia but is also about forming and solidifying lifelong relationships and bonds through the traditional values of a Catholic education; From a sense of community to obtaining life skills, CUE graduates will stand apart from other university graduates of the region, especially in critical thinking; The latter is in great need in a country that learns by rote in society constantly at war; The country needs lateral solutions to their systemic challenges, and this will come from critical thinking education. |
| Closing Date |
| Project Date | August 2023 |
| Project Title | Providing university education through “Catholic University” in Ankawa |
| Benefactor | Conferenza Episcopale Italiana |
| Beneficiaries | 50 students of CUE for Academic year 2023 – 2024 |
| Amount | Second Tranche 2/4 – Euros 132,949.00 for AY 2023-24 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | Providing scholarships to students in the first Catholic University in Iraq, that serves as the key structure to keep Christianity in Iraq; CUE plays a central role in educating Iraqi society about Christianity through events and seminars with the aim towards reconciliation, justice, peace and social cohesion; It not only gives hope to the young minorities to be able to compete for jobs through higher education, it also gives hope to their parents who would otherwise emigrate if their children could not get the chances CUE and the four Catholic schools under the archdiocese give to them; The CUE is not only be about academia but is also about forming and solidifying lifelong relationships and bonds through the traditional values of a Catholic education; From a sense of community to obtaining life skills, CUE graduates will stand apart from other university graduates of the region, especially in critical thinking; The latter is in great need in a country that learns by rote in society constantly at war; The country needs lateral solutions to their systemic challenges, and this will come from critical thinking education. |
| Closing Date | September 2024 |
| Project Date | Academic year 2023-2024 |
| Project Title | Housing support for students studying at CUE AY 2023-24 (Pope Francis Scholarship – PFS 1, 2, 3) |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | 68 students of CUE |
| Amount | US$ 85,000.00 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | The CUE is situated in Erbil the capital of Kurdistan. Ankawa consider a city district not a village. House rental in Ankawa is about twice the rental of housing in the Nineveh Plain. When students rent a house, they also have to pay for electricity. The feedback from the Nineveh Plain is that although students want to come to the CUE, they cannot afford the accommodation in Erbil. Accommodation has been a challenge as there is no Halls of Residence/Dorms. By supporting the student with accommodation costs would be extremely helpful to the CUE recruitment process and very supportive to the Christian families to say that the university could provide accommodation on top of the tuition fee to these poorer families in the Nineveh Plains. |
| Closing Date | July 2024 |