How UNDP’s small business grants are bringing communities together in Iraq
In Baquba, Diyala Governorate, on the east side of Baghdad, Mohaned likes to observe the street from his newly opened fabric shop. While in Fallujah, on the western side, Abu-Bakr stands tall, his gaze fixed on the towering internet towers he set up for his new internet business.
Though separated by miles, their stories are a flicker of hope spreading across the areas liberated from ISIL in Iraq. A flicker ignited by the United Nations Development Programme…