History
Walk for Iraq was initially set up in the United Kingdom to fund life saving activities in Iraq. Due to its success, the movement was later picked up in New Zealand (NZ) and Canada. All the raised funds were donated to the work of well established non-government organizations (NGO’s) for Iraqis in need: UK's walk donated the money to the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)and to The Iraqi Orphan Foundation, UK. The NZ walk donated the money to the work of Refugees International for the Iraqi Refugees and UNICEF’s emergency relief fund for Iraqi children. Canada's walk donated the money to the Iraq Appeal fund of the Canadian Red Cross and also to UNICEF’s emergency relief fund for Iraqi children.
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