Directorate for Mine Action, one of the directorates of the Ministry of Health and Environment, conducted a central awareness campaign on the dangers of mines and war remnants on the occasion of Nowruz Holidays Celebrations that included (Nineveh, Diyala, Wassit, Missan, Basra, Al-Muthana) provinces.

The Director General of DMA,Eng. Dhafir Mahmood, said that the central campaign, which carried out by the awareness staff of his directorate, represented by (North, Middle-Euphrates, South) RMACs in addition to the staff of Awareness and Media Department, was conducted through the cooperation and coordination with the civil defense/ Missan and the national and international organizations working within the national mine action program which are (Rabitat Al-Ghad, Halo Trust, Tetra Tech, IHESCO, FSD, MAG, DDG) organizations.

Mahmood added that the awareness campaign in Nineveh province is concentrated in the areas of Nineveh plains and targeted various families in (Ba’shiqa, Bahrani, Bustan Mazar Shiekh Bakir, Al-Shalallat area), where the leaflets and educational supplies were distributed to those families and youth celebrating the occasion.