The Directorate for Mine Action, one of the directorates of the Ministry of Health and Environment, in cooperation with the General Directorate of Curricula in the Ministry of Education, organized a workshop on updating and integrating the messages of mine risk education in curricula, in Baghdad.

The Director General of DMA, Eng. Dhafir Mahmood, said that the workshop which was held under the auspices of UNMAS and in the presence of a representative from the Ministry of Education/ the General Directorate of Curricula, as well as ( AlGhad, Hallo Trust, Shareteeh, Baghdad, Work for Peace, Bustan, MAG, NPA, IHSCO) organizations which carry out their activities within the national mine action program in Iraq.

Mahmood added that the workshop included a technical presentation on the reality of mines in Iraq with an explanation of the educational messages that are included in the school curricula at the present time.