Are there peace organisations in Iraq?
The PeaceCorps is not in Iraq (http://www.peacecorps.gov). Iraq is MUCH too dangerous. In fact, no volunteer-sending organizations are sending volunteers to Iraq, *including* the United Nations. Most large NGOs have suspended operations there. And most local organizations do NOT want any non-Iraqis around, as this will make them and their families targets. You’ve already said that you have no medical training. So, unless you speak Arabic fluently and have some kind of skill that’s desperately needed in Iraq — you are a water and sanitation engineer, you can build wells, you can build sanitary, waterless toilets, you have an agricultural background working in arid landscapes, you know how to administer a government program (pension program, police training, record keeping, etc.), please do NOT go to Iraq. You will be in the way and could, in fact, put Iraqis themselves in danger.
There is one called Concordia that has been working in Iraq on a U.N. sponsored program by the name of, “Dove of Peace Program for Northern Iraq.” Concordia essentially is an NGO (Non Governmental Organization) that is there to open dialogue between the Iraqis, try to promote the cultural understanding between the different groups, and spread the idea of human rights and democratic freedom for all Iraqis.
