The Knights of Malta are sending medicine for 10,000 displaced Christians and minorities in north Iraq over the next three years.

Malteser International will secure the medical assistance through a shipment of drugs, medical supplies and hygiene items.

These will be distributed to the camps around Erbil through the humanitarian agency’s network.

The number of refugees and displaced continues to rise. The United Nations estimates there are more than a million in north Iraq alone, Oliver Hochedez, who leads the team on the ground, said.

Apart from Christians persecuted by the Islamic State militias, there are also Syrian refugees seeking safety in the Kurdistan region.

Iraqi children will return to school on September 10, so the thousands of displaced that are currently seeking shelter in empty school buildings will have to relocate to other emergency shelters.

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