*These figures exclude the costs of management, monitoring and evaluation carried out in Iraq by Mosaic Middle East. They also exclude the UK office costs.

During the ISIS invasion and occupation in 2014 the Nineveh Plains became a series of ghost towns with homes, schools, churches and buildings damaged or destroyed and the Christian and Yazidi population fled for safety. For the Christians who have been brave enough to return, it is an uphill struggle to rebuild their villages one building, one business at a time. It is slow work with residents having to travel to Mosul for technical advice, or more commonly, to build homes and infrastructure with no professional input.

Now ten years on and thanks to a recent grant from the Highway One Trust, Mosaic has been able to start-up an engineering business in the village Teleskof in the district of Telkaif to accelerate the rebuilding. The engineering business aims to focus on the needs of the local population, with a view to repopulating and rejuvenating the region. Already the team have successfully provided technical support to improve the sanitary system at a local school. This project exemplifies the broader impact of the engineering office, fostering safer and more resilient infrastructure across Telekaif. They in turn can create work for local tradesmen therefore creating more local wealth, skills and sustainability.