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Photos from the field

229 photos of wells, fields, two-wheel tractors, schools, workshops and work crews from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, grouped by country and period. Select a photo to open a larger version.

Uzbekistan

Water wells in Karakalpakstan and Muynak, poultry growers in Shakhrisabz, micro credit groups in Karnap, Muynak and Termez, and the places where JDA worked.

2002 to 2005 (20 photos)

Team drilling a water well by hand with a wooden tripod in a village — Hand drilling a well with a wooden tripod, Karakalpakstan, 2002.

A man bending over a well site beside green bushes — Water development, July 2003.

A crew working at a wooden drilling tripod, with a white van behind — Water development, July 2003.

A wooden drilling tripod set up beside a blue building — Drilling in Muynak, September 2003.

A group of about twenty men posing together outdoors — Water development team, Muynak, September 2003.

A small white truck with a blue canvas cover loaded with equipment — Muynak, September 2003.

Visitors watching a man demonstrate a blue feed machine in a shed — Poultry growers, Shakhrisabz, November 2003.

A woman in a patterned vest standing in a garden with two small children — Poultry growers, Shakhrisabz, November 2003.

Two women seated on bright woven fabric in a room hung with carpets — Micro credit, Karnap, November 2003.

A woman in a red headscarf seated on a colorful woven mat — Micro credit, Karnap, November 2003.

A tall tiled arch and minaret in evening light — Samarkand, November 2003.

Muddy tracks crossing wet ground toward open water — Muynak, March 2004.

A woman kneeling with a white lamb on dry straw — Muynak, March 2004.

Eroded mud-brick ruins under a blue sky — Termez, May 2004.

A red hand pump in front of a blue school building — Micro credit, Muynak, September 2004.

A woman holding up a red woven carpet in a room hung with others — Micro credit, Muynak, September 2004.

A family standing with a small flock of sheep in a grassy field — Micro credit, Muynak, September 2004.

A hand pump beside a bucket and a metal milk can — Muynak, October 2004.

A small woven rug with the words Tutli and JDA 2004 worked into the design — A rug from the Karnap micro credit group, November 2004.

Three men preparing material for growing mushrooms — Mushroom training, December 2004.

2006 to 2009 (1 photos)

A woman preparing goods at a market stall — Micro credit, Termez, March 2006.

Year not recorded (16 photos)

A team raising a wooden well drilling tripod as villagers watch — Drilling new wells in Muynak, Karakalpakstan. Year not recorded.

A rusted ship stranded on dry, sandy ground — A ship stranded where the Aral Sea once reached. From JDA’s gallery, archived January 2006.

A blue tiled dome above an ornate arched entrance — Samarkand. Year not recorded.

The tall ruined gateway of a palace, with people small at its base — Palace gate, Shakhrisabz. Year not recorded.

A truck beside a conveyor and farm buildings — Poultry project, Shakhrisabz. Year not recorded.

Men standing beside a freshly dug pit on dry, sandy ground — Aral Sea area. Year not recorded.

Villagers gathered around a freshly dug trench — Shaghirliq, Aral Sea area. Year not recorded.

A painted mural of figures in traditional dress beside the sea — A mural, Aral Sea area. Year not recorded.

A dragline crane on the shore of a pale lake — Salt crane, Kungrad. Year not recorded.

A blue lake with green slopes and mountains behind — Chorvok Reservoir. Year not recorded.

A two-story school building beside bare trees — A school, Nukus. Year not recorded.

A woman bending to draw water from a small canal — Qoqand. Year not recorded.

Two people filling containers at a flowing water outlet — SODIS water work, Qoqand. Year not recorded.

Workers spread across a cotton field — SODIS project files, Qoqand. Year not recorded.

People walking past a hand-dug well hole beside a river — Resource survey. Year not recorded.

Water gushing from a pipe into a pool — An artesian well, resource survey. Year not recorded.

More about JDA in Uzbekistan

Afghanistan

Relief and housing after 2001, school building, wells, crop trials and Sawyer water filter distributions, mostly in northern Afghanistan. The two-wheel tractor photos are in their own section below.

2002 to 2005 (43 photos)

A walled mud-brick school compound, with a bicycle in the foreground — A school building in northern Afghanistan, November 2002.

Project sign for the Salbarun Village housing reconstruction project of Habitat for Humanity in cooperation with JDA, in English and Dari — Housing reconstruction project sign, Salbarun village, Char Bolak, 2002.

Builders laying mud bricks on top of a house wall, seen from behind — Rebuilding homes in Salbarun village, October 2002.

Horsemen gathered on open ground for a game of buzkashi — A buzkashi game, December 2002.

A crowd waiting beside long rows of sacks laid out on the ground, seen from a distance — A distribution, 2002.

Stacks of mud bricks drying in the sun — Bricks, October 2002.

A shipping container loaded with sacks of beans — Beans loading, March 15, 2002.

Blue and white geometric tilework covering a wall and ceiling — Tilework, June 2002.

Steep layered cliffs above green hills — Kohistanat, May 2002.

Men loading sacks onto a truck — Loading a truck, April 2002.

Workers digging earth beside a mud wall — Digging for bricks, October 2002.

Village men standing in a line beside a project sign — Gurjak school, October 2002.

Sacks and yellow water containers lined up for a distribution — A distribution, Salbarun, November 2002.

Men with sacks of food beside a mud-brick building — WFP food distribution, Albrooz and Cherkent, November 2002.

Men beside trucks loaded with stone on a muddy road — Mimlik, December 2002.

Rows of sun-dried mud bricks drying on open ground — Bricks made by communities for new schools, northern Afghanistan. Published April 2003.

Workers on the domed mud-brick roof of a house under construction, seen from a distance — A Habitat for Humanity home under construction, northern Afghanistan. Published April 2003.

A finished mud-brick house with two arched openings — A completed two-room home, northern Afghanistan. Published April 2003.

Looking down into a newly dug, round well shaft — A hand-dug community well, northern Afghanistan. Published August 2003.

Wooden formwork laid out for a building foundation, with a vehicle beyond — Mimlik school foundation, March 2003.

Workers building a stone retaining wall beside a channel — Construction in Saripul Kohistanat, March 2003.

Concrete well rings standing in a yard — Concrete well rings, May 2003.

A painted wall sign reading Welcome to Afghanistan in Dari and English — Welcome to Afghanistan sign, December 2003.

A blue tiled mosque with minarets beyond a wide, wet paved courtyard — A mosque, October 2003.

A carpenter cutting boards in a workshop set up in a shipping container — Carpenters, February 2003.

Men laying out a building site with a long pole — Faizabad school, March 2003.

Men drawing water from a well with a winch frame — Mimlik, September 2003.

A man working inside a concrete well ring — Wells, September 2003.

A crowd gathered in front of a new school building — Mimlik school opening, September 2003.

Unfinished brick walls of a classroom under construction — A classroom under construction, Sultan Ibrahim school, February 2004.

Close view of a red hand-knotted carpet with a geometric border — A carpet, Khoja Rushnoi, May 2004.

Long lines of students gathered across a school yard, seen from above at a distance — Sultan Ibrahim school dedication, June 2004.

Rows of leafy soybean plants in a field — Soybeans, June 20, 2004.

A white school building with an Afghan flag and bicycles parked outside — Sultan Ibrahim school, December 2004.

A row of children standing beside a canal — March 2004.

A crowd of schoolgirls in white headscarves — School uniform distribution, Sultan Ibrahim school, April 2004.

Men serving rice from a large pot — The meal at the Sultan Ibrahim school dedication, June 2004.

Two men working with a metal machine in a mud-walled workshop — Agriculture, September 2004.

Architectural front elevation drawing of a two-story school building — Front view drawing, Sultan Ibrahim School files, November 2005.

Rows of young crops in trial plots, with people working in the distance — Crop trial plots at Pul-i-Khumri, Baghlan province, May 2005.

Wheat trial plots with a white variety marker sign — CIMMYT wheat trials, ARIA Dehdadi, 2005.

Small green soybean plots marked with white stakes — First soybean plots, ARIA farm, June 20, 2005.

Farmers seated on a red mat in the shade of trees — Agriculture, May 2005.

2006 to 2009 (27 photos)

A field of orange-flowered plants under a blue sky — June 2006.

A road cutting across snow-covered mountains — Near the Salang Tunnel, 2006.

A pair of oxen pulling a plow under a wooden yoke — Plowing with oxen, March 2006.

Three sun-dried tomato halves beside a ruler — Sun-dried tomatoes, Mazar, 2007.

Hands cutting open a small striped melon in a field — Melon fly work, 2007.

A worker with a backpack sprayer walking between irrigated rows, seen from behind — Spraying against melon fly, June 2007.

A finished single-story school building with yellow walls — Faizabad school, 2007.

Looking down a deep, lined well shaft — A well at Gurjak school, 2007.

A long single-story school building with green window frames — Gurjak school, 2007.

The front of a two-story school building with a sign above the entrance — Sultan Ibrahim school, 2007.

A broad green field under a clear sky — Sheberghan, April 2007.

Two men talking in a plowed field — Agriculture, April 2007.

A man with a donkey filling a container at a red pump — Sheberghan, April 2007.

Two workers laying a stone foundation in a trench — Building work at the Development Center, from a May 2008 board update.

Pipes and a pump hose running into a round well shaft — A well, February 2008.

Tomatoes spread to dry on long sheets under a shade structure — Drying tomatoes, July 2008.

Two men tending produce spread to dry on long sheets — Drying produce, July 2008.

A green rice field — Rice fields, USAID AWATT project files, July 2009.

A flat, newly planted field from JDA drip irrigation trials — A field from JDA’s 2009 AWATT drip irrigation files.

Plants growing inside a plastic-covered greenhouse — A greenhouse, 2009.

A wide green field of young grain — Sar-e Pol, May 2009.

Riders on donkeys passing along a track between green fields, seen from a distance — Sar-e Pol, May 2009.

A sprinkler watering the ground in front of a roadside building below snowy mountains — On the Kabul to Mazar road, May 2009.

Harvested grain stacked in a field, with trees and a mud-brick house behind — Koldar, June 2009.

A blue filter press with a row of filter plates — Oil press equipment, October 2009.

A JDA signboard in Dari and English above a compound gate — JDA sign, Mazar, October 2009.

Men beside full sacks and a pile of seed in a yard — Oil press work, October 2009.

2010 and later (15 photos)

Trays of ripe red strawberries — Strawberries, May 2010.

A laboratory bench with equipment and red cabinets — Agriculture college laboratory, April 2010.

Solar panels on a frame beside a water barrel inside a walled yard — Water, sanitation and hygiene work, September 2010.

A classroom of men watching a projected presentation — Training, May 2010.

A long line of farmers standing in a wheat field below mountains — Agriculture, May 2010.

People gathered around a hand pump on a concrete apron — Training center well, November 2010.

Men drawing water at an upgraded well — Upgraded well, November 2010.

A green field stretching to the horizon — A field, April 2012.

A hall full of people seated on chairs and on the floor — Tenth anniversary gathering, April 2012.

A long line of red filter buckets set out on the ground, with men standing behind — Sawyer filter buckets ready for distribution, Baghlan, June 2014. From OHT’s files.

Men and boys with pink and blue filter buckets in a village lane — A Sawyer filter distribution, Sar-e Pul, May 2014. From OHT’s files.

A man handing a filter to a woman in a blue burqa in a crowded lane — A Sawyer filter distribution, Sar-e Pul, May 2014. From OHT’s files.

A man showing a blue filter bucket to a family indoors — Showing a family how to use a Sawyer filter, Kuchi distribution, July 2014. From OHT’s files.

Women and children seated in a room with blue filter buckets in front of them — A Sawyer filter distribution for Kuchi families, July 2014. From OHT’s files.

Farmers walking along a wheat demonstration plot, seen from a distance — Farmers visiting a wheat demonstration plot, April 2016.

Year not recorded (3 photos)

Water flowing along a furrow between rows of plants — Furrow irrigation, strawberry technical note files. Date not recorded.

A line of camels walking along a dirt road — Jowzjan. Year not recorded.

A tall tripod drilling rig set up beside a mud wall — Well drilling, Chel Gazi. Year not recorded.

More about JDA in Afghanistan

Two-wheel tractors in Afghanistan

Two-wheel tractors and their implements in northern Afghanistan, 2005 to 2014: trials, demonstrations and field days, assembly, operator and mechanic training, reaping and threshing. Many of these photos come from the files of OHT, JDA’s sister company, which imported the tractors.

2002 to 2005 (1 photos)

A man walking behind a blue two-wheel tractor pulling a seed drill across a harvested rice field — A two-wheel tractor planting wheat by strip tillage into rice residue, Kunduz, November 2005.

2006 to 2009 (16 photos)

Men gathered around a red two-wheel tractor in a bare field — Agriculture, March 2006.

A man driving a two-wheel tractor with a reaper attachment through ripe wheat — Testing a reaper on a Chinese two-wheel tractor, May 2006.

A man steering a blue two-wheel tractor with a red engine across a bare yard — Tractor training, February 2007.

A group of men watching as a two-wheel tractor with a rotary tiller is demonstrated — Tractor training, February 2007.

Men standing around a two-wheel tractor fitted with a green reaper attachment — A reaper attachment for the two-wheel tractor, February 2007.

A crowd of men gathered closely around a two-wheel tractor with a red engine — Farmers gathered around a two-wheel tractor, November 2007.

Farmers standing in a wide circle around a two-wheel tractor working a field — A two-wheel tractor at work in front of farmers, November 2007.

A line of men and boys watching a two-wheel tractor in a dry field — Watching a two-wheel tractor in the field, November 2007.

Farmers gathered at a distance around a tractor in a plowed field, with hills behind — Crop demonstration, Samangan, 2009.

Men working on a blue reaper for a two-wheel tractor — Farm equipment, May 2009.

Several blue two-wheel tractors parked under a shed roof — Two-wheel tractors under cover, May 2009.

A small blue combine harvester driven by a two-wheel tractor, standing on grass — A small combine harvester powered by a two-wheel tractor, May 2009.

A man seated at the controls of a small blue combine harvester — A small combine harvester, May 2009.

A man unpacking tractor parts from an open wooden shipping crate — Assembling imported two-wheel tractors from their crates, January 2009. From OHT’s files.

Men assembling tractors and implements under a large canopy — Tractor assembly, January 2009. From OHT’s files.

Four men in blue work overalls standing in front of new tractors — A tractor assembly team, January 2009. From OHT’s files.

2010 and later (36 photos)

A large group of men gathered around two-wheel tractors in a field — A tractor field day, January 2010.

Rows of new blue two-wheel tractors, trailers and implements in a walled yard — New tractors, trailers and implements, April 2010. From OHT’s files.

A man driving a two-wheel tractor reaper through a tall wheat field as farmers watch — Reaping wheat with a two-wheel tractor, May 2010.

A man riding a blue two-wheel tractor as it tills a bare field — Tilling with a two-wheel tractor, May 2010.

A two-wheel tractor engine powering a machine in a field, with farmers behind — Harvest work with a two-wheel tractor, August 2010.

Grain pouring from a small thresher into a metal bowl — Grain from a small thresher, October 2010.

Men standing beside a two-wheel tractor with a blue trailer during a training — Two-wheel tractor training for the IDEA-NEW program, Balkh province, November 2010. From OHT’s files.

A man kneeling to work on a red reaper attachment — Reaper training for the IDEA-NEW program, Balkh province, November 2010. From OHT’s files.

Men working together on a two-wheel tractor engine — Training mechanics for tractor repair workshops, November 2010. From OHT’s files.

A man on a two-wheel tractor in a freshly worked field, with trees behind — A two-wheel tractor in the field, November 2010.

Men watching a two-wheel tractor fitted with a green seed drill — A two-wheel tractor with a seed drill, December 2010.

Farmers crowded around a two-wheel tractor with a rotary tiller — A two-wheel tractor with a rotary tiller, December 2010.

A man working on a blue two-wheel tractor — Working on a two-wheel tractor, December 2010.

A man assembling the furrow openers of an orange seed drill — Assembling a seed drill, December 2010.

A man guiding a two-wheel tractor and seed drill along a field as a crowd watches — Planting with a two-wheel tractor and seed drill, December 2010.

Farmers standing around a two-wheel tractor in a field — A tractor field day, December 2010. From OHT’s files.

Two two-wheel tractors with seed drills side by side, with farmers around them — Two-wheel tractors with seed drills, December 2010.

Three new threshing machines lined up outdoors — Threshers for two-wheel tractors, ACDI/VOCA project files, August 2011.

Red two-wheel tractors parked in a yard — Two-wheel tractors, 2011.

Farmers crowded around a green thresher — Agriculture, September 2011.

A man guiding a two-wheel tractor along a furrow as a line of farmers watches — A tractor field day, January 2011.

A blue two-wheel tractor hitched to a blue trailer — A two-wheel tractor and trailer, February 2011.

Trainees in blue overalls around a tractor engine on a workbench — Tractor engine training, March 2011. From OHT’s files.

A man driving a two-wheel tractor with a green front-mounted reaper through wheat — A 4GL-120 reaper on a two-wheel tractor, June 2011. From OHT’s files.

A two-wheel tractor reaper cutting a strip through ripe wheat — Reaping wheat at a field day, June 2011. From OHT’s files.

A man feeding wheat into a blue thresher in a field — A thresher at work, June 2011. From OHT’s files.

Men feeding wheat into a blue thresher on a harvested field — Threshing wheat, June 2011.

Farmers seated on the ground in a large circle at a field day — JDA’s field day for a thresher, September 2011. From OHT’s files.

A man repairing a tractor part at a workbench as others watch — Tractor repair training, March 2012. From OHT’s files.

Two men standing beside a two-wheel tractor with an implement in a field — A tractor field day, March 2012. From OHT’s files.

A two-wheel tractor pulling a loaded trailer along a green field — A two-wheel tractor with a trailer, April 2012.

Men around a green thresher powered by a two-wheel tractor — A thresher demonstration, May 2012.

A crowd watching a two-wheel tractor power a green thresher in a dusty field — Threshing with a two-wheel tractor, June 2012. From OHT’s files.

A long row of new blue two-wheel tractors parked beside a wall — A row of new two-wheel tractors ready for trainees, October 2012. From OHT’s files.

Rows of new green reapers and seed drills in a yard — New reapers and seed drills, October 2012. From OHT’s files.

A man standing beside a blue thresher on a harvested field — A thresher at work, June 2014.

Year not recorded (3 photos)

Men gathered around a two-wheel tractor in front of a building during a training — Two-wheel tractor training for the IDEA-NEW program, Faryab province. Year not recorded. From OHT’s files.

A tractor repair tool kit laid out on a mat: wrenches, pliers, a hammer and other tools — A tractor repair tool kit. Year not recorded.

Map of northern Afghanistan in Dari and English listing 35 locations of two-wheel tractor repair and spare parts shops — OHT’s map of its two-wheel tractor repair and spare parts shops in the north, 35 locations. Year not recorded.

More about the two-wheel tractor program

Iraqi Kurdistan

RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA livelihoods project in Ninewa and Duhok governorates: greenhouses, cash-for-work crews, a peace mural, the project team and meetings with community and religious leaders. Below the RIVAL photos: destroyed homes and the damaged Chaldean church in Batnaya, and the rebuilt St. George Chaldean church in Telskuf.

2010 and later (26 photos)

A man in white robes and a white turban standing with four visitors by a stone wall — The Baba, Yazidi spiritual leader, with visitors by a stone wall at Lalish, the Yazidi holy temple. September 2018.

Workers preparing soil with hoes beside plastic hoop greenhouses — Greenhouse work in Iraqi Kurdistan, photo dated April 29, 2019.

A farmer standing with two young boys beside a tent and a vegetable plot — A farmer and two children beside a tent. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

A young woman painting a blue dove on a wall while workers in orange vests repair the wall top beside a project sign — Painting a peace mural while a crew in safety vests repairs the wall. The sign reads “Implemented by Joint Development Associates,” 2018 to 2019. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

A man in an orange safety vest and work gloves holding a garbage bag, talking with project staff in ZOA vests — A cleaning crew worker talks with project staff. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

Project staff meeting clergy in black robes on a village road, with hills and houses behind — A visit with Chaldean church leaders in a village. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

About fifteen people posing in an office, some kneeling in front, beside a ZOA, U.S. flag and JDA banner — The project team at the field office. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

Four people standing in front of a long row of plastic hoop greenhouses — Visiting the greenhouses. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, November 2019.

Participants seated around tables in a hotel meeting room, with a presentation on screen and a project banner — A workshop in a hotel meeting room, with the banner “Returnees, IDPs and Vulnerable Iraqis Attain Livelihoods Project” in Ninewa and Duhok governorates. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, November 2019.

Plastic hoop greenhouses beside a green field under a blue sky — Greenhouses. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

A bishop in a purple skullcap shaking hands with a man in a blue shirt, with other clergy behind — Meeting with the Bishop of Alqosh, May 2019. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project.

Eight project staff, four standing and four kneeling, in front of a U.S. flag and a ZOA and JDA banner — Project staff with the ZOA, U.S. flag and JDA banner. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

Dense rows of leafy vegetables growing inside a long plastic greenhouse — Vegetables growing in a greenhouse. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, November 2019.

Two older men seated on a sofa, one signing papers on a clipboard — Signing project paperwork. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

A group of staff and visitors standing in a row in an office with photos on the walls — Staff and visitors at the field office. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

Visitors standing with a bishop in a reception room with Iraqi and Kurdistan flags — Meeting with the Bishop of Alqosh, May 2019. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project.

Project staff seated with the Baba, dressed in white, in a stone-walled room — Meeting the Baba, Yazidi spiritual leader, at Lalish, the Yazidi holy temple. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

Two young people painting a mural of a blue dove with an olive branch between open hands — Painting a peace mural of a dove and hands. The sign reads “Implemented by Joint Development Associates,” 2018 to 2019. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

About fifteen staff and visitors posing together in an office — The project team and visitors. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

Three men standing between rows of zucchini plants in a greenhouse — Visiting a zucchini greenhouse. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

A row of zucchini plants with a drip irrigation line along the ground in a greenhouse — Zucchini with drip irrigation in a greenhouse. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

Project staff standing and kneeling beside a banner reading Returnees, IDPs and Vulnerable Iraqis Attain Livelihoods Project — Project staff beside the banner “Returnees, IDPs and Vulnerable Iraqis Attain Livelihoods Project”. RIVAL, a ZOA and JDA project, May 2019.

Workers in safety vests tending crop rows in a field — Agricultural cash-for-work under RIVAL, Sharya, Duhok governorate, July 2020.

Workers in safety vests weeding between crop rows, with hills behind — Cash-for-work under RIVAL, Sharya, Duhok governorate, July 2020.

Workers in safety vests clearing cut plants from a dry field with rakes — Cash-for-work under RIVAL, Sharya, Duhok governorate, July 2020.

A crew on a bucket truck installing a street light beside a road — Installing street lights through RIVAL cash-for-work, Iraqi Kurdistan, July 2020.

Year not recorded (1 photos)

A crew in safety vests harvesting in a vegetable field beside a loaded trailer — A cash-for-work field crew, Iraqi Kurdistan. Date not recorded.

Batnaya: homes destroyed by ISIS (6 photos)

Destroyed homes in Batnaya after ISIS, photographed in 2017.

Ruined houses and heaps of rubble along a dirt road under a blue sky — Destroyed homes in Batnaya after ISIS. April 2017.

A collapsed house reduced to a mound of broken concrete and brick, with weeds growing around it — A destroyed home in Batnaya after ISIS. April 2017.

A two-story house with its walls blown out and rubble piled in front — A destroyed home in Batnaya after ISIS. April 2017.

A large building with its roof and upper floor collapsed, beside a green field — A destroyed building in Batnaya after ISIS. April 2017.

Open ground strewn with rubble and broken stone where buildings once stood — Rubble of destroyed homes in Batnaya after ISIS. July 2017.

An empty, damaged two-story house behind dry grass — A damaged home in Batnaya after ISIS. July 2017.

Batnaya: the Chaldean church damaged by ISIS (8 photos)

Inside the Chaldean church in Batnaya, April 2017: bullet scars, a Syriac (Aramaic) inscription, the smashed altar and ISIS graffiti.

A carved stone arch pocked with bullet holes, with a line of Syriac script painted above it — Syriac (Aramaic) inscription over the arch of the Chaldean church, Batnaya, likely Genesis 28:17: ‘This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’ ISIS shot out the cross above it.

Close view of bullet holes in the wall above the Syriac inscription and the carved arch — Syriac (Aramaic) inscription over the arch of the Chaldean church, Batnaya, likely Genesis 28:17: ‘This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’ ISIS shot out the cross above it.

The carved arch with its Syriac inscription and a gouged patch in the wall above where a cross was shot out — Syriac (Aramaic) inscription over the arch of the Chaldean church, Batnaya, likely Genesis 28:17: ‘This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’ ISIS shot out the cross above it.

A wide view of the sanctuary under the inscribed arch, with a new white cross standing in front of a smashed altar — Sanctuary with a new white cross in front of the altar ISIS smashed. Chaldean church, Batnaya, April 2017.

A church sanctuary with stone columns and a large white cross above an altar decorated with flowers — The sanctuary, with a white cross and flowers at the altar, Chaldean church, Batnaya. April 2017.

Two men standing in the nave of a damaged church, a cross on the wall behind them — With Abuna Salar, priest overseeing Batnaya, Telskuf and Alqosh, in the damaged church. Batnaya, April 2017.

A numbered list of Arabic phrases written on a wall, each line partly sprayed over in blue paint — ISIS graffiti in the Chaldean church, Batnaya: a numbered list labeling Christians “helpers of the crusaders,” “lovers of the Jews” and more, partly sprayed over. April 2017.

Black Arabic graffiti on a wall above a smashed altar and broken furniture — ISIS graffiti above the smashed altar, Chaldean church, Batnaya: “Jesus will descend at the end of time to break the cross” and “baqiya” (“remaining,” an ISIS slogan). April 2017.

Telskuf: St. George Chaldean church rebuilt and dedicated (7 photos)

The rebuilt St. George Chaldean church in Telskuf at its reopening and dedication, December 2017.

A banner with an image of a saint on horseback reading Welcome in Grand opening for St. Gorges Church — The banner at the reopening reads “Welcome in Grand opening for St. Gorges Church.” St. George Chaldean church, Telskuf. December 2017.

A young man in traditional dress with a black vest and white sash standing in a courtyard — A young man in traditional dress at the reopening of St. George Chaldean church, Telskuf. December 2017.

A large crowd filling a courtyard below balconies hung with the welcome banner — Crowds fill the courtyard for the reopening of St. George Chaldean church, Telskuf. December 2017.

Church leaders in vestments, one in a gold mitre, with altar servers in white and red before a large cross — Church leaders and altar servers at the dedication of the rebuilt St. George Chaldean church, Telskuf. December 2017.

Two arched windows with brightly painted religious scenes — Painted windows in the rebuilt St. George Chaldean church, Telskuf. December 2017.

Women in embroidered traditional dress among a crowd — Women in traditional dress at the dedication celebration, Telskuf. December 2017.

A woman in a sequined traditional dress, headscarf and gold jewelry among a crowd — Traditional dress and gold jewelry at the dedication celebration, Telskuf. December 2017.

More about JDA in Iraqi Kurdistan

About these photos. The photos come from JDA's own files and earlier JDA websites. Captions give the place and date only where the photo's folder, file name or camera date records them; where they do not, the caption says so. To protect the people JDA served and worked with, this site does not name Afghan beneficiaries, staff or evacuee families. Names are withheld; faces are shown as in JDA's own published photos.