REBORN is more than a title. It is a testament to what’s possible when resilience meets partnership, and when the world believes in the power of people to rise again.

When the dust of war settles, what remains is not just the rubble of buildings, but the resilience of people. In 2015, at a time when hope felt distant for many Iraqis, the Funding Facility for Stabilization (FFS) was launched with a singular purpose: to help communities get back on their feet. The idea was simple, but bold: move quickly, rebuild fast, and restore dignity by bringing basic services, jobs, and opportunity back to places once occupied by terror. What followed was one of the largest and most ambitious post-conflict stabilization programmes in the world.

From the ancient streets of Mosul to the farms of Anbar, the FFS breathed life back into communities. Over 4.9 million displaced Iraqis have returned to their homes, not just because the fighting stopped—but because water ran from taps again, children heard school bells again, and marketplac