Stefano Rosso
UNESCO’s objective is to ensure that primary schools, run by the Ministry of Education in Mosul, are safe environments where students can flourish, learn and engage with each other with care and respect – contributing to the long-term prevention of violence and building tolerance and peaceful co-existence. A first milestone was reached in January 2020 when ARCO, Architecture and Cooperation, completed the design of Al Ekhlas. Students, parents and school administrators contributed their ideas for the design through a consultative process.
Al Ekhlas Primary School has been a fixture in the west side of the Old City of Mosul for nearly 60 years. In 2016, the students and their families saw their dreams of a promising future crumble under the weight of war and destruction.
