Contributor: Hassanin Ali

A computer, a digital camera and a website are the tools for shedding light on how local political councils in Iraq are serving the needs and interests of their communities and constituencies.

Mercy Corps recently sponsored a two-week training course for local council members in Maysan Governorate on how to create and manage a website. Majed Ahmed from the the Al-Maymouna local council was one of the successful graduates. He said that the people of Maysan Governorate would directly benefit from this course, because it would help local council members like him communicate to communities what their elected officials were doing for them.

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