JumpStart International

JumpStart's first project in Baghdad was completed successfully on October 30, 2003. Three warehouses of the Electricity Commission of Baghdad are already in a sufficiently good condition to allow partial re-use. The other three warehouses were completely demolished and their concrete foundations were made available for outdoor storage.

The walls of the upper level of Warehouse #3 as they are being removed by a 20-30 ton crane.

The upper levels of Warehouses #1-3 cleared & cleaned.

 Warehouses #4, #5, and #6 used to be here. The final scraps and debris are being removed in this picture.

Meanwhile, emergency electrical supplies from the international aide community and the Coalition were arriving on dozens of flatbed trucks.

The electricity commissioner for Baghdad, Mr. Nafah, surveys the newly cleaned warehouses with the supply of huge new transformers.

JumpStart workers put up a new concrete wall and windows to seal the outside of the warehouse complex.

The Wazeria warehouses project still has much work ahead of it, but at least the first few steps have been taken.