With the U.S.-led war against Iraq drawing to a close, local aid agencies have begun to provide relief aid to the people of Iraq.

Korea Food for the Hungry International said Tuesday it would dispatch a team of emergency medical staff to hospitals in cities including Baghdad and Basra on Saturday.

Composed of some 15 doctors, nurses and pharmacists, the team is scheduled to enter Iraq via Jordan and Kuwait.

The local aid agency also plans to send a team of relief workers to Iraq to provide relief items and is currently trying to raise funds and recruit volunteers.

World Vision Korea, a local branch of World Vision International, is scheduled to conduct relief work in Mosul in northern Iraq along with the World Food Program.

In addition, World Vision also plans to provide psychiatric treatment for Iraqi children suffering from the trauma of war.

Humanitarian and development organization Good Neighbors International plans to send three advance team to Amman April 24th and 25th and dispatch a team of six relief workers to Baghdad early next month to provide medical services as well as relief goods to the Iraqi people.

Korea's Council for Overseas Cooperation, which is composed of 34 local relief agencies, is busy coordinating relief work in Iraq.