Our Stories

A New Day

We have never celebrated the Kurdish New Year, Newroz as a tribe. This year we did. Despite skies that threatened to pour down and indeed...

Mud and Fire

Firstly dear friends, many thanks to those who gave finance to help bring the Yezidi girls back from captivity and reunite them after...

Rising Stars

Welcome to our March E-Mag: Rising Stars which showcases our super-talented young footballers who have risen above their stone-throwing...

Photo Diary

URGENT APPEAL: One of our staff has finally located his three sisters and one nephew who were taken into captivity almost nine years ago....

And The Oscar Goes To...

I would like to showcase one of our photography student’s photographic work this week. It will be a short article as Sabah Elias is most...

A Change of Weather

Huge thanks to all who continue to check up on us, and to those who have helped us by giving to the Emergency and Disaster Fund that we...

Wake Up Call

Monday, February 6th, around 04.00 was a wake up call for the Kurdish Region of Iraq when one of the 42 earthquake aftershocks emanating...

The Mantle of Adoption

A huge thank you to those who were able to respond to our request for help for Hanin and her siblings. They were and are moved, and...

Oxygen of Hope

This is Nawal’s story as given to our Psychotherapist Noori whilst sitting in the garden drinking tea on a cold but sunny winter’s day. ...

The Birthing Chair

I was tagged in a Facebook post this week. I am tagged in many by tent dwellers who want their voice to be heard, the majority of which...

January E-Mag

Welcome to our January E-Mag. As the sealing of 2022 was on the horizon, a question that I put to both our staff and artists was both...

Baggage Friends

"And David said: For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage, they shall share...