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Horses for Hope

For once in my life I was ahead of schedule this week having written this article days ahead of my norm. For a couple of minutes I was...

Rotting Melons and Seedlings

Sami our Gardener has been super busy this week, determinedly cleaning out all that remains of summer. The greenhouses are empty. The...

Change of Weather

I love to watch the sun rise from my rooftop, to watch my neighbors faithfully tend to the one sheep or goat, to look at the village as...

Sembu

Although this is a crazy kind of region, I occasionally come across pockets of some deep logic which I appreciate and to which I can...

Ziklag 2021

The good Doctor and I were up (from our separate homes) and out at sunrise this Friday morning, in order to lay the foundations of our...

Acts of Kindness

"Our weather is just like us. Hot one day, cold the next, We flare up until you think the universe will fall to pieces, then subside...

Lost and Found

As the black smoke of the fire in Shariya Camp settled over our village, my week began pondering these words sent to me by a Christian...

Hope Couture

A TRUER WORD Something new greets me every morning when I walk through our blue gates. We are embraced by a rare beauty that envelops and...

Horses for Hope: Equine-Assisted Therapy and Learning Centre

The Springs of Hope Equine-Assisted Therapy and Learning Centre will provide facilities and therapy horses to young survivors of genocide.

Orphan Siblings provided with Treatment to Manage Rare Condition

#HopeFromTheAshes Marwa and Zaeem are orphan siblings on the Shariya refugee camp suffering from the complex hereditary skin disease...

A Day of Play for Homeless Kids After the Fire

#HopeFromTheAshes For many young residents of the Shariya refugee camp in Northern Iraq, this is only life they have known. They were...

Precious Camera Lost in Refugee Fire Replaced

Aspiring young photographer moved to tears after Springs of Hope gifts him a new camera.