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MENTAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO YAZIDI TEENAGERS
Aveen* is a Yazidi teenager, who is now living in a secure Displaced Person Camp in the Kurdistan Region. She was a child when she was forced to leave her home because of ISIS/Da’esh, thus, Aveen grew up in an IDP camp. The trauma of leaving her home at an early…
A NEW SCHOOL YEAR AT BASRA ORPHANS’ SCHOOLS
AMAR schools have been constructed and run to serve, support, and empower the more needy people in Basra, including many orphans on scholarships. The schools (primary and secondary) spent a large proportion of the last academic year teaching online, due to Ministry of…
MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT TO YAZIDIS
Zahara* is a middle-aged Yazidi housewife. In 2014, she was driven from her home by ISIS/Da’esh, and lost her husband and a daughter. Left as the head of the household, stranded in a Displaced Person camp in the Kurdistan Region, and not feeling safe to return…
AMAR’s ongoing work
In spite of 18 months of managing through COVID, AMAR continues to deliver healthcare, vocational training and mental health treatment across Iraq, from Basra in the south to Dohuk in the Kurdistan Region. More stories to follow in the run-up to the year's end. With...
NEW AMAR PSYCHO SOCIAL PROGRAM IN KRI
AMAR EXTENDS PSYCHO SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM TO IDPs IN KRI W.H.O SUPPORT NEW PROGRAM FOR TRAINING AND SUPPORT ‘Into the light’ is extending the Escaping darkness mental health project, AMAR’s healthcare workers provided to IDPs and refugees in KRI region over...
COVID-19 risks deepening mental health crisis for Yazidis in Iraq
Yazidis displaced in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. They also face a mental health crisis that the pandemic threatens to make worse. Zaid, 31, has just heard the news that a resident of Darashakran camp in Erbil has been...
Yazidis in Iraq start New Year under threat of COVID-19
Today is Serê Sal (New Year), an important festival in the Yazidi calendar. It marks the descent to earth of Tawsi Melek, God’s chief angel, and the revelation of Lalish, the serene temple complex in northern Iraq that is the centre of the faith. Yazidis paint eggs in...
