by admin | Apr 30, 2020 | UK News
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...
by admin | Dec 10, 2019 | Our Work
Protecting Yazidi Music AMAR is working to record, protect and teach the unique music of the Yazidi people in northern Iraq. Part of the British Council’s Cultural Protection Fund, the project is helping to preserve and sustain this endangered music for future...
by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | UK Event
Mental health care training has officially started in Dohuk, as part of AMAR’s ‘Escaping Darkness’ Campaign. Focussing on conflict-related trauma, the training is helping to boost the response to Iraq’s unfolding mental health care crisis. Thousands of Iraqis are...
by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | UK News
Mental healthcare training has officially started in Dohuk, as part of AMAR’s ‘Escaping Darkness’ Appeal. Focusing on conflict-related trauma, the training is helping to boost the response to Iraq’s unfolding mental healthcare crisis. Thousands of Iraqis are suffering...
by admin | Nov 25, 2015 | UK News
The United Nations’ International Day to End Violence Against Women has drawn the world’s attention to the plight of women and girls in conflict and post conflict zones. Our teams across the Middle East have reported many times on how gender-based inequalities are...