ABC journalist Matthew Bedford has written an article about our 2nd Shipping Container project. Click the link below to go straight to the article on ABC news. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-17/old-humidicribs-from-regional-nsw-hospitals-sent-to-iraq/11692658?pfmredir=sm We are collecting medical equipment that will be delivered to the Department of Health in Duhok, Kurdistan, Northern Iraq and be distributed through their hospitals in the … Continue reading 2019 ABC News Article
2019 Interview with SBS Kurdish
Click below to listen to interview with Erica Henley, Founder and Chairwoman of Operation Hope Australia with SBS Kurdish (in english) “I am a very ordinary woman who has been fortunate enough to be able to participate in some extraordinary projects. I live in Newcastle, I am married and have two adult sons.” By Mayada … Continue reading 2019 Interview with SBS Kurdish
Rest in Peace
Our dear friend Cathy Kuipers passed away on 27 March, 2019 in Brisbane, Australia. Cathy was one of the founding members of Operation Hope Australia and quickly jumped at the opportunity to volunteer in refugee camps in Greece in September 2016. She then joined us volunteering at the Hassan Sham U2 camp for internally displaced … Continue reading Rest in Peace
We need your help
11 tonnes of equipment and aid has been unpacked from the shipping container and the distribution process has started. Approximately 12 hospitals in Kurdistan and Syria including Maternity hospitals, Dental clinics, Blood Banks, Emergency departments, Paediatric emergency, the Joint Help for Kurdistan medical clinic at Baged Kandala 2 camp and a Burns & Plastic Hospital … Continue reading We need your help
Journey to Kurdistan
Kim Henley and I are counting down the sleeps until we fly out from Sydney to Erbil, Kurdistan in Northern Iraq…..3 1 more sleeps! Although we will be based in the city of Duhok, we will travel each day to Bajed Kandala 2 camp (located 20kms east of the Syrian border) and work with NGO … Continue reading Journey to Kurdistan
Kurdish Lobby of Australia
Tuesday 5 February, 2019 I had the most delightful time in Sydney this afternoon….meeting with the President of the Kurdish Lobby of Australia…Mr Eziz Bawermend. The Lobby has been registered since 2015 and its boasts international as well as national membership. We are very appreciative of their recent donation which has gone towards the purchase … Continue reading Kurdish Lobby of Australia