How do explain what it is like to lose 18 members of your family to execution or enslavement by ISIS? How does a woman raised to be modest, go about uncovering the sexual abuse and rape she has endured – especially to a global audience? Nadia Murad has done just that and for her courage … Continue reading The pain of the Yazidis
Life in Bajed Kandala Camp
This week: Unpacking a suitcase of donated medical supplies in the nurses office in the camp 5 English classes per day Shopping for educational resources Picking up student workbooks from printer Buying beautiful fabrics for the sewing group Experiencing wonderful hospitality today – a banquet made lovingly by the family of one of our English … Continue reading Life in Bajed Kandala Camp
October 2018 Update
Thank you for your donations which meant I could go out and buy 20 new plastic chairs for the school and 3 tables for the sewing group. I drove to Zakho (close to the Turkish border) to make the purchases and enjoyed walking the streets with market stalls. The Busy Medical Centre
Update from Iraq 2018
26 September It was wonderful to meet our dear friend Dr Dunia Musa AlMuderis again. Dr Dunia has played a special role in supporting individual IDPs with their medical and basic needs but also on a much wider scale by delivering heaters, fans, blankets and diapers numerous times into the camps for the refugees and internally displaced … Continue reading Update from Iraq 2018
The Story of the Yezidi People of NE Iraq
These are the people Operation Hope volunteers are working with this month in Iraq.
Preparing Medical Equipment
Big THANK YOU to Steve and Kim for the work they have done ensuring all the medical equipment donations are in working order and power plugs changed. Today it was checking and testing the four sterilisers….once these items reach Kurdistan, Northern Iraq they can be placed straight into use in the medical clinics, hospitals, heart … Continue reading Preparing Medical Equipment