The Garden has been established for several years and during that time tonnes of fruit and vegetables have been harvested each summer. This has enabled the refugee families to have their diet supplemented with the fruit and vegetables. There are limitations to the number of crops planted each year as the two hothouses currently need … Continue reading Further Development in the Garden of Hope
Category: Building
Building Hope
New Housing Project:The 2,471 refugee families in Shariya camp (totalling approximately 19,000 individuals) have been given permission to replace their worn out tents with cement block homes. For the refugees who have been living in these tents for the past 8 years, it is a relief that the Kurdish government has given permission for the … Continue reading Building Hope
2021 Garden of Hope Appeal
The garden is growing…. the healing is starting Operation Hope Australia are so excited to be partnering with NGO Springs of Hope in their garden project they are establishing in the Shariya Camp, Duhok, Kurdistan.The Garden will serve as an educational hub for the Shariya Camp schools and the Hope Centre classrooms providing volunteer opportunities … Continue reading 2021 Garden of Hope Appeal
2019 Women’s Health Workshops
Operation Hope received 2,200 women’s health kits, from some of the NSW & Qld chapters of the International organisation “Days for Girls”, and included these kits in our first shipping container project to Iraq. The kits arrived in March 2019 and following a fund-raising event during refugee week in June 2019, $3777.00 was sent to … Continue reading 2019 Women’s Health Workshops
Thank you to our supporters
A big thank you to all our wonderful financial supporters. Because of your generous donations we were able to help support new and existing projects at Baged Kandala 2 camp under the leadership of NGO “Joint Help for Kurdistan”…. purchase educational resources for the students choose colourful fabric, wool, sewing tables, sewing cupboard, a floor mat … Continue reading Thank you to our supporters
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