Update 20 December 2020: Thank you for your generous donations totalling $A5,500 which will make a huge difference in the lives of these children in the harsh winter they are now experiencing. Winter is coming to Kurdistan, and for the 300,000+ refugees in the camps this is their seventh Christmas in flimsy, mouldy tents – … Continue reading 2020 Winter Christmas Appeal
2020 Winter Christmas Appeal
Children in refugee camps need warm clothes and shoes. Winter is approaching fast in Kurdistan. Thousands of refugee and displaced families are facing freezing conditions in filmsy, mouldy tents that will barely withstand the coming rain and snow. Temperatures drop as low as -4 degrees C. The children need warm clothes and shoes. There are … Continue reading 2020 Winter Christmas Appeal
2020 Shipping Container Project
All finished – feeling very happy as we close the door on the shipping container. The 40 ft container was collected earlier this week and it will be shipped from Botany Bay in Sydney early next week. Arrival is expected into Duhok, Kurdistan by mid September. The value of the medical equipment (replaced as new) … Continue reading 2020 Shipping Container Project
2020 Shipping Container to Kurdistan
Project Update: There has been significant progress in filling the 40ft Container with Medical equipment and Women’s Health kits. We hope to have the container on the sea in July heading to Kurdistan. The medical equipment will be distributed throughout hospitals in the Duhok province. The equipment will assist Kurdish residents, Syrian Refugees and Yazidi … Continue reading 2020 Shipping Container to Kurdistan
2019 ABC News Article
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
Aid Distribution progress
The team from Joint Help for Kurdistan has started distributing the humanitarian aid from the shipping container. The arrival of the container and its release for distribution coincided with the Kurdish New Year celebration of Newroz. Packages of toys, clothes and gifts were distributed to the most needy families so the parents would be able … Continue reading Aid Distribution progress