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 Medical Journals to College of Medicine in Mosul
More distribution from our 40ft shipping container on 30 September, 2020 in Duhok. One of our Directors Dr Abdulrazak Barazi kindly donated medical books and journals. Over the years and particularly in 2016 and 2017, Mosul was attacked by ISIS resulting in the destruction of many hospitals, schools and universities. Even today, doctors are providing … Continue reading 2020 Medical Journals to College of Medicine in Mosul
2020 Women’s Health Kits for Refugees and Internally Displaced Women
Our shipping container arrived safely in Duhok on Sunday 27 September 2020. It was delivered to the Directorate of Health Warehouse complex in Duhok, Kurdistan. Unpacking of the Shipping container started on Tuesday 29 September, 2020. Vian Ahmed, Project Manager of NGO “The Lotus Flower collected 2,913 x Women’s Health kits. The kits will be … Continue reading 2020 Women’s Health Kits for Refugees and Internally Displaced Women
2020 Outstanding Humanitarian of Year Award
On 21 July, I was honoured with an award from my Rotary Club, who nominated me for the Rotary International Zone 8 (Australasian) “Outstanding Humanitarian of Year Award 2020”. Each Rotary District is part of 6 worldwide Zones, with Australia’s being part of Zone 8, which includes oceanic nations like Australia, New Zealand, East Timor … Continue reading 2020 Outstanding Humanitarian of Year Award
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
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