by Matthias Stechert | Jul 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
After the devastating earthquake on 6th February 2023 (we reported about it), Shelter Now Kurdistan wanted to reach out to people in the Syrian area. There is a big kurdish population in Syria and Northern Iraq, and many of the people we know have personal...
by Matthias Stechert | Jun 22, 2023 | press release
Over 200 refugee children receive education and experience fun and joy The children’s center in northern Iraq, supported by the international Christian relief organization Shelter Now, is getting more and more visitors and wants to expand. The “Child...
by Matthias Stechert | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Tens of thousands of Yazidis were displaced by the Islamic State in 2014 – thousands more suffered even worse. The refugees are still unable to return to their original homeland of Shingal (Sinjar); it is still too dangerous there, and there are hardly any...
by Matthias Stechert | Apr 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
In Essyan Camp, a camp with displaced Yazidis in the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan, Shelter Now has been supporting a children’s center for years. “We started five years ago with 60 children,” says Helin. “All of them were orphans or...
by Matthias Stechert | Apr 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Since 2014, thousands of people have been living in Essian Camp near the city of Baadre in northern Iraq. These Yazidis have been driven from their homes in the Sinjar Mountains by the horrific violence of the “Islamic State.” Because it is still dangerous...
