by Matthias Stechert | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Since the beginning of November, more than 250,000 Afghan refugees have been deported by the authorities of Pakistan across the border to Afghanistan. Refugee camps are razed to the ground with bulldozers. The Pakistani government had previously announced that it...
by Matthias Stechert | Oct 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Several heavy earth quakes shook the west of Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, October 07. According to the Ministry of Disaster Relief in Afghanistan, there have been at least 2,500 fatalities so far. More than 11,000 people are affected by the quake....
by Matthias Stechert | Aug 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Drought and the related risk of forest fires are a global concern. Here in Germany as well. The last few years have brought us hotter and hotter summers, and at the same time there has been less rain. As a result of the drought, the risk of forest fires increases...
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 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...
