by Orla Straz | July 27, 2023 | Eaglewatch in Iraq, Great job, Stories of survivors
Iraq in the past, Iraq today The ISIS rebellion, which in 2014 turned into a regular civil war in Iraq and Syria, lasted for nearly 5 years. But we should place an asterisk here, as it is difficult to speak about the end of the war with an organization that lacks...
by Orla Straz | January 26, 2022 | Stories of survivors, Urgent cases
Eight years in a tent The Yazidi community is one of the social groups, or ethnic minorities to be more accurate, who are the main beneficiaries of our aid. Why are we still helping them despite no war activities currently taking place in Iraq? In November last year,...
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by Orla Straz | November 10, 2021 | Stories of survivors
[A Close Point of View] The Yazidis. An ethnic minority or a nation? Our activities are directed mainly at the Yazidis. It is the community against which ISIS carried out a genocide in August 2014. I would like to say a little bit more about them. Who are the Yazidis?...
by Orla Straz | November 5, 2021 | Stories of survivors, Video
A girl with Kalashnikov A picture of a young girl walking down the road in the mountains with Kalashnikov on her back went viral. It was taken in August 2014. At the time, terrorists from the so-called Islamic State were carrying out a genocide against the Yazidis in...
by Orla Straz | August 31, 2021 | From the water to the sand, Stories of survivors, Video
FROM THE WATER TO THE SAND #17 – These people are very tough In this episode Bartosz Rutkowski talks about his latest trip to Iraq. You will find out, among others, about the project of board games which Bartosz brought for children from our befriended...
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by Orla Straz | May 22, 2021 | Stories of survivors
[A close point of view] Slavery in the 21st-century Many people associate slavery with the colonial period and Africa which at the time was dominated by the Western European states. The situation radically changed after World War II, when colonies started forming into...
