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Bartosz Rutkowski received the Jan Rodowicz “Anoda” Award
The Jan Rodowicz “Anoda” Awards ceremony was held for the 9th time at the Warsaw Uprising Museum. This year Bartosz Rutkowski, the founder of the Eaglewatch, was the winner in the “Social action” category. What is social action? The Warsaw Uprising Museum describes it...
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[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 sovereign states. It might seem that in the...
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A stop called ‘home’.
It took many years for these people to return home. They were forced to stop over many times, sometimes further, sometimes closer from home. But reaching their destination didn't mean the end of the journey. The next step to take was to fix damages and to try to get...
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Teleskoff – a town rebuilt from the rubble
Teleskoff – a town rebuilt from the rubble Teleskoff is a small town located a few kilometers away from Mosul. It's calm and pleasant atmosphere hides the memory of war which in the last years raged through these territories. In summer of 2014, ISIS took over the...
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The first trip to Iraq in 2021
Our longest between visits to Iraq to date break lasted twelve months. However, we were working very actively all the time and thanks to the volunteers on the ground we were able to continue our activities without major obstacles. We were planning the trip since...
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[A Close Point of View] ISIS – genesis, atrocities, and the current situation
In Europe, we first heard about ISIS during a series of bloody attacks which were particularly intense in the period between 2015 and 2017. Those were not the first terrorist attacks in the so-called West, but their audacity and a high number of people sent shockwaves...
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Everyone deserves a place to call home (WATCH)
After taking control of Sinjar, terrorists started looting. They robbed shops and houses before blowing them up. By the end of 2019, we had built 65 houses for families that fled ISIS. It was the first phase of reinhabiting the entire region. Now we are trying to...
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We are starting another year of helping terrorism victims.
We have smoothly moved on to 2021 and already managed to help the first family. But I will begin with what we promised before the end of the last year, namely with good news from the building sites of new houses in Sinjar. New buildings were raised more than two...
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What did we manage to do in 2020? A short summary and plans for the future.
This year has been a real test for humanitarian organizations. Restrictions, movement bans, and many other inconveniences were a significant challenge for us as well. However, we managed to work continuously and bring help without larger interruptions. I wrote about...
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[A Close Point of View] How to help without harming?
The good can be found in almost each one of us, and sooner or later it somehow reveals itself. Only a very few individuals derive pleasure from seeing others’s suffering, and usually it’s a result of some kind of psychological disorder. Sometimes we are moved by the...
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Bartosz Rutkowski received the Jan Rodowicz “Anoda” Award
The Jan Rodowicz “Anoda” Awards ceremony was held for the 9th time at the Warsaw Uprising Museum. This year Bartosz Rutkowski, the founder of the Eaglewatch, was the winner in the “Social action” category. What is social action? The Warsaw Uprising Museum describes it...
[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 sovereign states. It might seem that in the...
A stop called ‘home’.
It took many years for these people to return home. They were forced to stop over many times, sometimes further, sometimes closer from home. But reaching their destination didn't mean the end of the journey. The next step to take was to fix damages and to try to get...
Teleskoff – a town rebuilt from the rubble
Teleskoff – a town rebuilt from the rubble Teleskoff is a small town located a few kilometers away from Mosul. It's calm and pleasant atmosphere hides the memory of war which in the last years raged through these territories. In summer of 2014, ISIS took over the...
The first trip to Iraq in 2021
Our longest between visits to Iraq to date break lasted twelve months. However, we were working very actively all the time and thanks to the volunteers on the ground we were able to continue our activities without major obstacles. We were planning the trip since...
[A Close Point of View] ISIS – genesis, atrocities, and the current situation
In Europe, we first heard about ISIS during a series of bloody attacks which were particularly intense in the period between 2015 and 2017. Those were not the first terrorist attacks in the so-called West, but their audacity and a high number of people sent shockwaves...