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Help during the time of the pandemic, part 2.
In March this year, a lockdown was imposed in Iraq which lasted until half of August. For a long time, many shops as well as roads between the provinces were closed. Humanitarian organizations halted their activities. Residents of camps for internally displaced people...
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Different? Or worse?
The Third World. That is where war never ends. That is how it is over there. I have heard this many times about the place where we work and the people whom we try to help. Have you ever thought how divided our planet is based on stereotypes that have nothing to do...
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[A close point of view] From dehumanization to genocide
Starting from today, once in a while we will publish on our website articles on various topics, not necessarily related to the Eaglewatch’s activities. It will be a series of feuilletons under the title „A close point of view”, and as the title indicates, sometimes...
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8 days in the mountains – a journey to the dead end
On the 6th of August, six years had passed since the genocide carried out by ISIS against the Yazidis in Sinjar. That day will forever be remembered as one of the most tragic days for the entire Yazidi community. A community of merely several hundreds of thousands of...
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A bakery, a reading room, an upholstery workshop… Every new workplace is our great success
The Great Job project was launched exactly three years ago in Qaraqosh, in the heart of the Nineveh Plain. During this time, we have already opened 73 workplaces for families from Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. The goal of this endeavor is to rebuild shops, workshops and...
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I did not want to be indifferent [Interview with Bart]
Bartosz Rutkowski is the founder and the president of the Eagle Watch Foundation. He is also a retired officer of the Polish Army, where he served for 22 years. His biography includes many interesting memories. Parachute jumping, diving, even running away from the...
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A ‘fishing rod’ instead of a ‘fish’: the Great Job Project
The money spent on humanitarian aid and the number of people who received it do not matter. What is important is to achieve a simple goal. The assumption of the Great Job Project is to help families to become self-reliant. Apart from helping them financially, it also...
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The Volunteer (Interview with Dawid)
This article will be different than others. I will write about myself, and that is never easy. It will not be a perky story about adventures on a frontline. A lot has been said about that. But I would like to add a few words about myself.The reportage that has been...
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Helping in the time of the pandemic
The nationwide quarantine has already been lasting for more than six weeks. Whom have we managed to help during this time? Is providing help in such conditions possible at all?In Iraq, similarly to Poland, many restrictions and prohibitions have been imposed that aim...
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The return of ISIS – Should we expect the second clash?
In March last year, the media raced to report that the anti-terror coalition recaptured the village of Baghouz in Syria – the ‘last bastion of ISIS’. At the time, I published a short article [The world has announced a victory over ISIS. Rightly so?] which referred to...
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Help during the time of the pandemic, part 2.
In March this year, a lockdown was imposed in Iraq which lasted until half of August. For a long time, many shops as well as roads between the provinces were closed. Humanitarian organizations halted their activities. Residents of camps for internally displaced people...
Different? Or worse?
The Third World. That is where war never ends. That is how it is over there. I have heard this many times about the place where we work and the people whom we try to help. Have you ever thought how divided our planet is based on stereotypes that have nothing to do...
[A close point of view] From dehumanization to genocide
Starting from today, once in a while we will publish on our website articles on various topics, not necessarily related to the Eaglewatch’s activities. It will be a series of feuilletons under the title „A close point of view”, and as the title indicates, sometimes...
8 days in the mountains – a journey to the dead end
On the 6th of August, six years had passed since the genocide carried out by ISIS against the Yazidis in Sinjar. That day will forever be remembered as one of the most tragic days for the entire Yazidi community. A community of merely several hundreds of thousands of...
A bakery, a reading room, an upholstery workshop… Every new workplace is our great success
The Great Job project was launched exactly three years ago in Qaraqosh, in the heart of the Nineveh Plain. During this time, we have already opened 73 workplaces for families from Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan. The goal of this endeavor is to rebuild shops, workshops and...
I did not want to be indifferent [Interview with Bart]
Bartosz Rutkowski is the founder and the president of the Eagle Watch Foundation. He is also a retired officer of the Polish Army, where he served for 22 years. His biography includes many interesting memories. Parachute jumping, diving, even running away from the...