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We are here to help
Our second this year trip to Iraq is taking place during the exceptionally hot summer. But as usual, we have too many things to do and no time left to complain. One of the goals of this trip, although not the only one, is to launch the board games project. But I will...
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GREAT JOB – A locksmiths’s workshop in Qaraqosh
A locksmith’s workshop was one of the first two GREAT JOB projects. It was in 2017, shortly after Qaraqosh was liberated from ISIS. The town’s biggest problems were widespread destruction and a lack of professionals who could help the locals rebuild it. At the time,...
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We help wherever we are needed
The help we provide takes many different forms. We can’t focus exclusively on development projects as sometimes we need to act to address unpredictable events. That was the case during the fire in the Shariya camp. At the beginning of June, our friends in Iraq started...
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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 here to help
Our second this year trip to Iraq is taking place during the exceptionally hot summer. But as usual, we have too many things to do and no time left to complain. One of the goals of this trip, although not the only one, is to launch the board games project. But I will...
GREAT JOB – A locksmiths’s workshop in Qaraqosh
A locksmith’s workshop was one of the first two GREAT JOB projects. It was in 2017, shortly after Qaraqosh was liberated from ISIS. The town’s biggest problems were widespread destruction and a lack of professionals who could help the locals rebuild it. At the time,...
We help wherever we are needed
The help we provide takes many different forms. We can’t focus exclusively on development projects as sometimes we need to act to address unpredictable events. That was the case during the fire in the Shariya camp. At the beginning of June, our friends in Iraq started...
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...