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[A Close Point of View] What has happened to global terrorism?

29 Sep 2020 | A close point of view

Has global terrorism ceased to threaten us? For a while, we haven’t heard about tragic attacks like the ones that happened between 2014 and 2017 in Paris, Nice, and Manchester. What has happened to global terrorism?If we analyze the news from the last months, we will...

Help during the time of the pandemic, part 2.

21 Sep 2020 | Urgent cases

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?

15 Sep 2020 | Stories of survivors

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

1 Sep 2020 | A close point of view

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

10 Aug 2020 | Stories of survivors

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

3 Aug 2020 | Great job

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]

25 Jun 2020 | Eaglewatch in Iraq

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...

A ‘fishing rod’ instead of a ‘fish’: the Great Job Project

24 May 2020 | Uncategorized

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...

The Volunteer (Interview with Dawid)

5 May 2020 | Eaglewatch in Iraq

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...

Helping in the time of the pandemic

26 Apr 2020 | Great job

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...

The first trip to Iraq in 2021

Apr 15, 2021 | Eaglewatch in Iraq, Great job

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

Feb 25, 2021 | A close point of view

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...

Everyone deserves a place to call home (WATCH)

Jan 17, 2021 | Construction of houses, Video

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...

We are starting another year of helping terrorism victims.

Jan 17, 2021 | Construction of houses, Livestock

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...

What did we manage to do in 2020? A short summary and plans for the future.

Jan 2, 2021 | Eaglewatch in Iraq, Great job, Urgent cases

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...

[A Close Point of View] How to help without harming?

Dec 14, 2020 | A close point of view

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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