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I fought for my land [Interview with Majid]
In 1991, he joined the Iraqi army, where he served for 6 years. He is a journalist. In 2014, when ISIS took Mosul, he did not hesitate for a moment. He joined a self-defense unit formed by the APP (Assyrian Patriotic Party), for which he was a spokesman. Majid is an...
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To hear the voice of Yazidis [Interview with Farhad]
For more than two years, he has lived and studied in France. He left Iraq fleeing ISIS terrorists’ persecution. Now he is trying to spread awareness about the 2014 genocide of Yazidis as far as possible. He was a witness to that genocide. Farhad comes from Sinjar...
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Will Christianity disappear from the Middle East?
Looking at the current situation in Iraq, we can assume that within the next two decades this is exactly what is going to happen. The centuries-long history and presence of Christianity in these territories seemed to be lasting and imperishable. We are talking about a...
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For the amount collected through 1% tax donations we are building a children’s center
An educational center, a cultural center, a common room. A complex, which we have already started building, is meant to be an institution combining characteristics of all these places. It will be a safe haven for children from a wild encampment located on the plateau...
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Powdered milk for children – A joint project with Caritas Poland
In the 10th episode of "Z wody w piach" (Polish only) Bartek talked about a project of the purchase of powdered milk for children living in wild camps, which we implemented thanks to Caritas Poland's support. He emphasized that the most important task of foundations...
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The purchase of medical equipment for the Oncology Center in Duhok
In the article summarizing 2019, I mentioned the purchase of medical equipment for the JIN Children Oncology Center in Duhok. Today I would like to tell you more about that undertaking. Duhok is one of the largest agglomerations in Iraqi Kurdistan. The city, according...
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Something ends, something begins – The summary of our activities in 2019, part II
The first months of 2019 were not as impressive as the last quarter of the year. Unfortunately, for every foundation the beginning of the year is a time of financial statements, reports and office work. In order to be able to organize a public fundraising in the next...
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Something ends, something begins – The summary of our activities in 2019, part I
I will start the summary from the beginning of the year, but I will not be strictly chronological. In the first part I will say what has changed within the foundation and our closest environment. In the second part I will try to sum up the results of our work. About...
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Sometimes we need to help thousands of people, another time it is just one person
We have already come back home and immediately got back to work. Now we need to write financial statements for our projects and make preparations for other activities. We have already come back home and immediately got back to work. Now we need to write financial...
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How many years separate today from tomorrow?
This time I have chosen a somehow lyrical article title. However, it is not going to be a fiction tale, but real people's life stories. I will start by telling you a little bit about the aims of our trip to Iraq which will be the last one this year. The first aim,...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...