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UNFPA’s ‘Reporting on Gender-Based Violence During Public Health Crises’ Now Available in Kurdish
Reporting on gender-based violence, especially during crises such as #COVID-19, is a difficult and sensitive task. When ethical reporting standards are not followed, it can place the lives of survivors at risk. @UNFPAIraq’s guidelines [...]
COVID-19 PSS Training for Community Coordinators and Mobilizers
As SEED’s community coordinators and mobilizers logged on one by one to the video call and greeted each other, there was both excitement and curiosity for the first remote psychosocial support (PSS) training for staff [...]
SEED Launches a MHPSS Standard of Care Tailored for the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
To promote improved services to some of the most vulnerable and violence-affected people in the world, SEED Foundation worked with a broad range of stakeholders to develop a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) [...]
Our Stories
Therapy and Mental Health Support Help Yezidi Survivor Feel Alive Again
Nagham*, a 21 year old Yezidi girl, currently lives in an IDP camp after ISIS invaded her home town of Shingal (Sinjar), where she grew up with her family. After the ISIS invasion, life became [...]
A Safe Space for Survivors of Trafficking During COVID-19
Shelter-in-place orders, restricted movements and government closures, necessary measures to slow the spread of the COVID-19 in Kurdistan, have resulted in a financial crisis leaving many migrant workers unemployed, and with compromised legal status as [...]
SEED Launches Group Therapy in Chamishko Camp
SEED continuously strives to strengthen its services to meet the needs of the communities it serves. One of the gaps that was identified was the need for a specialized group response to benefit from support [...]
In the Media
NLG Report: MHPSS gaps and recommendations Iraq and Syria Report
"In Iraq, the SEED Foundation has created parallel lines of management and technical supervision for frontline staff. Technical supervisors provide frontline staff support with the clinical and more technical aspects of the implementation of [...]