Simple Items Help SEED Staff Connect with Some Clients SEED Foundation’s approach to mental health care is trauma-focused and survivor centered. Almost all mental health clients served by SEED have been exposed to traumatic experiences and show trauma-related symptoms. Trauma is deeply connected to the body, and the body plays a key role [...]
SEED Academy: Ensuring High Quality Services in the Field Since 2017, SEED Foundation has been leading comprehensive training and capacity building programs for NGOs and government actors. Now, SEED is proud to have launched SEED Academy, an innovative and rigorous training and capacity-building program for SEED staff, launched in December 2020. It is meant to [...]
Source: Watchlist Date: March 29, 2021 Bridging the Gap:Bringing the Response toChildren Formerly Associated withISIL in Iraq in Line with InternationalChild Protection Standards SEED Foundation was pleased to be among the local and national organizations interviewed by Watchlist for this report. The reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups (CAAFAG) is a critical [...]
UNFPA, SEED Train 15 Journalists in Kurdish on Reporting GBV amid Crises Insensitive reporting of gender-based violence (GBV) can put survivors and those at risk in greater danger. Crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, can make it more challenging for journalists to report on GBV appropriately. Although good reporting guidelines have been widely available [...]
Photo: Credit of the Vatican.va کوردی - عربي SEED Statement on the Pope's Historic First Visit to Iraq and the Kurdistan Region SEED Foundation extends a warm welcome to Pope Francis on the auspicious occasion of the first ever papal visit to Iraq and the Kurdistan [...]
Canadian Funding Enables SEED to Better Support IDPs, Refugees, Host Community SEED’s urban and camp based centers allow us to provide our clients safe spaces in which to access SEED’s services such as case management, legal services, and mental health and psychosocial support services. The Government of Canada recently has helped SEED to improve [...]
SEED Opens Its First SEED Center in Erbil SEED Foundation opened the doors to its first center in the capital of the Kurdistan Region, Erbil, on February 15, 2021, which will deliver integrated and comprehensive services to the host, refugee, and internally-displaced person (IDP) communities. Participants at the launch event, which adhered to strict [...]
Helping Healthcare Workers Address Mental Health During COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a variety of challenges, not just to our physical health, but our mental health too. In Kurdistan and Iraq, mental health is a taboo topic – making people hesitant to speak about their problems or seek help from professionals. Healthcare [...]
The Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and SEED Foundation Collaborate to Address Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Kurdistan On 2 February 2021, his excellency Dr. Saman Barzanji, Minister of the KRG Ministry of Health and his deputy Dr. Rahel Abdulwahid welcomed Mrs. Sherri Kraham Talabany, the President [...]
Supporting the Recovery and Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers While the Government of Iraq and the UN continue to collaborate through the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism (MRM) Country Task Force on the development of an action plan to prevent recruitment and support reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups [...]