This weekend marked the third anniversary of the genocide against the Yezidis, and other minorities in Iraq. On August 3rd, 2014, ISIS terrorists overran the city of Sinjar and murdered, abducted and enslaved thousands women, men, boys and girls. SEED's President, Sherri Kraham Talabany, attended a vigil in memorial for the victims of this genocide at [...]
SEED’s President, Sherri Kraham Talabany, was part of Kurdistan’s first TEDx Nishtiman event on the first of April, in Saad Abdulla Hall in Erbil, Kurdistan. The theme for TEDx Nishtiman was rehabilitation and development. Sherri spoke about how we can best support the recovery of survivors of conflict and violence in Kurdistan through comprehensive, long-term, [...]
Having just returned from a transformative, inspirational week in Armenia at the Aurora Dialogues, I want to share my gratitude and experience. As descendants of survivors of the Armenian genocide, the amazing three founders of the AuroraPrize turned their grief of their ancestors’ painful tragedy (millions of people killed and displaced around the world) and their [...]
SEED Foundation, in collaboration with Koya University through the Center for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS), is launching the Psychosocial Support Services (PSS) Training Program. Applications are now being accepted for sessions in April, May, October, and November. The PSS Training Program is an intensive training and supervision program building the skills of [...]
On January 31, 2017, SEED Foundation launched the Center for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS) at Koya University in the Kurdistan Region. The Center for MHPSS will serve to strengthen the quality of mental health and psychosocial support services through ongoing education, training and supervision. The center was launched following the first meeting [...]
In December 2016 SEED launched a humanitarian campaign to aid survivors. With the help of The MLF French School, Fakher Mergasori School, The International School of Choueifat - Erbil, The Fig Club, Fingerprints Children’s Centre, and Babylon Media we were able to collect all necessary items to help newly arrived women, who have escaped ISIS, [...]
Earlier this week, we visited Chamchamal, to talk about psychology education with the President and Vice-President of Charmo University. Since one of the greatest constraints to delivering quality mental health and psychosocial support services to the survivors of ISIS, we are investing in building the skills of future psychologists and service providers. You can’t visit [...]
Thanks to support from Mercury One and the Nazarene Fund, in the month of December, we are helping transform women’s lives through our knitting program! Our first knitting sales resulted in 30 displaced women receiving an income to provide for their families. The women who participated were thrilled and inspired to knit the next batch, and [...]
SEED officially launched its first knitting sales in a holiday bazaar sponsored by Mercury One and Rotana Hotel, giving the women in our program their first income. We were lucky to have Babylon FM’s Noor and Angel B live auction some of the survivor-made goods! Each gift contained a card describing the program and the [...]
SEED was very pleased to have Holly Aldrich and Barbara Hamm with us from the US, bringing with them decades of experience working with victims of violence and other traumatic events. The primary goal of their visit was to participate as technical advisors on our Board for the Center for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support [...]