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 [...]
SEED's President, Sherri Kraham Talabany, was interviewed on Babylon FM earlier today, to launch SEED's December Campaign 'Life Changing Donations'
For over a year, the SEED Center in Mamilyan Camp, Akre, has provided services to displaced Iraqis, largely from the Yezidi and Shabak minority communities, who suffered horrific abuses at the hands of ISIS. Although some of their villages have now been freed, in most cases it is unsafe to return to them due to [...]
Jason interviews Sherri from S.E.E.D foundation of KurdistanJason interviews Sherri from S.E.E.D foundation of Kurdistan Posted by TheBlaze on Monday, 21 November 2016
The SEED Foundation delivers comprehensive psychosocial services to those displaced by ISIS in Kurdistan, particularly survivors of violence. At the SEED Center we deliver high quality mental health services, recreational activities, livelihood training, and life skills education to support men, women, and children, to start to heal and recover and rebuild their lives. Come check [...]
SEED's first gala dinner event in Washington, DC, No Survivor Should Suffer Alone, on May 19th, was a great success! Over 200 guests included friends, philanthropists, corporate sponsors, and members of the foreign policy, think thank and media communities. Many thanks to all who supported the evening and especially our amazing Master of Ceremonies Elise [...]
Today, SEED sent a team to Sharya Camp in Dohuk to provide support to two women and their children who escaped ISIS recently, after a year and a half in captivity. These women returned without their husbands and some of their children, who are still in captivity or were killed. Not knowing whether their [...]
SEED is delighted to receive funding from the Canadian Government to work with displaced men and boys to combat gender-based violence. Engaging men and boys is proven as an effective strategy for reducing violence against women, and also reducing the violence that men and boys themselves face. Engaging men and boys as both survivors [...]
Click to view our photo album. The SEED Center’s official opening ceremony took place on Sunday November 29. We were delighted to welcome over one hundred guests, including the Governor of Duhok, the Deputy Governor of Duhok, the Mayor of Akre and the Head of Duhok’s Bureau of Relief and Humanitarian Affairs. We were also [...]