SEED Foundation and Salahaddin University Sign MOU to Enhance University’s Social Work Program SEED Foundation President and Executive Director Sherri Kraham Talabany and Salahaddin University President Jawhar Fattah Saeed signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at Salahaddin University in Erbil on June 9 to implement the program ‘Protecting and [...]
How mobile messaging apps became essential to SEED’s psychosocial support services SEED Foundation, like many others, has had to adapt how we provide our psychosocial support services due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been some challenges along the way and we’ve learned some important lessons. At SEED, we put good [...]
The Power of Music SEED has an exciting new initiative for its psychosocial support (PSS) activities focused on nonverbal communication with Sounds of Change (SoC). SEED spoke with Lucas and Hashem from SoC about the project. After playing music professionally for 15 years, Lucas Dols wanted to use music not just [...]
What is Psychosocial Support at SEED Foundation? The three primary objectives of SEED's Psychosocial Support Services (PSS) services are to strengthen emotional wellbeing, social wellbeing, and skills and knowledge, with the result being more resilient individuals. At SEED, we understand that these three areas are tied together in most cases and [...]
Source: Legal Ranj, Rudaw Date: 20th April, 2021 SEED VP Tanya Gilly Khailany Speaks to Rudaw TV about ‘Honor Killings’ in Kurdistan SEED Vice President and Co-Founder, Tanya Gilly Khailany, joined Rudaw’s Ranj Sangawi, for a special discussion on the problem of “honor killing” following an uptick in reported cases recently in Kurdistan. [...]
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 to Children Formerly Associated with ISIL in Iraq in Line with International Child 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 [...]
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 [...]