Canadian Funding Enables SEED to Better Support IDPs, Refugees, Host Community
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 [...]
SEED Opens Its First SEED Center in Erbil
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 [...]
Helping Healthcare Workers Address Mental Health During COVID-19
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 [...]
The Ministry of Health of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and SEED Foundation Collaborate to Address Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Kurdistan
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, [...]
Supporting the Recovery and Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers
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 [...]
Supporting the Reintegration and Recovery of Female Survivors of ISIS in Kurdistan, Iraq
Survivors of ISIS captivity and violence face many barriers to their reintegration and recovery. SEED works to strengthen protections and services and advocates for survivors’ rights. Supporting the Reintegration and Recovery [...]
One Year Anniversary of the STEPS Center, Shelter for Trafficking Survivors
One Year Anniversary of the STEPS Center, Shelter for Trafficking Survivors For people who have experienced trafficking, safe shelter is often the first step towards recovery and stabilization. Until last year, there were [...]
SEED Receives 92 Artworks Depicting Equality, Positive Portrayal of Women and Girls
Ninety two young artists entered SEED Foundation’s first ‘Art of Equality’ competition to mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and support the promotion of gender equality and positive portrayal of [...]
“Protecting and Empowering Survivors of Gender-Based Violence in Kurdistan Region of Iraq” SEED Foundation’s new program in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Like in the rest of Iraq, gender inequality and gender-based violence (GBV) are pervasive in the Kurdistan Region (KRI). There are efforts by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to face the problem of GBV, including [...]