Rehabilitation center for former IS slaves

Rehabilitation center for former IS slaves

For several months we have been planning to establish a trauma therapy center for liberated IS slaves. How far has this progressed in the meantime? We have found and rented a very suitable, newly built house. This must now be prepared for the new purpose. Some...

Time and time again there are amazing stories, …

Time and time again there are amazing stories, …

...that our project beneficiaries tell. One of them is that of eight-year-old Sara: When the IS terrorists invaded Mosul (Nineveh) in 2014, Sara was just three years old. The attackers surrounded a large group of Christian women and children. First they chose the most...

Impressions from a journey

Impressions from a journey

Udo and Sigi Stolte have visited Kurdistan in Northern Iraq. They experienced beautiful, but also shocking things. First the beauty: Despite the bad weather with flooding for months, the Esidic refugees in "our" camps were in good spirits. They had reason to do so: We...

Fresh fruit for Esidy Kids

Fresh fruit for Esidy Kids

We want to provide fled children of the Esidy (Yezidi) with fresh fruit from Christmas to the summer. The hardest hit ethnic group by IS terrorism is the Esids. (They are also called "Yazidi"). Shelter Now has been working for four years with about 100 families of...

Chickens and geese for IS refugees in Kurdistan

Chickens and geese for IS refugees in Kurdistan

Almost 100 refugee Kurdish families receive poultry alive. This should give them more food security and thus greater independence. Great joy among the Eskid Kurdish refugees: Each family gets six chickens and as many geese, one male and five female animals each. Udo...

We have lost a friend

Terror attack in Kabul - German aid worker murdered Last Saturday evening (January 20) terrorists attacked the Kabul Hotel Intercontinental. There were dead and injured. We are shocked and affected. Brigitte W., a long-time friend of ours, was also killed in this...