Source: Al-Monitor Date: 7 May, 2021 Pandemic leads to increase in child labor in Iraq Young girls sell narcissus at the traffic lights. Boys push carts with fruit or ice blocks, serve tea, help unload trucks and run errands for shopkeepers. Child labor is already part of daily life in Iraq, but since the [...]
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 [...]
Legal Services Play Critical Role in SEED’s Support for Trafficking Survivors Navigating the legal system is often a complicated and lengthy process for victims, or survivors, of human trafficking. It is common in Kurdistan for them to face criminal charges instead of being recognized as survivors, leading to further exploitation or abuse. [...]
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 [...]
SEED Co-Founder Highlights NGO’s Work Toward Gender Equality on IWD SEED Foundation Co-Founder and Vice President Tanya Gilly Khailany highlighted the important role non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can and do play to advance gender equality and counter gender-based violence in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, where decades of upheaval and violence have created ongoing [...]