Source: Kurdistan In America Date: March 26, 2021 SEED President Provides an Overview of SEED’s Work in Kurdistan SEED President and Executive Director Sherri Kraham Talabany discussed SEED’s efforts to contribute to the development of Kurdistan in a March 26 interview with Delovan Barwari on Kurdistan in America, the podcast of the Kurdistan [...]
Source: Al-Monitor Date: March 16, 2021 SEED President Kraham Talabany Discusses the Challenges Facing Survivors of ISIS with Al-Monitor SEED Foundation President and Executive Director, Sherri Kraham Talabany, spoke with Al-Monitor’s Amberin Zaman during a podcast posted on March 16, 2021, about SEED’s work with survivors of ISIS and the challenges that they [...]
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 Kurdistan [...]
Tanya Gilly Khailany Speaks to Rudawy Emro On The Passing Of The Yezidi Survivors’ Bill Into Law SEED's Co-Founder and Vice President, Tanya Gilly Khailany, joined Bestoon Khalid on a recent segment of Rudawy Emro to discuss passing of the new Yezidi Survivors' Law. Gilly Khailany addresses the groundbreaking nature of this new [...]
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 case management, legal services, and mental health and psychosocial support services. The Government of Canada recently has helped SEED to improve [...]
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 comprehensive services to the host, refugee, and internally-displaced person (IDP) communities. Participants at the launch event, which adhered to strict [...]
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 health is a taboo topic – making people hesitant to speak about their problems or seek help from professionals. Healthcare [...]
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, Minister of the KRG Ministry of Health and his deputy Dr. Rahel Abdulwahid welcomed Mrs. Sherri Kraham Talabany, the President [...]
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 the development of an action plan to prevent recruitment and support reintegration of children associated with armed forces and groups [...]