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Hammurabi Organization is assisting Yazidi orphans in Sheikhan and Dohuk

Hammurabi Organization is assisting Yazidi orphans in Sheikhan and Dohuk
  • The relief team consists of Mr. William Warda, Farhan Yousef and other volunteers covering 50 orphan children, including five women, students both male and female for primary, intermediate and secondary schools
  • Relief materials included blankets, rain jackets, towels and fuel for heating
  • Relief came with the support of Christian Solidarity International CSI

On Sunday, 27/1/2019, a relief team visited Sheikhan district, where a center for Yazidi orphans who lost at least one of the parents. The center supervised by Ain Safni organization for Community Development.

Hammurabi Human Rights Organization distributed relief items including blankets, rain jackets and towels, as well as (1440) litres of fuel for heating covering 50 orphans ranging in age from the third to the 18th years old who are victims of ISIS including five women and all those involved in the relief are Yazidis who were severely damaged by aggravated crimes of ISIS.

The distribution was held at the orphanage in Sheikhan district of Nineveh province. The relief team including Mr. William Warda member of the Board of Directors of Hammurabi Human Rights Organization and Public Relations Officer of the organization , Mr. Farhan Yousef member of the General Board and Mr. Raed Nissan one of the volunteers of the organization in Sheikhan district , Mr. Hadi Baba Sheikh  the personal secretary of the supreme religious authority of the Yazidi and known as (Baba Sheikh) ,as well as number of officials and members of Ain Safni organization for Community Development. 

The relief came with the support of Christian Solidarity International CSI, being the first relief campaign of Hammurabi Human Rights Organization HHRO for the year 2019.

Hammurabi organization directed its members in Duhok to provide similar support to Yazidi orphans in Sharia camp, especially by students at a school there.