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Mar 6, 20231 min read
Photo Diary
URGENT APPEAL: One of our staff has finally located his three sisters and one nephew who were taken into captivity almost nine years ago....


Feb 27, 20234 min read
And The Oscar Goes To...
I would like to showcase one of our photography student’s photographic work this week. It will be a short article as Sabah Elias is most...


Feb 20, 20235 min read
A Change of Weather
Huge thanks to all who continue to check up on us, and to those who have helped us by giving to the Emergency and Disaster Fund that we...


Feb 14, 20233 min read
Wake Up Call
Monday, February 6th, around 04.00 was a wake up call for the Kurdish Region of Iraq when one of the 42 earthquake aftershocks emanating...


Feb 6, 20234 min read
The Mantle of Adoption
A huge thank you to those who were able to respond to our request for help for Hanin and her siblings. They were and are moved, and...


Jan 30, 20233 min read
Oxygen of Hope
This is Nawal’s story as given to our Psychotherapist Noori whilst sitting in the garden drinking tea on a cold but sunny winter’s day. ...


Jan 24, 20235 min read
The Birthing Chair
I was tagged in a Facebook post this week. I am tagged in many by tent dwellers who want their voice to be heard, the majority of which...


Jan 16, 20231 min read
January E-Mag
Welcome to our January E-Mag. As the sealing of 2022 was on the horizon, a question that I put to both our staff and artists was both...

Jan 9, 20231 min read
Baggage Friends
"And David said: For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage, they shall share...


Jan 3, 20238 min read
Time.
Dear Friends of Springs of Hope, As the year draws to a close, we all begin to reflect over the things the past year has brought. When...


Dec 27, 20223 min read
Sleeping Beauty
I will pick up at the same place as I left off last week. “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words...


Dec 19, 20226 min read
The Voice
The Hope Centre was built on an empty piece of land inside Shariya Camp, land that was used for football by the kids in Section A. Rather...
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