Gender Equality Iraq Project #25946

Refugees Fleeing Terror of ISIS

by Global Hope Network International

Project Report | Nov 22, 2017
Families helping families

By Rami | GHNI Field Leader

Syrian Refugees in Jordan

The GHNI team was invited to the house of a Syrian friend, Al Shaykh (the Elder) *Abu Sydu. He was the leader of a big trip in Syria. We have known him for a very long time and he loves us and enjoys having us visit him and his family. We had a very special meal cooked by his wife. We had a great time visiting with one another and having conversations about different topics. He explained his responsibilities in supervising over 1,500 people and how this made him feel good about himself. He also shared with us how our connection and visits with him have changed his life.

Our team visited *Fawzi and *Radri, an Iraqi couple who have been in Amman since December 2016. They were living in Baghdad, where Fawzi worked in a jewelry shop as a professional goldsmith for 12 years. Fawzi was a partner. One day a group of violent men came into the shop and stabbed Fawzi because they knew he earned a good amount of money working there. At the time of the attack, Radri was pregnant with twin babies. When she heard about what happened to her husband, the shock affected her physically and she had to be taken to the hospital. The twins were born prematurely and the delivery was very hard for Radri. Fawzi and Radri were both in the hospital with the newborn twins for several weeks.

After all the suffering Fawzi and Radri went through, Fawzi decided to leave his job. Once they recovered from their physical injuries, they decided to travel somewhere outside of Iraq. Fawzi’s relatives supported them financially so they could travel and move. They fled to Lebanon to find a safe and secure refuge for their twins. Living in Lebanon was very expensive so they decided to move to Amman. Fawzi and the family are waiting for visas to Australia. We are hoping all things work together for their good.

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Dec 1, 2016
Yazidi family shares story

By Ari | National Field Leader, Iraq

When we heard ISIS was coming we were terrified and ran for our lives.

Marige (the young lady in the picture with her husband, Diag, next to her in the photo above) and her mother were driving from shopping for food when they heard ISIS had entered their village. “When we heard ISIS was coming we were terrified and ran for our lives. We kept driving as fast as we could toward Erbil (Kurdistan). At one point on the road we came up on an ISIS check point. We thought we would be caught and they would take us. But as we approached the check point they came under attack from somewhere and their attention was drawn away from us and we drove through and made it to Erbil.”

Today Mirage and Diag (who was captured by ISIS but escaped) live in an abandoned factory in Kurdistan. Though their living conditions are poor, they are safe and are able to survive. They long for the day they can return to their village but until ISIS is driven out and winter has passed they will stay where they are.

GHNI is helping to provide for their basic need such as food, clothing, blankets, heaters, hygiene items, and other essentials. Our national team regularly visits bringing these items and spending time with them as friends who truly care listening to them tell their tales of terror and helping them have hope for tomorrow and the day they return home to rebuild their lives

GHNI is also preparing to help them return home through training them in Transformational Community Development as well as other keeping them healthy and safe while they are exiled from their home

We need partners, like you, to join with us to bring winter aid to Mirage and Diag and other Yazidi families

400$ will provide a family with a heater, blankets, one months’ worth of supplemental food and other necessary items to help them survive the winter.

Thank you for help

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