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How Did Dutch Football Kits End Up in Duhok, Iraqi Kurdistan?
The remarkable journey of kits that crossed continents to empower girls in displacement camps. Bajed Kandala's Girls Football Team, in their new kits. When Mercy Hands and Mercy Path staff visited Bajed Kandala IDP camp, in March this year, they had a request: new football kits and boots for their girls football team. Mercy Hands and Mercy Path Team Visiting Bajed Kandala Camp, March 2026 Bajed Kandala camp is an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) camp in Duhok, Kurdistan re

Pippa Henderson Slater
Jul 142 min read


World Refugee Day - Beyond Border Crossing
While global attention often focuses on newly emerging crises, many displacement situations receive far less attention despite lasting for years. Iraq is one such example.
Martina Piccinelli
Jun 264 min read


The Power of Youth Participation in Preventing Violent Extremism in Diyala
Peacebuilding projects can have strong generative effects when being directed at the younger population, which holds the keys to the future of their communities

Public Relations Dept.
Apr 63 min read


Women’s Leadership in Iraq is Not Foreign or Modern, it is Indigenous.
In Iraq, this struggle stretches back more than 4,000 years.
Martina Piccinelli
Mar 84 min read


First Quarter 2022 Newsletter of Mercy Hands Education Department.
On March 15, our Education Department released its first quarter 2022 newsletter. It includes updates on our education projects and...

Public Relations Dept.
Mar 15, 20221 min read


Painting Against Gender Based Violence
Mercy Hands alliance (Mercy Hands and the sister organizations: Mercy Hands Europe, 7th Sense Foundation for Media and Culture, and...

Public Relations Dept.
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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