Check out the new Lotus Flower centre

This is our new Lotus Flower centre in Duhok City – and we’re pretty proud of the work that’s gone into creating such a calm and welcoming space for those we support. 

In this centre, we will be reaching IDPs and refugees living outside of camps in host communities, where there are very few existing support services. In fact, according to UNOTCHA, it’s those in out-of-camp locations who are most vulnerable and who have the most difficulty in receiving any support. Frequently, these are the people who are totally left behind.

Our new centre will offer mental health and psychosocial support for women and girls, as well as employment training – including livelihoods skills and business grants. The centre will also provide support and awareness of gender-based violence, plus case management for survivors.

And we'll also be running our Positive Masculinity workshops for men and boys here, which help advance equality, change traditional perceptions about women and girls' roles in society, and reduce harmful behaviours against them.

We’re thrilled to have taken over this new space and that it’s going to make such a difference to so many more lives…