
Rayan
13 years oldFrom Shingal
„My name is Rayan and I am 13 years old. I come from Shingal and had to flee from the attacks of ISIS together with my mother and my three siblings."

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Children in programme
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2014
Since we were founded in 2014
Every child has a story — and a future we can write together.

From Shingal
„My name is Rayan and I am 13 years old. I come from Shingal and had to flee from the attacks of ISIS together with my mother and my three siblings."

From Shingal
„The ISIS fighters shot at our car. My little sister was five years old when she was hit by a bullet. She died immediately. I was sitting right next to her."

From Shohati Camp
„My name is Avin. I am eight years old and live with my grandmother and grandfather in Shohati Camp."

From Shingal
„When the fighters of the Islamic State attacked our villages in August 2014, we first fled to the nearby mountains, then through Syria into Kurdistan."

From Shingal
„My name is Seve, I am eleven years old and I come from Shingal."

From Khanke Camp
„We barely have running water and rarely electricity. In winter it is cold, in summer the tent gets extremely hot, and when it rains everything is wet and turns to mud."

Our Bridge operates in the crisis regions of Northern Iraq around Khanke and Shingal — areas where many UN refugee camps still host families living under the harshest conditions.
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