January 22, 2025
A Very Special Team Visits Our School
Last week, we had the chance of welcoming a very special team: The German Bundeswehr which is stationed in Erbil.
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January 15, 2025
Norms and Values are Key to a Better Future
At our school for refugee children, we focus not only on education, but also teach codes of conduct like respectful behaviour. We want our children who live in nearby refugee camps to learn as well as take away important values for their l…
December 30, 2024
Celebrating New Year's Eve: A Day Filled With Joy and Hope
We came together with our children for a small, yet very special celebration of today's New Year's Eve. For just a moment, the children were able to leave their daily struggles behind to just be children playing, laughing and spending tim…
December 29, 2024
Working Together for a Green Future
Our raised beds in the refugee camp: A couple of weeks ago, we asked what you thought our children might possibly be building now we would like to show you the result
December 23, 2024
Happy Holiday Season
At the beginning of December, we had the chance of visiting the German School in Erbil's Christmas market with 20 of our students. What an exciting day For many of our students, it was their first time getting away from the refugee camps a…
December 03, 2024
Our Wall of Heroes
A creative highlight at our school Did you know that our school is run by 30 committed staff members? From teachers to janitors, from bus drivers to gardeners all of them are heroes in our daily school life. To celebrate them, our childre…
November 17, 2024
Our Children Build Nest Boxes
A while ago, we asked you: What would you guess is our plan for a couple wooden planks? Today, we want to reveal the secret: We built nest boxes together with our children
November 13, 2024
An Adventure for Animal Protection
Yesterday, we welcomed a special visitor at our school: Adventurer Mitchell Hutchcraft stopped by at our school in order to talk to our students about animal protection . Mitchell has set an ambitious goal for himself. He's planning to tra…
November 08, 2024
Experiencing Environmental Education Firsthand: Organization Jinda's Recycling Center
Environmental Education has been an inherent part of our school curriculum for a couple of years. For our students here in Northern Iraq, it is essential to learn why and how they can protect the environment. This topic is of the utmost im…
October 28, 2024
Warm Healthy Meals at Our Bridge
We provide warm meals daily for over 400 children at our school. For our children who live in camps and often don't know if there will be enough to eat the meals at Our Bridge are more than just food: They are a moment of care, a piece o…
October 17, 2024
Digital Learning For The Future
We took a giant step towards digital education at our school Thanks to the generous support of Pallas Seminarehttps://www.pallasseminare.de/ and the German Federal Foreign Officehttps://www.auswaertigesamt.de/en, we were able to set up a d…
September 21, 2024
Physical Wellbeing with Dr. Khalid
A few days ago, we had the joy and honour of welcoming Dr. Khalid, a physiotherapist and chiropractor from Duhok, as a guest at our school. He spent an entire day with us in order to help our children and widows who visit our school for se…