Category: Featured Post

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World Refugee Day 2023

World Refugee Day is celebrated every year on June 20: a day… Read more >

a turkish girl of about 11 smiles holding a hand-drawn "thank you" card with the peace winds and japan platform logos
Four Months After the Earthquake: Continuing Support for Hatay Province, Türkiye

June 6 marked four months since the devastating earthquake in Türkiye that… Read more >

Six men work to load cardboard boxes off of a white truck with a Peace Winds logo
Food Support in Türkiye Three Months After the Earthquake

Last month, Peace Winds distributed a total of 1,500 kits containing food… Read more >

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Support for elderly community members following the Ishikawa Earthquake in Japan

On May 5, 2023, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture,… Read more >

Two elderly Syrian refugees, a man and a woman, sit in front of a newly renovated bathroom. The woman is wearing a black dress and hijab, and the man is wearing a blue shirt with a white vest and white hat
Success Story: Khansa and Yousif

Cash-for-Work (CfW) is a method that many NGOs use to provide temporary… Read more >

A smiling Syrian refugee woman wears a black hijab and black sweater while holding a basket at an outdoor market with fruits and vegetables. In the background on the left, there is a bag of colorful soccer balls
Happy Mother’s Day from Peace Winds!

“My mother is my friend, my sister, and everything to me. If… Read more >

Türkiye: Life After the Earthquakes

“I consider myself very very lucky because I haven’t lost my family.”… Read more >

Update: Supporting Livelihood Opportunities for Syrian Refugees

Peace Winds is halfway through the first year of our Project for… Read more >

Bright yellow flowers fill the foreground while a woman wearing a pale yellow hijab tends to the flowers outside in the background
Celebrating Earth Day in Iraq

“When we first arrived at the camp, it was like a huge… Read more >

a young Nepalese girl with two braids smiles while holding the drawing she made. The draqing has blue mountains, a yellow sun, a flock of black birds, two trees, and two buildings labeled "my house" and "my kitchen."
Meet 8-Year-Old Ankita and Her Amazing Artwork

Last year, Peace Winds collected drawings from children living in many of… Read more >