A carefully reviewed selection of organizations working with and for Yazidi communities. We show who is behind them, where they operate and why they are included.
Who is responsible?Named leadership, team and legal structure.
Where do they work?Country, offices and areas of operation.
Why are they included?Public reporting, traceable work and editorial review.
Community-led rebuilding in Şingal, including education, healthcare, livelihoods, water, women’s empowerment, cultural preservation and advocacy for survivors.
Why currently included?
Named leadership, published annual reports, identifiable projects and publicly documented institutional funding. The organization works with governments as part of its advocacy and funding work; no declared Kurdish party affiliation was found in the public material reviewed.
Documented continuityPublic activity since at least 2020
FocusProtection & justice
Who is behind it?
Farida Khalaf, Co-founder and President · Sanaa Ali Alneamat, Co-founder, Board Member and Director for Women’s and Survivors’ Affairs. Additional staff and advisers are publicly named on the organization’s website.
What do they do?
Legal guidance, psychosocial assistance, survivor-centered advocacy, education and international human-rights work, including support connected to the Yazidi Survivors Law.
Why currently included?
Named Yazidi survivor leadership, a registered German association and public activity documented since at least 2020. The founding year 2019 is reported by external sources but not stated on the organization’s own website. A consolidated list of donors and recent annual financial reports was not located during our review; these transparency gaps should be considered before donating.
International organization Offices in Duhok and Şingal, Iraq
Legal statusRegistered nonprofit US, UK & Iraq
Founded2014
Documented continuityPublic reports & activity since 2014
FocusJustice, recovery & advocacy
Who is behind it?
Natia Navrouzov, Executive Director. Yazda describes itself as a global, community-led institution established in response to the 2014 genocide against the Yazidis.
What do they do?
Survivor support, documentation of crimes, legal accountability, humanitarian assistance, cultural preservation and advocacy for Yazidis and other vulnerable minority communities in Iraq and Syria.
Why currently included?
Long-standing, publicly documented work for Yazidi survivors and international justice. Yazda also reports hate speech, discrimination and systemic violence against Yazidis in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and publicly calls on both the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to act. We found no basis for classifying the organization as affiliated with a Kurdish political party.
