Kurdish red crescent
| Kurdish red crescent | |
|---|---|
| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | 1993 in Bochum |
| Seat | Troisdorf , Germany |
| main emphasis | Humanitarian aid , international humanitarian law , social work |
| Website | heyvasor.com/de/ |
The Kurdish Red Crescent ( Heyva Sor ) (Kurdish: Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê ) is a humanitarian non-profit organization with centers in Germany and Kobanê in the de facto autonomous West Kurdistan . According to his own account, he is one of the main providers of medical care and refugee aid for people who are facing attacks by the Islamic State(IS) and the Syrian and Turkish governments fled. He is also helping to rebuild Kobanê, which was largely destroyed after several months of fighting ISIS. German security authorities consider the Kurdish Red Crescent to be an organization of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) or an organization closely related to the PKK.
The Kurdish Red Crescent is not a member of the International Committee of the Red Cross or part of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies .
engagement
According to its self-portrayal, the Kurdish Red Crescent is mainly involved in five areas: child aid, family sponsorship, health care, emergency aid and the solidarity project for prisoners.
financing
Donations are collected in several European countries. For example in Germany and Sweden, where the organization was founded in 1993. In 2019, the Kurdish Red Crescent received a donation of 250,000 euros from the German party The Party .
In 2010 the supervisory and service directorate of Rhineland-Palatinate decided that the organization may not use the symbol of the Red Crescent or the Red Cross, as this is reserved for states. In Rhineland-Palatinate, the organization has not been allowed to collect donations since 2010. The "appropriate proper use of the donations as well as the grants" is not guaranteed and although the donation boxes regularly showed needy children with the label "Help for children in need - HSK eV", these funds were used for purposes other than those intended.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jack Shahine: Heyva sor a kurdî, #Kurdish Red Crescent reopens its center in #Kobani today. In: @jackshahine (Twitter). 2015, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Steve Sweeney: Heyva Sor makes urgent appeal for those injured in Turkish air strikes. October 18, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ NGOs assist Yezidi refugees in Syria الهلال الأحمر الكردي يوفر الحماية للنازحين الإيزيديين في ديريك. Retrieved December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ structures | State Office for the Protection of the Constitution of Hesse. Retrieved December 6, 2019 .
- ↑ BfV newsletter No. 1/2014 - topic March 8th, 18th, 2014, accessed on December 6th, 2019 .
- ↑ Michael Safi: Kurdish medics injured in apparent attack on ambulance in Syria . In: The Guardian . November 10, 2019, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed December 5, 2019]).
- ↑ Our projects. Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Alman partiden Kürt Kızılayı'na 250 bin euro bağış. In: DW.com (Deutsche Welle). October 30, 2019, accessed December 5, 2019 (Turkish).
- ^ Order from ADD in Rhineland-Palatinate. In: heyvasor.com. March 26, 2011, accessed December 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Supervision and Service Directorate Rhineland-Palatinate: State-wide collection ban against “Heyva Sor a Kurdistane eV” based in Düsseldorf. Retrieved December 19, 2019 .