• Rescue children at risk


  • Rescue children at risk


Armed conflicts interfere with their lives, disrupt access to services and the protection of their circle of trust, and expose them to new and increased risks.

From child trafficking for sexual purposes to sexual exploitation through prostitution, the threats are manifold.

Intimate images taken and circulated as a means of intimidation, children lured via social media with promises of protection and shelter, and survival sex in refugee camps in exchange for money, food, or protection paint a harrowing picture of the situation of countless children in wars, displacement, and disasters.


Where there is war, men are absent; women are left alone with their children, some of whom are abducted and sexually exploited as acts of war; many children are orphaned and at high risk of becoming victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse.

According to reports by the UNHCR, Jordan, but especially northern Iraq and northeastern Syria (Rojava), is a hub for human trafficking (https://www.seedkurdistan.org/htk/).

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Where there is war, men are absent; women are left alone with their children, some of whom are abducted and sexually exploited as acts of war; many children are orphaned and at high risk of becoming victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse.

According to reports by the UNHCR, Jordan, but especially northern Iraq and northeastern Syria (Rojava), is a hub for human trafficking (https://www.seedkurdistan.org/htk/).


Vision Statement:

We want to see a home established in Jordan and northern Iraq to protect, rescue, and heal children from sexual exploitation.

The majority of children from families who have fled Syria and Iraq live in camps in Jordan and northern Iraq, or outside of them in poor conditions. They exhibit significant impairments or delays in their motor, linguistic, emotional, and cognitive development. Long journeys, malnutrition, inadequate support, and trauma caused by war experiences have created a need for support and therapy, especially among children between the ages of 0 and 6, which cannot be met by local aid workers in the refugee camps.


Cognitive development: Building categories of colors, sizes, and sequences, numbers

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Psychomotor development: Building motor skills and treating motor disorders

Help with traumatic disorders: Playful and imaginative recollection of “safe places”

Music therapy: Development of auditory, cognitive, and social functions

We want to ensure that neglected and war-traumatized (orphaned) children in northern Iraq and Rojava/Al-Hasaka receive the best possible mental, emotional, and physical development through practical, adaptable, and replicable training of local professionals and training courses for parents and caregivers.

Reiner and Heidi Haus

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