ein Garten für Halabja

Author: Mechthild Gunkel und Ursula Schoen

The city of Halabja is located in the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. Since the devastating gas attack from 1988 she is a symbol of human suffering in become this region. At that time, Iraqi government troops extinguished around in a few minutes 5000 human lives. Demonstrably have been the raw materials and the know-how for the production of the poison gas from German companies delivered. Many people still suffer from it today
the serious psychological and physical consequences this attack. This not only affects the victims themselves but also their families in particular
the children.
Since 2010, the “Kirkuk Center for Torture Victims” has been building with the support of the Federal Republic Germany opened a trauma center in Halabja.
The center wants to do future work in a society in which generations of people shaped by totalitarianism, trauma and terror have been. It wants help for people without Respect of their age, their sex, their ethnic or religious affiliation or provide conviction. At the same time arises in the
City of Chamchamal a center for traumatized children and young people. Here’s supposed to be in the form of a  healing garden, a piece of “paradise” can be created, which as part of the trauma center children should give them the opportunity to process their traumatic experiences in a protected space and (re)gain self-confidence.