How we’re adapting for COVID-19

With 25 years of experience working in crises, SPARK does its utmost to face the current challenge that coronavirus presents….

Two women identifying radicalised youth in their classrooms

Iraqi Kurdistan’s physical battle with IS may be over but the war over the hearts and minds of the youth…

How to empower then shift power

For international NGOs to truly have sustainable impact, they must transfer responsibility, funding and ultimately ownership to local organisations. For…

The Startup Roadshow returns to IGNITE

Launched for the first time in 2018, the Startup Roadshow is a competition for Syrian entrepreneurs based in the Middle…

“I am a Muslim, am I an extremist?” – Kurdish youth reinventing the narrative

“For years we’ve had ISIS and many people joined [ISIS] because of not having a job”. Sarab Attar is a…

Involving teachers and parents in deradicalisation

Radicalisation of youth has been a permeating problem in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KR-I) since so-called Islamic State (IS)…