Thousands of Yazidi people faced unspeakable horrors when the Islamic State forced them to flee their ancestral homeland in Iraq in 2014. Thanks to a multi-faith sponsorship effort in Winnipeg called Operation Ezra, many refugees have resettled in the city and are starting to rebuild their lives. But the Yazidis, a religious minority, are also farmers, and some wondered if they’d have a chance to work on the land again. Thanks to a generous donation of land, refugees have been planting and harvesting vegetables on a farm just outside of the city.
In the video below, you can meet some of the participants and hear what the farming project has meant to them.
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You can also read more about the story in this feature by Glynis Ratcliffe from our March 2020 issue.
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Congratulations to Emma Prestwich for winning the Amnesty International award for her short video on the Yazidis refugees. Well done!