Our cooking competitions are back! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 Incredible cooks from 9 camps across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are turning home grown produce and local ingredients into mouthwatering savoury and sweet creations. Here's a selection of dishes from Bersive 1 camp... 😋

Big thanks to VIP Reading for all their efforts in making this brilliant campaign happen ✨ Fantastic to support the #RefugeeWeek24 Book Box with our gardening activity sheets, seeds & stickers 💛

Beautiful butterflies and ladybirds in the Azadi Community Garden! 🦋🐞 We love seeing them here. Their vibrant colours brighten our day and we appreciate their help controlling pests and pollinating our plants. They're nature's little helpers 🌿🌸✨

What an amazing year for the 2024 Lemon Tree Trust Cooking Competitions! 🎉 450+ residents from 9 refugee & IDP camps in Kurdistan came together to celebrate food, culture & community 🌍💛 Huge thanks to Barzani Charity Foundation and all the talented participants! 🏆 lemontreetrust.org/news/2024-cook…

Congratulations to our 9 Garden of the Month winners! 🏆🌹 Their creativity and dedication are transforming refugee & internally displaced people camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq into greener, more vibrant spaces 🌿 What do you love most about these gardens?

Look at the garden grow! 🌱✨ A few weeks ago, we planted the first seeds in Hêvî Community Garden (meaning hope in Kurdish), in Gawilan refugee camp. Now, the raised beds are flourishing with fresh vegetables and herbs! 🥬🧅🌿 #GrowingHope #WithRefugees

Spring vibes! March highlights from Azadî Community Garden 🌸🌿 🥬 Abundant produce 🔥 Newroz celebrations – traditional clothes, dancing & the Newroz torch 🍞 Khubz (Syrian flatbread) baked & shared with families 🐢 A surprise visitor! #WithRefugees

March’s winning gardens are in! 🏡🌿 Incredible work from home gardeners in camps across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Greener spaces, brighter neighbourhoods 💚 Each of the nine winners receives a fruit tree, seeds and a plaque! #GardenOfTheMonth #WithRefugees #WithIDPs