The domestic programs have included mentoring services both in Northern Virginia and in San Diego California. See Centers Across America . The Kurdish Nation is a divided Nation, a persecuted nation in its own historical homeland, Kurdistan. At the present time, Kurdistan is divided into five parts among the states of Turkey , Syria , Iraq , Iran , and Azerbaijan. The date of this division goes back to the end of the First World War, when the victorious Allied Power divided the vast domain of the Ottoman Empire Turks among themselves.
Refugees are like uprooted trees.
They have been uprooted from their home country and culture and transplanted into a foreign soil. We acknowledge their courageous pursuit of life in fleeing persecution, human rights abuses and oppression.