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• Shimsha Project - is a nonprofit initiative dedicated to revitalizing Assyrian villages in Northern Iraq through sustainable solar power and off-grid energy solutions. Operating under the motto "Power, Retain, and Grow," the initiative improves living conditions to encourage indigenous families to remain in their homeland rather than migrate. The project installs air conditioning and energy systems in vital community hubs such as daycares, schools, and churches to provide immediate relief and dignity. It collaborates with trusted local organizations, such as the Shlama Foundation, to execute its projects effectively.
  SP | Anthony Dawood | T: 945-444-1340 | hello @ shimshaproject.org
  Posted: Dec-23-2025 | Visited: 35 | URL: https://www.shimshaproject.org

• Assyria Post - is an independent news platform dedicated to providing accurate news coverage of Assyrian issues – both in Assyria and across the diaspora.
  AP | news @ assyriapost.com
  
  Posted: Oct-10-2025 | Visited: 112 | URL: https://www.assyriapost.com

• The Nobel Prize - is a set of prestigious international awards bestowed annually to recognize individuals and organizations that have conferred the "greatest benefit to humankind." Established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel, the prizes were first awarded in 1901. The awards are presented in five original categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. A sixth prize in Economic Sciences was established later in 1968 by Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, in memory of Alfred Nobel to celebrate the bank's 300th anniversary. Administered by the Nobel Foundation, each laureate receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a significant monetary grant during ceremonies held on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
  The Nobel Foundation | P.O. Box 5232 | SE-102 45 | Stockholm, Sweden
  Street address: Sturegatan 14 | Stockholm, Sweden | Tel: +46-(0)8-663-09-20
  Posted: Sep-10-2025 | Visited: 114 | URL: https://www.nobelprize.org

• Global Investigative Journalism Network - is a group of independent journalism organizations that support the training and sharing of information among journalists in investigative and computer-assisted reporting. | See also: bellingcat
  GIJN | 2336 Wisconsin Ave NW | P.O. Box 32322 | Washington, DC 20007 US
  
  Posted: Sep-10-2025 | Visited: 135 | URL: https://gijn.org

• Wikipedia - is a free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world and hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. 
  Wikipedia Movement - is a global community of people, projects, and activities working together to create and share knowledge freely.
  Wikimedia Foundation - is the non-profit organization that hosts all Wikimedia projects and supports communities all over the world who create and curate freely accessible content. We host Wikipedia and support the people, technology, and policies that enable reliable information to be shared with the world.
  WF | 1 Sansome Street | Suite 1895 | San Francisco, California 94104 US | T: 415-839-6885
  Posted: Aug-25-2012 | Visited: 236 | URL: https://www.wikipedia.org

• The Steady State - is an organization of Former U.S. national security professionals — across intelligence, defense, diplomacy, and homeland security — committed to our oath to defend the U.S. Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. We promote democracy, the rule of law, and a secure America grounded in shared civic values. See also: Accelerating Authoritarian Dynamics: Assessment of Democratic Decline (PDF)
  The Steady State | E: contact@thesteadystate.org
  Posted: Sep-10-2025 | Visited: 152 | URL: https://thesteadystate.org

• Earthjustice - founded in 1971, is a nonprofit public interest environmental law organization dedicated to litigating environmental issues, preserving magnificent places and wildlife, advancing clean energy, and combating climate change.
  EJ | 180 Steuart St., #194330 | San Francisco, CA 94105 US | T: 800-584-6460
  Posted: Sep-10-2025 | Visited: 161 | URL: https://earthjustice.org

• The Nature Conservancy - founded in the U.S. through grassroots action in 1951, TNC is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive together, by conserving the lands and waters on which all life depends, in a world where the diversity of life thrives.
  TNC | 4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 100 | Arlington, Virginia 22203 US | T: 703-841-5300
  Posted: Sep-10-2025 | Visited: 136 | URL: https://www.nature.org

• World Resources Institute - founded in 1982 as a world-class research organization, WRI’s mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect Earth’s environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations.
  WRI | 10 G Street NE Suite 800 | Washington DC 20002 US | T: 202-729-7600
  Posted: Sep-10-2025 | Visited: 134 | URL: https://www.wri.org

• Apolitical - the social learning network for government with the mission to help build smarter governments that work for people and the planet by harnessing the insights of some of the world’s most distinguished leaders, innovators, and thinkers in government, technology and beyond.
  Apolitical | Support: concierge@apolitical.co
  London | 20–22 Wenlock Road | London, N1 7GU | UK
  
  See also: Good Country (Index) - measures what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity and the planet. | TED: Simon Anholt
  
  Posted: Jun-01-2024 | Visited: 106 | URL: https://apolitical.co

This flight left some 25,000 Christians in Urmia. All of these sought shelter from massacre. On the other hand, the Kurds were pouring into the plain, urged on and followed by Turkish officers and troops; on the other hand the Moslem villagers set to work robbing and looting, killing men and women and outraging the women.

In several places the Christians defended themselves, but the massacring was not confined to these. Villages that deliberately gave up their arms and avoided any conflict suffered as much as those that fought. The mass of the people fled to the city, and all, including the city people, took refuge in the mission compounds.

-- William A. Shedd