Two brothers, Maitham and Mehdi lived with their families in northern Iraq. Due to the invasion of ISIS the brothers felt it was their duty, like thousands of others, to defend their land and families. The older brother, Maitham, went first to fight and was sadly captured alive by the terrorists. Instead of killing him they did something even worse-they buried him alive. We cannot be sure how long it took him to die, how long he spent scared and tormented, thinking about what who would look after his children once he was gone.

His wife and children had nowhere to go apart from his brother Mehdi's house. Sadly, duty called him too as he had to leave to follow in his brother’s brave footsteps. He was killed and left behind were their children, their mothers and no means of support. The families moved in with their grandfather, who is partially blind and unable to look after any of them as his wealth was taken by the terrorists.   

Watch the video of the Two Bravehearts here: https://youtu.be/fIy3FxBFTHk

What we can do to help:   Maitham had started the process of building a house for his family and we are now hoping to finish it for them. Mehdi’s family are in desperate need of a house. We have everything in place to build their homes- we just need your donations and support.

There’s more like them Sadly there are many more families who are in desperate need of shelter – please donate generously to this campaign!   

Superhero Fundraisers: There are 7 amazing people who will be participating in the Paris half-marathon this March exclusively to raise money for the campaign! Why not think about a fundraising activity you could set up with a group of friends to raise money for this campaign–if you need any ideas or have any questions please get in touch with reshma@noortrust.org. Thanks for your support!      

Let the story of the Two Bravehearts inspire us all to do our part.