Lemon Tree Trust features on Phonetic Planet
We are excited to share that Lemon Tree Trust has been featured in an article on Phonetic Planet, a platform dedicated to sharing child-centred educational resources that champions purposeful and culturally conscious learning.
In our interview, we chat about:
- the founding of Lemon Tree Trust – whose idea it was and how it first got started
- the weather conditions and general climate in the Kurdistan Region (which sees incredibly hot temperatures of around 45°C during July and August)
- how refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps are not as temporary as their name suggests, with many existing for decades
- the evolution of our various gardening initiatives and programmes
- how people grow at their home shelters and ways in which we help people to do so
- the ways in which children get involved with gardening from a young age
We invite you to read the full article on Phonetic Planet’s website here to learn more about our work and the stories behind our initiatives.
A special thank you to Susan Shea for the opportunity to share our story.
Aveen Ibrahem is Operations Manager at Lemon Tree Trust, overseeing our community gardening and cooking programmes across the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Her work supports activities in Azadî Community Garden in Domiz 1 camp, as well as outreach and coordination across the nine camps where Lemon Tree Trust currently operates. Having lived in Domiz 1 … Continued
Inside the polytunnels at the Hêvî Community Garden in Gawilan refugee camp, Garden Manager Othman Qewas carefully selects fruit trees and flowering plants grown from seed. Joined by Hamid Abdullah, Lemon Tree Trust’s Horticulture and Landscape Consultant, the plants are loaded into the car before setting off to visit families across the camp. As part of our ongoing children’s outreach programme in Gawilan camp, … Continued
Bringing together residents to celebrate the home gardens they have grown, tended and transformed over the past year, Lemon Tree Trust’s 2026 Annual Garden Competitions have taken place across nine refugee and IDP (internally displaced people) camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. This year’s competitions introduced a greater emphasis on welcoming new participants alongside … Continued