26/01/2026
At HeadGuard, we use boxing as a tool for empowerment, and resilience.
In 2019, we were proud to work alongside on a boxing-based empowerment project supporting women impacted by conflict. Today, we stand with them once again — because the women and families they support urgently need help.
The situation in Rojava, Northern Syria is rapidly escalating. Kurdish civilians and minority communities — including Druze, Christians, Yezidis, and Alawites — are facing renewed violence, mass displacement, and grave risk. Around 150,000 people have already been forced from their homes, with women and children bearing the heaviest burden.
OBE, Founder and CEO of The Lotus Flower, has issued a stark warning from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: communities — particularly Kurdish women — who played a critical role in defeating ISIS are now being targeted again, while extremist elements regroup amid the instability.
Since 2016, The Lotus Flower has supported survivors of ISIS violence, including Syrian refugees and the Yezidi community. Right now, families are facing winter displacement without even the most basic necessities:
* No baby milk
* No sanitation supplies
* No access to hygiene products
* No protection from freezing temperatures
This is not about long-term solutions alone. This is about immediate survival.
What stands between safety and suffering is simple, practical support: winter essentials.
HeadGuard is proud to stand in solidarity with The Lotus Flower and to support their emergency response on the ground. We ask our community to do what it has always done best — show up, stand together, and protect those who are most at risk.
Because empowerment starts with safety.
And protection should never be optional.
