Yazda is a global multinational organization that strives to bring justice, sustenance, healing and rejuvenation to Yazidis who have suffered under or are affected by, the genocidal campaign against their people by the so-called Islamic State (IS) as well as the IS campaign against other vulnerable ethno-religious minorities in Iraq and Syria

Yazda was founded in August 2014 by Yazidi students and professionals in response to the genocide that began on August 3, 2014. As of this writing, Yazda is a registered nonprofit in Iraq (Baghdad & Erbil) the United States, Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Australia