Here is another post from Raafia G. The past two days have been a whirlwind and have felt like weeks. Every time I thought I heard the most heartbreaking story another family would arrive with there’s. It’s hard to stay strong for these refugees as they come off the boats from Turkey, but it’s...
Category: Iraq
U.N. Cuts Food Aid to Refugees From Syria
More on the unprecedented and disastrous cuts to the World Food Program. Please help by donating $31 to our food drive. For $31 we can provide a package of food basics for a family that will last a month. GENEVA — Facing what it described as a severe cash shortfall, the United Nations food aid...
Getting Donations Ready for Distribution in Amman
Below are photos from our warehouse just outside Amman, Jordan. We had our local team there loading a truck with men’s, women’s, and kids coats, nearly 4 tons of clothes in bags, 6-7 boxes of diapers, 2 big boxes sheets and bed pads, 2 boxes of alcohol pads, 6 walkers, and 16 crutches. These items were...
A wish comes true for Syrian girl who left behind the most important thing
News Stories, 12 June 2013 © UNHCR/N.Prokopchuk DOMIZ REFUGEE CAMP, Iraq, June 12 (UNHCR) – The pretty young girl looked confused when the aid worker came to her tent and held out a cardboard box. It contained a doll and a card, and when she realized it was for her, nine-year-old May’s face melted...
Random overheard conversation turns into big donation
Most of the time, when we overhear conversations of strangers going on around us, we ignore them and don’t pay any attention. However, sometimes these conversations can turn into something really important. First I need to thank Anita for picking up on a conversation, listening, and having the gumption to ask, and secondly a big...
Syrian Refugees
As the Syrian civil war drags on, fierce fighting continues between the Free Syrian Army . In this war, the non-combatant population must contend with intense fear and danger, “civilians – ordinary men, women and children – are bearing the brunt of the violence.” Mortars fired at villages and urban neighborhoods often land on houses, apartment buildings, and shops....
Help Syrian Refugees in Jordan
In the Spring of 2011 a popular uprising and government crackdown in Syria has forced large numbers of the people from their homes and many have fled into neighboring countries. It is estimated that there are about 300,000 refugees on the Syrian/Jordanian border, 55,000 on the Lebanese/Syrian border, and over 90,000 on the Turkish/Syrian border....
Karam Salem and The Sparkling Choir of Love
Iraqi Student Project Presents: Karam Salem and The Sparkling Choir of Love An evening of music and conversation Friday, March 18 at 7:30pm Ballard Trinity United Methodist Church “I compose music as a way to reflect upon something that I have experienced, something that someone has told me or something that people need to know...