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Humanitarian mission to Kirkuk
Three hundred Iraqi schoolchildren in the village of Faylaq, near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraq, were treated to a surprise donation of school necessities Dec. 22. In an effort to improve education in Kirkuk, Iraqi police and members of the Al-Atyah Women’s Organization, assisted by Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, attached to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, donated school supplies for children. This humanitarian mission was a part of a larger … Read entire article »
Filed under: Humanitarian Assistance, Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
American women help educate Iraqi women
Education is essential for a child growing up in the world today. That is no less true in Iraq, where schools are a building block for a child’s future. Three schools were officially re-opened here, Nov. 5, thanks to Multi-National Division Baghdad Soldiers. The Shab Female School, Yassamin School and Monte Tenaybo Schools were in shambles before they came to the attention of Army civil affairs Soldiers, according to Staff Sgt. Frank Halstead, from Brooklyn, N.Y. “All three … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Military, Our Best: Military Women, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Burhiema Primary School reopens for Iraqi children
The once shattered windows of the Burhiema Primary School here are now intact, and through them, the children of Burhiema village can be seen smiling as they dig through bags of new school supplies. The school — once abandoned because of its poor condition — is once again filled with life and optimism as children returned from their summer vacations, Sept. 2, to find their local Iraqi Police, assisted by Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, waiting to greet them with a few surprises. The IP and Soldiers distributed 150 bags of school supplies to the students, and donated 5,000 pencils to the school. “These school supplies are so important for the students,†said Basim Al Hoodba, the headmaster of the school. Hoodba said he was … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Schools Open in Sadr City This Week
This year the children of Iraq will have safer, refurbished schools thanks to the work of Renegade Soldiers. Before Company A, Task Force 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, arrived in Sadr City’s Jamilla neighborhood, the schools here were not even used for classes; militants were using the grounds as makeshift hiding places and torture cells. At the few schools that remained open, militants would kidnap children as they went to or from school and hold them … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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