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Solar-powered Water Filter for Iraqi Village
LUTIFIYAH, Iraq – Local sheiks, villagers and Soldiers of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division held a ceremony, Feb. 28, for the installation of a coalition-funded, solar-powered water filter to purify the village’s water. The $5,300 project was funded by the Commander’s Emergency Relief Program. The water purifier was delivered and set up adjacent to a water canal on a farm and some of the local sheiks as … Read entire article »
Filed under: Green, Iraq, Rebuilding, Tech, War on Terror
Iraqi Women Open Bazaar
Women of the Mahmudiyah Qada filled tables with homemade products and Iraqi souvenirs during a special bazaar on Forward Operation Base Mahmudiyah, south of Baghdad, Feb 17. Sponsored by Soldiers of Task Force 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, the innovative event gave troops stationed on the southern base the opportunity to purchase items and assist neighboring Iraqi families at the same time. “This is a great way for local women to … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Solar-powered Water Filters for Iraq
Local Mahmudiyah civic leaders, Sheiks, villagers and Multi-National Division- Baghdad Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 63rd Combined Arms Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division held a ceremony for the installation of two solar-powered water filters at Lutifiyah Nahia, Mahmudiyah Qada Dec. 16. The $48,000 CERP water filters contract was awarded to the Ard Aleqa Contracting Company of Lutifiyah and will provide the 400 citizens of the community with potable water. Prior to the water filters this rural community did not have access to clean potable water and had no access to centrally distributed water. “The people here get very little water, so it is good that we will be able to have clean water finally,†said Tah Hassim Fadha the Chaka 1 Leader, the equivalent of a town mayor. Leaders from … Read entire article »
Filed under: Green, Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
Chickens for Mahmudiyah Qada
Six chicken farms in the Mahmudiyah Qada received 5,000 chickens each to help further the poultry industry Aug 1, 2008. “This is the second cycle of farms which have been given chickens,†said Paul Heidloff, the Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction Team lead agribusiness advisor. “Twenty-four farms are set to receive chickens throughout the cycle, with six receiving chickens every two weeks.†This cycle of chicken distribution is scheduled to flow directly through the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. “We are … Read entire article »
Filed under: Iraq, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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