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Baghdad Local Time:
9/9/2010 5:27:42 AM
Kabul Local Time:
9/9/2010 6:57:42 AM
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I am writing to request your support for our efforts to get
school supplies to Ninewa’s special-needs children. It
would be great if you could send backpacks, notebooks,
pens, and pencils that we can distribute to the elementary
school-aged children in the area. Anything school-related
that you can provide would go a long way.
There are four
cities we are concerned with specifically: Tal Afar,
Sinjar, Rabiyah, and Tal Abtah. In each of these cities
there are two or three thousand special needs children that
we would like to provide supplies to. I realize this may
not be feasible (8,000 to 12,000 supplies is a lot to ask
for), but anything you can provide would be helpful.
Also
if anyone is interested in sponsoring an Iraqi child who is
disabled, I would be more than happy to facilitate that
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I am a Civil Affairs Officer with the Ninewa Operations
Command Transition Team (which is responsible for all of
Ninewa province in northern Iraq). I have worked here for 3
months so far, and have had some great successes with our
humanitarian aid drops within Mosul (where we are based).
Our next drop will be to the Al Amel School (literally
translates to the Hope School) in Southwest Mosul, which
provides care to 60+ children who are either deaf or blind.
This drop will provide some much needed relief and support
to these children, who otherwise get neglected all too
often.
Another reason we do these drops is because there
is a direct correlation between who provides support to
these neighborhoods and who the citizens look to for help.
Logistically the Security Forces are not stocked well
enough to provide support everywhere. These gaps,
especially along the Syrian border, are quickly filled by
terrorists. Terrorists simply provide supplies to these
schools in order to facilitate their relationships with the
parents and children. Through these relationships they are
able to use children to help transport and house weapons.
Worse, citizens simply won't tell us where the terrorists
are because they are the ones providing their children with
school supplies.
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Want to donate part or all of the needed items?
notebooks, pencils
On 1/15 by Mary E Hacker
 Sent
School supplies
On 8/14 by Margaret Richardson
 Pending
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