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Dairy Diplomacy

by Spirit of America | Sep 17, 2020 | Asia Pacific, Impact Story

Strengthening Partnership Through Dairy Diplomacy Laos Laos is one of the poorest, least developed countries in Southeast Asia. Roughly a fifth of the population lives on less than $1.25 per day and a primarily rice based diet. Over 33% of Laotian children are...

Saving Lives and Stopping ISIS

by Spirit of America | May 8, 2020 | Impact Story, Middle East / Central Asia

Saving Lives and Stopping ISIS Iraq In 2014, ISIS launched a major offensive attempt to seize the oil fields around Kirkuk in Northern Iraq. WARNING The next slide contains a graphic image ofa wounded Peshmerga soldier. US Army Special Forces were advising and...

Helping Children Escape ISIS

by Spirit of America | Apr 19, 2020 | Impact Story, Middle East / Central Asia

Helping Children who Escaped ISIS Iraqi Kurdistan Starting in the Summer of 2014, ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria forced more than one million people to escape into Iraqi Kurdistan. More than 100,000 children were among the refugees, many of them fleeing horrific...

Preventing War in West Africa

by Spirit of America | Feb 18, 2020 | Africa, Impact Story

Preventing War in West Africa Niger A US Army Special Operations Forces Captain told Spirit of America that his job was to prevent war in West Africa. Niger was besieged by extremist groups – Al Qaeda and Islamic Maghreb, the Islamic State, Boko Haram, and...