It was the last day of May. Little boys and girls beamed with mischievous smiles as they ran about the school courtyard. Their slightly older and more aloof teenage counterparts huddled in small packs – boys exchanging glances with girls, and girls laughing amongst...
Earlier this year we told you about one of our projects in rural Tajikistan. In February, the Army Civil Affairs team in country had identified to SoA a need for student desks at a newly built school in the Garm District in rural Tajikistan. Coordinating closely with...
After more than five brutal years, the civil war in Syria has surpassed a dreadful benchmark with well over 400,000 deaths and numerous more wounded. According to the Syrian Center for Policy and Research, 11.5% of the country’s population has been killed or injured...
Hello everyone, It’s been a full week for SoA here in Iraqi Kurdistan. We’ve been meeting up with Department of State officers and forward deployed members of our military. These engagements are crucial to our mission: they allow us to follow through on ongoing...
I just got back from a trip from Iraqi Kurdistan to help our Middle East field rep, Zack Bazzi with a donation to the female Peshmerga soldiers in response to a critical need identified by their U.S. Army advisors. These women are based in the Kurdistan region of...
The soldiers of the female Peshmerga unit being trained at a Sulamaniyah Military Training School in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are made of hardy stuff. Sitting cross-legged on a lush green field, the soldiers watched intently as Coalition Forces trainers first...
Earlier last month, SoA’s Middle East manager, Zack Bazzi, was invited by the U.S. military to visit northern Syria to conduct a humanitarian assessment of the region. While the military, working through on-the-ground partners, has achieved extraordinary progress in...
Hello, Nestled between the Asian and African continents on the eastern rim of the Mediterranean Sea, Lebanon has been in the path of invading armies and expanding empires since ancient times. The 18 officially recognized religious groups that inhabit the land bequeath...
On Sunday, the culmination of five months of planning and collaboration between Operation Give, Kurdish Relief Fund (KRF), and Spirit of America finally came to fruition. In the mountain town of Soran in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, nearly 70 Yazidi families—a...
