As soon as Kabul fell to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, the Spirit of America team began an all- hands-on-deck response to support the US efforts to evacuate and care for Afghans who had served the US mission.
Posts: Middle East / Central Asia
Saving lives and limbs
Since 2011, more than 12,000 people have been killed or injured by land mines in Syria, including more than 3,000 children.
In support of US Special Operations Forces, Spirit of America funded a local Syrian organization finding and removing land mines planted by ISIS in northeast Syria.
A life or death difference
Despite losing territorial control, ISIS has maintained a level of violent insurgency in Syria, forcing over 6.5 million people to flee their homes and seek refuge in ill-equipped camps.
Saving lives and stopping ISIS
In 2014, ISIS launched a major offensive attempt to seize the oil fields around Kirkuk in Northern Iraq.
Helping children escape ISIS
Starting in the Summer of 2014, ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria forced more than one million people to escape into Iraqi Kurdistan.
How SOA helped U.S. Special Forces save lives and defeat ISIS
Get children in Syria back to school!
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