Our kids in this?

A school in a small mountain village in Iraq

A friend of mine, John Binford, is a construction representative for the Army Corp of Engineers in the Dahuk province of Iraq. These people are poor, yet they constructed a school house for their children out of the best materials they had available. You may laugh, but they live in mud huts. John says it breaks his heart when he goes to these villages. He, as an American is welcomed with open arms. He is often invited to eat, but delicately refuses. He knows that the children would go hungry, because they would give him more than they could afford to give in food.
John is a jovial sort, always a jokester. He and I have become close friends and enjoy each others company when we have the opportunity. But when he talks about the kids, I've seen his eyes well up with tears.

So here is how you can help, it is not much. The school teachers have to by their own chalk and no supplies are provided to the children. If the parents can't afford pencils and paper the kids don't go, instead help tend the sheep and cattle. Gather up some school supplies and things for children and mail them by US Postal Service to:

USACE Dahuk RO
426 th CA BN
Task Force Olympia
APO AE 09334

Also it would be nice to send a small note thanking the Construction Reps and Engineers representing us all so well.Please pass this link along, the more people that can help the better.

God Bless,

Frank Wolfe