Through the wonderful generosity of many donors, SICF’s end-of-the-year “See Your Impact” campaign netted $19,450 to help feed, tutor, and provide loving emotional nurture to desperately poor orphans and street children in Iraq. “We are deeply grateful to all of the donors who gave from their hearts,” said Jonathan Webb, SICF Chairman of the Board. …
SICF Partners with “See Your Impact” to Mobilize Nationwide Support SICF Chairman Jonathan Webb announced today that SICF is launching an online Campaign of Love in partnership with “See Your Impact” to raise $30,000 by December 31, 2012, for healthy food, tutoring, and emotional care and love for orphans and street children in Iraq. “Last …
UNICEF PRESS RELEASE BAGHDAD, 20 November 2012 – On Universal Children’s Day, UNICEF calls for urgent action for Iraq’s most vulnerable children. “One in every third child in Iraq, 5.3 million children, is still currently deprived of many of their fundamental rights,” said UNICEF’s Representative to Iraq, Dr. Marzio Babille. “UNICEF calls on all stakeholders …
The Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation gratefully recognizes a generous $5,000 grant from the Khudairi Group to support Iraqi orphans and street children. The Khudairi Group is one of Iraq’s leading private sector companies in the fields of oil and gas, heavy machinery, government, and infrastructure. With a local team in Iraq and a global team …
The Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation (SICF) announced today that it has received the GuideStar Exchange Seal, a leading symbol of transparency and accountability provided by GuideStar USA, Inc., a premier source of nonprofit information. “We believe in being fully accountable to our donors and supporters,” said Jonathan Webb, Chairman of the Board. “It is a …
What does a nation do when it has so many traumatized orphans and street children after years of terrorism and violence and not enough trained social workers to lend a helping hand? Iraq faces such an urgent crisis and SICF has resolved to invest in building the capacity — the skills and expertise — of …
The June 10 “Run/Walk” organized by Seattle student Jordan Oakes to mobilize support for Iraqi orphans and street children, drew 60 participants and raised an impressive $2,000. “I have to congratulate Jordan on a job well done,” said Chairman Webb. “In Iraq, $2,000 goes a long way toward helping destitute and traumatized orphans and street …
Jordan Oakes, 7th Grade student at the Seattle Girls School, has organized a “Run/Walk” in Seattle, WA, for Sunday, June 10, 2012, to mobilize support for the orphans and street children of Iraq. Jordan’s idea began as a “Pay It Forward” project at school. After reading a January oped in the Seattle Times, by Jonathan …
On April 11, the Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation (SICF) received a generous donation of $200 from four Girl Scouts in Ohio to help street children and orphans their own age in Baghdad, Iraq. The girls – Farah, Julie, Mallory, and Hannah – of Troop 46707 in Fairfield, OH, heard of the plight of the Iraqi …
With generous financial backing from Triple Canopy, Inc., the Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation, LitWorld, and The Children’s Village have partnered to create a special story book using friendly animals to help Iraqi orphans build resilience in the face of years of violence, grief, and trauma. The children’s book, entitled “New Day, New Friends,” …