News

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,” …

In a January 3, 2012, oped in the “Seattle Times,” SICF co-founder and Iraq war veteran Jonathan Webb, shared his memories of time spent in Iraq and how it led him to champion the cause of Iraq’s orphans. In his article “A Surge of Love for Iraqi Orphans,” Webb warns that failure to address this …

FALLS CHURCH, VA, Dec. 19, 2011 – The Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation (SICF) today announced that it secured the reopening of the Baghdad Center for Street Children in Iraq.  The center was closed last summer when a major source of funding ran out, leaving many Iraqi street children without access to a safe haven for …

180 Cartons and Thousands of Items Delivered to Orphans of Iraq A FedEx flight, landing in the Middle East recently, delivered many of the typical packages and other cargo the world-leading logistics services company expertly delivers everyday for its global customers.  But  this special flight also brought important cargo for some very special people that …

The Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation, an advocate for the extremely vulnerable orphaned children of Iraq, endorses LitWorld’s “Stand Up for Girls” day on September 22, 2011. SICF has enjoyed a special partnership with LitWorld, a US-based nonprofit organization dedicated to using the power of a story to build literacy skills and resilience among the world’s children. Along with The …

The Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation (SICF) joined a well known Iraqi organization – the Human Rights Foundation and Civil Society NGO – to cosponsor training in June in Baghdad for Iraqi community organizations that serve more than 10,000 orphans. The training, billed as “You Should Know,” also included NGOs committed to helping widows and promoting human …

As we look back on 2010, SICF is pleased to report to our friends, supporters, and stakeholders, what was accomplished in our mission to help the extremely vulnerable orphans of Iraq with the resources entrusted to us. As we close only our second year as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charity, we are so grateful for early …

The Honorable Samir Sumaida’ie , Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, spoke movingly about the plight of orphans and children in Iraq at a special benefit art auction held  November, 4, 2010, at the Iraqi Cultural Center in Washington, DC. The event, which was covered by Iraqi television, featured a silent auction of drawings by Iraqi …

Staying warm in the winter months came as a gift to many Iraqi orphans recently. SICF’s “Winter Project” meant the purchase and distribution of winter coats for more than 300 needy boys and girls. SICF earmarked $2,400 raised at a recent fundraiser to buy the coats for the orphans during the cool winter months of …