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Dear Father Chris and Stand With Iraqi Christians, Greetings from Erbil! For those who don’t know me yet, my name is Hanna Kaka Rash. I was born and raised in
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Hi all! I am writing from beautiful (and hot) Erbil. It’s great to be back here and seeing friends, whom I have dearly missed. Internet access has been very touch
My Dear Friends, It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged—what’s happening with Stand With Iraqi Christians has been incredibly exciting and full of activity! We have been screening our documentary film
![[Image description: A man arranges the threads on a sewing/embroidery machine. Another man is leaning over the maching, mostly off-camera, presumably setting up another part of the machine.]](https://swic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/New-Sewing-Machine-for-Mar-Elia.jpg)
A picture of the new sewing/embroidery machine we helped purchase in October for the seamstresses at Mar Elia. This has been a great help to them and again they send their
As part of our aid, I distributed about a month’s worth of food to refugees temporarily staying near Banasour, a small village about 2 hours from Erbil. I was accompanied
![[Image description: elementary-aged students sit in two rows, facing he camera, displaying the electronic tablets donated to their school by SWIC, thanks to your generous donations.]](https://swic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/swic-kids-w-tablets.jpg)
A portion of the monies we brought to Erbil in October went to supply tablets to the children and teachers at Mar Qardakh. In combination with donations from others around
This gentleman (who declined to give his name) is one of the over 150 families living in Fr. Douglas’s Mar Elia family center. He lives in a 10′ x 15′
This week’s footage: a brief clip featuring Rami, one of the teachers I met in my travels. I met many fine teachers at Mar Elia in Erbil. Their commitment to the
Dear friends, Since returning from Iraq we have been organizing footage (I shot quite a bit for a two week period), conducting additional interviews in the States and embarking on
Good morning and greetings to those here in the U.S. and to our new friends who may be reading this in Iraq. Please pardon my being out of touch a