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		<title>SICF Thanks Triple Canopy for Funding “New Day, New Friends” book for Iraqi Orphans</title>
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With generous financial backing from Triple Canopy, Inc., the Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation, LitWorld, and The Children&#8217;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.&#160;
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The children&#8217;s book, entitled &#8220;New Day, New Friends,&#8221; illustrates 7 strengths [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/sicf-thanks-triple-canopy-for-funding-%e2%80%9cnew-day-new-friends%e2%80%9d-book-for-iraqi-orphans/</link>
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		<title>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DC Area Foundation Reopens Baghdad Center for Street Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; FALLS CHURCH, VA, Dec. 19, 2011 &#8211; The Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation (SICF) today announced that it secured the reopening of the Baghdad Center for Street Children in Iraq. &#160;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/for-immediate-release-dc-area-foundation-reopens-baghdad-center-for-street-children/</link>
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		<title>FedEx, Other Generous Donors Make Surge of Love Flight Possible</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. &#160;But &#160;this special flight also brought important cargo for some very special people that FedEx [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/fedex-other-generous-donors-make-surge-of-love-flight-possible/</link>
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		<title>SICF Endorses LitWorld’s “Stand Up for Girls” Day in support of orphaned girls in Iraq</title>
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The Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation, an advocate for the extremely vulnerable orphaned children of Iraq,&#160;endorses LitWorld&#8217;s &#8220;Stand Up for Girls&#8221; day on September 22, 2011.
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SICF has enjoyed a special partnership with LitWorld, a US-based nonprofit organization dedicated to using&#160;the power of a story to build literacy skills and&#160;resilience among the world&#8217;s children. Along with&#160;The Children&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/sicf-endorses-litworld%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cstand-up-for-girls%e2%80%9d-day-in-support-of-orphaned-girls-in-iraq/</link>
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		<title>June 2011 Capacity Building Training: Strengthening Iraqi NGOs to deliver life-changing services for orphans</title>
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The Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation (SICF) joined a well known Iraqi organization &#8211; the Human Rights Foundation and Civil Society NGO &#8211; to cosponsor training in June in Baghdad for Iraqi community organizations that serve more than 10,000 orphans.&#160;The training, billed as &#8220;You Should Know,&#8221; also included NGOs committed to helping widows and promoting human [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/june-2011-capacity-building-training-strengthening-iraqi-ngos-to-deliver-life-changing-services-for-orphans/</link>
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		<title>Achievements in 2010: SICF&#8217;s “Surge of Love” focuses on trauma and humanitarian care for Iraq&#8217;s Precious Orphans</title>
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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 supporters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/achievements-in-2010-sicfs-%e2%80%9csurge-of-love%e2%80%9d-focuses-on-trauma-and-humanitarian-care-for-iraqs-precious-orphans/</link>
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		<title>Ambassador of Iraq Speaks at SICF’s Washington DC Benefit for Iraqi Orphans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Honorable Samir Sumaida&#8217;ie , Ambassador of Iraq to the United States, spoke movingly about the&#160;plight of orphans and children in Iraq at a special benefit art auction held &#160;November, 4, 2010, at the Iraqi Cultural Center in Washington, DC.&#160;The event, which was covered by Iraqi television, featured a silent auction of drawings by Iraqi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/ambassador-of-iraq-speaks-at-sicf%e2%80%99s-washington-dc-benefit-for-iraqi-orphans/</link>
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		<title>Winter coat delivery keeps 300 children warm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Staying warm in the winter months came as a gift to many Iraqi orphans recently. SICF&#8217;s &#8220;Winter Project&#8221; meant the purchase and distribution of winter coats for more than 300 needy boys and girls. 
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SICF earmarked $2,400 raised at a recent fundraiser to buy the coats for the orphans during the cool winter months of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/winter-coat-delivery-keeps-300-children-warm/</link>
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		<title>Help comes for destitute orphans living in Baghdad &#8216;city dump&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Orphans living in what is virtually a city dump east of Baghdad, Iraq, are now receiving financial support from SICF, thanks to a $500 a month donation by an anonymous U.S. donor. 
	
	The project aids 10 orphans and their widowed mothers and relatives who came to SICF&#8217;s attention as it investigated the plight of orphans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/help-comes-for-destitute-orphans-living-in-baghdad-city-dump/</link>
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		<title>American Foundation launches a &#8216;Surge of Love&#8217; campaign for estimated 2.5 million Iraqi orphans</title>
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Ann Hand creates special pin to draw attention to compassionate cause&#160;
	
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A customized &#8220;Surge of Love&#8221; lapel pin that symbolizes the mission of the Sponsor Iraqi Children Foundation (SICF) was unveiled recently in suburban Washington, D.C.
	&#8220;This goes a long way in raising awareness of a crisis situation worthy of worldwide attention,&#8221; said Maxwell Quqa, SICF president. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sicfiraq.org/wp/surge-of-love-pin/</link>
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