GO&D International Projects: Iraq

An infant in need of an Iraqi Children's Hospital.

Our first shipment of medical supplies, educational aid and nonperishable food finally arrived in Iraq the last week of April. Due to a delay in Dubai and the suicide bombings, the shipment was held over for almost a month. Because the need for supplies in the southern region is so critical, the Deputy Governor of Basra personally met the shipment at the Kuwaiti border along with the local Basra TV station, the Regional Authority for Ministry of Health, the son of the chief Shiite cleric and 5 trucks from the Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Trade.

Beginning our entance to the Coalition Provisional Authority office, bases in one of Saddam's Palaces.

We are so grateful for the Humanitarian Office Center located in Kuwait and all of the work of Major Cheryl Allen who represents Public Health for the Army. The tireless efforts of our military, the British military and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) has been tremendous in allowing those in desperate need to receive the supplies sent all the way from California.

Mohan, Project Coordinator for Iraq, was able to monitor and assist with the distribution. The medical supplies went to a medical school, to be parceled out to 5 hospitals. Educational supplies were distributed to 10 schools and 1 kilo bags of nonperishable food were distributed to the poor.

Mohan has worked 8 years for the United Nations in the Peacekeeping Dept. as an auditor. His expertise in logistics is preparing the way for 15 more container shipments to Iraq. Some will be going to war torn areas such as Fallujah to assist the work of our Marines. Your financial contributions are making this a reality. The next container filled with medical supplies totaling $450,000, will be embarking June 9 with an estimated arrival time of July 6. Your financial contribution will go a LONG way in giving freedom to the people of Iraq.