Iraq Veterans' Refugee Aid Association (IVRAA)
Greetings and welcome to our website.
Members of IVRAA performed their first humanitarian mission to Amman, Jordan, in mid-August 2008. It was successful and can be read about in articles posted in the "News" section of our website.
While supporting a number of Iraqi refugees who have already successfully resettled to America, we are continuing to assist other Iraqis in their ongoing requests for asylum. Additionally, we are planning another humanitarian mission to the Middle East in 2011.
Donations to IVRAA are US tax deductible. Please visit the donations tab above for more information on how to help us help the refugees.
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Recent articles published:
"The Myth of Collateral Damage: Truth, Consequences and a Challenge to 'Say It Plain'" - The Huffington Post October 30, 2009
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/luis-carlos-montalvan/the-myth-of-collateral-da_b_340421.html
Maybe mainstream media's penchant for superficial and divisive reporting, combined with the Department of Defense and State's culture of secrecy, have created a popular vocabulary that reduces wide-scale human suffering to a necessary and insignificant cost, the equivalent of a few broken eggs. Maybe there are too many reporters telling the same story from a barely-sourced news feed instead of reporting from the ground, showing and telling the stories as they unfold.
"Finding Their Way Home: The Future of Displaced Iraqis" -
Daily Babel
August 2009
http://dailybabel.com/?p=4073
It made perfect sense when we were in Iraq: send the Iraqi people away from their homes and communities to protect them from the violence we knew was coming. Their homes would be destroyed. Whole neighborhoods could be gone. It made sense for them to move quickly – to pack what little they could get into their suitcases and trunks, and drive — or, more often walk…well, where? We were sending them “away.” Where was “away?”
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"Iraq Refugees Look to President's Lincoln and Obama"- Huffington Post, 6/20/2009
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/luis-carlos-montalvan/iraq-refugees-look-to-pre_b_218375.html
Today is World Refugee Day. The United Nations designated June 20 as the annual day "...to recognize and celebrate the contributions of refugees throughout the world."
But for millions of Iraqis, today is hardly a day to celebrate.
"The country [Iraq] is dealing with one of the largest humanitarian and displacement crises in the world," reports Refugees International (RI).
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