VILLAGE OF HOPE, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2004 – Who got new homes and how they came to be was the big news Feb. 2 at this village near Mosul.
A total of 18 families representing all ethnic and religious groups received new homes during a ceremony at the aptly named Village of Hope.
The 101st Airborne Division initiated the project. Under it, families from all groups would work together to build homes for those needing them. Thousands of members of the former regime's army and from the Kurdish Peshmerga militias had no jobs. Many lived in government and military buildings inside Mosul – the second largest city in Iraq.
Americans began the project, but Iraqis soon took the lead.
Village of Hope Points to Future of Iraq
[Link to Full Article]By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
VILLAGE OF HOPE, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2004 – Who got new homes and how they came to be was the big news Feb. 2 at this village near Mosul.
A total of 18 families representing all ethnic and religious groups received new homes during a ceremony at the aptly named Village of Hope.
