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Iraq Kids Charity

Mar- 3-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Via Blackfive I found an article about Spc. David McCorkle, an Army reservist attached to the 101st in Mosul. McCorkle started a non-profit charity to help Iraqi children called American Aid for Children of Ninevah, Iraq (AA-CNI). Even though McCorkle is returning to the U.S. soon he is working hard to ensure that donations are distributed in Iraq.

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By Kendra Helmer, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Monday, March 1, 2004

SINJAR, Iraq — Spc. David McCorkle noticed the Iraqi boy wearing the same purple shirt every day on the streets of Mosul.

Concerned about why 10-year-old Yahya was selling soda and candy instead of sitting in a classroom, McCorkle started asking questions. He learned that since Yahya’s father had died, he had to drop out of school to support his family.

“It just broke my heart to think that children should have to do that,” said McCorkle, 46, an Army reservist with the 318th Tactical Psychological Operations Company...

While attached to the 101st Airborne Division in northern Iraq, McCorkle embarked on a monumental task. With the help of soldiers and friends, he established a nonprofit corporation to help children in the northern Iraqi province of Ninevah.

“My main goal is to help kids that are working on the streets instead of attending school,” he said.

Within a few months, he read up on charities, wrote grant applications, spent $5,000 on legal fees and a Web site and assembled a board of directors for the charity, American Aid for Children of Ninevah, Iraq.


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