Generation Iraq ----- Generation Iraq is one of the few Western charities still operating in Iraq. It was founded in 2006 by a remarkable woman named Tamara Quinn. Tamara is an Iraqi-American who almost immediately after the fall of Baghdad got on a plane and traveled to Iraq for the first time in 30 years to see if she could help Iraqis recover from the war and decades of oppression under Saddam Hussein. While there, Tamara co-founded a women’s rights organization, worked with the Coalition Provisional Authority, and over time, developed a special interest in assisting Iraqi children.

Children in the city of Rochester face violence and negative influences every day. We give them opportunities to connect with the positive in our community - and a chance to shine as they learn that they are capable and worthy members of our city! What an awesome year they have as they take field trips to area colleges, businesses, parks, museums, artists studios and homes in the area to capture images which they use in our program. They print their own photos, mount and exhibit them in galleries, scan and print them in a professionally produced book.

This project is designed to enhance the reading, writing, vocabulary, and math skills for children from grade level K-8 in the community of Fort Valley, GA. This is a program that will be held every summer for two weeks. The program will be supervised by 3 certified school teachers from the local elementary and middle school. All with at least 10 years experience.

The Likeness of Love is a continuing, non-profit project that helps students in the U.S. reach out to children in less fortunate countries gestures of art. Started in 2006, the Likeness of Love is a mission to provide an awareness-raising opportunity to high school students while continually practicing the appreciation of art. Our goal has been to provide children in underdeveloped countries with a sense of caring and love from others, using something more meaningful than the bills from our pockets.

The Old City of Hebron is a highly disputed territory at the heart of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. International aid has focused on critical conflict intervention as well as medical and nutritional assistance. The children of the Old City, particularly the boys, are exposed to disruptive checkpoints, detentions, toxic tear gas, extended curfews, and physical searches. These affronts erode bodily sovereignty, both mentally and physically, which is vital to the development of healthy self-esteem.