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The Scholar Rescue Fund is a program of the Institute of International Education (New York, NY) that works to help threatened scholars anywhere in the world find safe haven and continue their work … shining a light on those who terrorize and preserving the intellectual capital of humanity.
A special Iraq Scholar Rescue division has been [...]

Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids is an American charity (Bozeman, MT) that provides needy disabled children in Iraq with high quality pediatric wheelchairs. The gift of a wheelchair transforms the lives of the children and the families and creates long-lasting friendships.
Founded in 2005 by Brad Blauser, Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids was created to meet the needs of disabled [...]

International Foundation of Hope (IFH), USA offices in Wenatchee, WA and Grand Junction, CO, is a charity that has been working in Afghanistan since 1998 on projects related to economic development, community empowerment and education.
From the Russian invasion in 1979, through a civil war from 1989 to 1994, and Taliban rule from 1995 to 2001, the [...]

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, has issued an Iraq Situation Update for March 2008.
The UNHCR estimates the number of Iraqi who have settled in other nearby countries as:
Syria - 1.2 to 1.4 million
Jordan - 450,000 - 500,000

The University of Texas, Stanford and the University of California at Berkeley have agreed to a 5-year partnerships with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) , a graduate level research university being built in Saudi Arabia. Each university will receive about $25-billion for their assistance to the Saudi university.
The new KAUST University is [...]

The Tom Deierlein Foundation was founded by Tom Deierlein and his associates to initially focus on helping the children of Iraq. Tom was seriously shot in 2006 while serving in Iraq as an American Civil Affairs Officer, but developed a strong desire to help the Iraqi kids.
The New York-based Foundation is collecting and distributing shoes, [...]

American charity (based in Colorado) Afghans4Tomorrow is a humanitarian organization that focuses on educational, agricultural and health projects in Afghanistan.

Afghans for Afghans is a San Francisco-based group that sends hand-knitted and crocheted blankets, sweaters, vests, mittens and socks to the people of Afghanistan. The grassroots effort is inspired by similar work by Red Cross volunteers during World Wars I and II to support soldiers and refugees worldwide.
Their website has info on ‘what is needed’, [...]