Soldiers Deliver Supplies to Iraqi Children
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2004 -- Smiling children shouting joyfully filled a nearby
school as soldiers distributed stuffed animals, clothes, book bags and school
supplies during a civil affairs mission in Al Anwar village, Iraq, Oct 9.
According to a Multinational Force Iraq news release, soldiers from the 4th
Corps Materiel Management Center sponsored the $32,000 reconstruction of the
village school this summer. They returned to help the children start the school
year with new school supplies donated by the American public.
Units participating in Operation Anaconda Neighborhood, a 13th Corps Support
Command-sponsored civil-affairs operation designed to improve the
infrastructure and quality of life for local villages, will be distributing
school supplies and celebrating the opening of new schools throughout the month
of October, the release said.
Since their arrival in January, the 13th COSCOM has sponsored $4.2 million
worth of infrastructure improvements, including school reconstruction, medical-
clinic construction and water-treatment projects in the villages surrounding
Logistics Support Area Anaconda.
Another group of soldiers delivered school supplies to the Garmyan primary
school in Jabara Oct. 5, according to another MNF-I news release.
These school supplies had been collected by soldiers of the 30th Brigade Combat
Team through donations by family and friends at home to help the local children
with their educational needs.
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