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Iraqi Children Foundation

Protect. Nurture. Empower.

aka ICF   |   Falls Church, VA   |  www.iraqichildren.org

Mission

The Iraqi Children Foundation intervenes with love and hope in the lives of Iraqi children who are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and exploitation by criminals, extremists, and human traffickers. Our mission is to invest in orphans, street children, and displaced children by -
• Being a voice for children with no voice
• Mobilizing resources to invest in education, health, protection, and trauma care
• Emphasizing sustainable hand-up initiatives over hand-outs
• Investing in training and capacity building of Iraqis caring for children

Ruling year info

2009

Executive Director

Elizabeth (Liz) McRae

Main address

PO Box 233

Falls Church, VA 22040-0233 USA

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Formerly known as

Sponsor Iraqi Childrens Foundation

EIN

26-1394773

NTEE code info

International Development, Relief Services (Q30)

Youth Development Programs (O50)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

At the end of the Iraq War, UNICEF reported (2012) that there were an estimated 800,000 orphans. Later, approximately 1.3 million kids were displaced by ISIS violence. A 2019 US Department of Labor report estimated that 450,000 Iraqi children (14 and under) work by begging, selling on the street, in businesses like garages or factories, or as domestic labor. Many children suffer from trauma and lack key legal documents to go to school and get food or other benefits. These kids are at great risk of abuse, neglect, and exploitation by criminals, extremists, and human traffickers.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Baghdad Street Lawyers and Social Services Project

This project provides legal protection to orphans and vulnerable children who are abused or exploited by criminals and traffickers. It also provides missing legal documents to vulnerable children who need them to enroll in school or get food rations and other benefits. Social workers help children with health care, mediation with families to end child labor and abuse, and other social services. In 2020, a unit to protect children from sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and human organ trafficking was launched.

Population(s) Served
At-risk youth
Adolescents
Children
Extremely poor people
People of Middle Eastern descent

Three buses have been converted into colorful, child friendly classrooms for desperately poor orphans, street kids, and children displaced by conflict. They provide tutoring, a nutritious meal, medical care, social services, and recreation. Hope Bus 1 has been operating since 2017 and Hope Bus 2 was launched in November 2018. Hope Bus 3 was launched in 2022.

Population(s) Served
Children
Young girls
At-risk youth
Extremely poor people
People of Middle Eastern descent

The Adolescent Girls Center provides psychosocial services, computer and other classes, sports activities, and more services to vulnerable girls in post-ISIS Mosul area. It serves girls who are both in school and those out of school.

Population(s) Served
People of Middle Eastern descent
Adolescent girls
Preteen girls
Economically disadvantaged people

ICF has published a second edition of the "My Life Book" as a free gift to Iraq's children. The book is designed for orphans, traumatized children, or other vulnerable kids as an activity book to share their own family story, draw pictures, and answer questions about their hopes for the future. It addresses the psychological need of children to "belong." The book was published jointly with several US and Iraqi partners. The book has been featured in Iraqi schools, at the Hope Buses and Adolescent Girls Center, and in conjunction with other events.

Population(s) Served
Adolescents
Children
People of Middle Eastern descent
Low-income people

Where we work

Affiliations & memberships

League of Arab States Appreciation Award on Arab American Day 2018 2018

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

"Number of children who get assistance with important legal documents"

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, At-risk youth, Economically disadvantaged people

Related Program

Baghdad Street Lawyers and Social Services Project

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

"Number of children receiving legal protection and representation"

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth

Related Program

Baghdad Street Lawyers and Social Services Project

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

"Number of children receiving social services (e.g. access to health, help to stop abuse or child labor, etc.)

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, At-risk youth, Economically disadvantaged people

Related Program

Baghdad Street Lawyers and Social Services Project

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Holding steady

"Number of children tutored and fed nutritious meals on two "Hope Buses"

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

At-risk youth, Children and youth, Economically disadvantaged people

Related Program

HOPE BUSES

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

In September 2022, ICF launched Hope Bus 3 enabling a 50% increase in opportunities for orphans and vulnerable kids to access learning and nutrition.

Number of anti-trafficking cases

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, At-risk youth

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

This is a relatively new project of the Street Lawyers that began partially in 2020. 2021 was the first full year. As of September 2022, total anti-trafficking cases since 2020 is 165.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

The Iraqi Children Foundation seeks to intervene in the lives of Iraq's most vulnerable children at the time they are at greatest risk from abuse, neglect, and exploitation by criminals, human traffickers, and extremists.

ICF's goals are:
•Being a voice for children with no voice
•Mobilizing resources for education, health, legal protection, and trauma care
•Emphasizing sustainable hand-up initiatives over hand-outs
•Investing in training and capacity building of Iraqis caring for children

Our strategy for being a "voice for children with no voice" is to raise awareness through ICF's "In Their Shoes" 5Ks and similar events to educate the American public on the crisis facing Iraq's children and motivate them to take action. We also do a newsletter, use social media, and have released several videos.

Our strategy for mobilizing resources and emphasizing hand up initiatives is to focus on fundraising and partnerships with trusted local Iraqi NGOs, staffed by lawyers and social workers, to deliver legal protection, help end child labor, ensure access to tutoring and public school, provide medical care and nutrition.

Our strategy for capacity building is to bring to Iraq top US talent from the award winning Children' Village (CV) of NY to provide psychosocial training and technical assistance/assessment of government and NGO care of orphans and vulnerable children. We also support training visits to CV. In 2020, we started using technology to deliver distance coaching and mentoring of Iraqi social workers by an Arabic-speaking Iraqi American psychotherapist. The sessions provide tools to the social workers but also help prevent burnout.

Our capabilities rest primarily in the experience and expertise that our Board members and Advisors have in Iraq, our US-based relationship with the award winning Children's Village of New York, and our Iraq-based relationships with competent and trustworthy Iraqi NGOs. We also enlist the professional assistance of an Iraqi-American psychotherapist to provide culturally sensitive coaching in Arabic to Iraqi social workers. ICF serves as a cost-effective catalyst in identifying and bringing resources and local experts to each of the projects we support rather than incurring high costs of hiring in-house staff in Iraq. We have a robust volunteer support staff as well.

*In 2022, as of September 30, 2022, this is what ICF accomplished for the first 3 quarters of this year. (Note: in parenthesis are cumulative totals since program inception)
* 210 cases of helping children get missing legal documents needed to enroll in school or get food and other benefits (since the project launched in 2016, total cases are 1,859)
*195 cases of legal protection and assistance with the police and courts for at-risk children (since the project launched in 2016, total cases are 1,842)
*71 cases handled by special anti-trafficking unit of Street Lawyers to address sex trafficking of young girls as well as human organ trafficking and labor trafficking (since project launched in 2020, total cases are 165)
*93 cases of social services for children such as health care, reintegration with families after release from detention, help in child labor cases, and other social services. (since the project launched in 2016, total cases are 1,419)
*Hope Buses 1 and 2 - and now Hope Bus 3 - have served 168 orphans and street children, full/part time, and provided an estimated 20,000+ nutritious meals . (since the project launched in 2017, total children served are 625)
*Adolescent Girls Center in Mosul area, started in 2021, serves average of 50 girls each day including girls who go to school and those who are unable to attend school.
*"My Life Book:" The activity book that was first introduced to Iraqi caregivers of orphans and vulnerable children at a training in Baghdad in 2012. The release of the second, updated version was released in 2021 and has already been shared with hundreds of children in Baghdad, Mosul, and elsewhere.

Financials

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Iraqi Children Foundation

Board of directors
as of 11/17/2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Grant Felgenhauer

Euphrates Advisors

Term: 2021 - 2023

Mohammed Khudairi

Barbara Marlowe

Ward Scott, Esq.

Grant Felgenhauer

Ali Halabi

David Collins

Luma Jaffar

Michael Jason

Dr. Rafid Aziz

Layla Fattah

Ken Fox

Organizational demographics

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