Thursday, April 19, 2007
A man from Iraq
I met a man with an incredibly strong-will. He was a former Iraqi soldier, and now working hard to rebuild his hometown Ramadi, Iraq. Even though he lost his brother, cousins and many friends because of the US invasion, he would not use his anger to retaliate the US, but to rebuild Iraq.
I have been asking for help to change the chain of violence into a chain of hope. And he has been working in Iraq to change the violence into hope! What a man!
He came to Japan to let Japanese people know the REAL situation in Iraq. I am so grateful that I had a chance to talk with him in person and promise to help his project to rebuild Ramadi. He has gone back to Iraq, where no order exists...
I do hope everything will be fine with him and his future.
I wish to meet him again to give the donation from "Flowers and Bombs" to him in his hands.
You can read an article about him @JAPAN TIMES ON LINE
"Former Iraqi soldier turns to rebuilding"
His English blog
I R A Q - M A I L ~ THE VOICE FROM RAMADI ~
I met a man with an incredibly strong-will. He was a former Iraqi soldier, and now working hard to rebuild his hometown Ramadi, Iraq. Even though he lost his brother, cousins and many friends because of the US invasion, he would not use his anger to retaliate the US, but to rebuild Iraq.
I have been asking for help to change the chain of violence into a chain of hope. And he has been working in Iraq to change the violence into hope! What a man!
He came to Japan to let Japanese people know the REAL situation in Iraq. I am so grateful that I had a chance to talk with him in person and promise to help his project to rebuild Ramadi. He has gone back to Iraq, where no order exists...
I do hope everything will be fine with him and his future.
I wish to meet him again to give the donation from "Flowers and Bombs" to him in his hands.
You can read an article about him @JAPAN TIMES ON LINE
"Former Iraqi soldier turns to rebuilding"
His English blog
I R A Q - M A I L ~ THE VOICE FROM RAMADI ~
