The List Project's Emergency Support Fund
Summary
The List Project is building a support fund to help recently resettled Iraqis defray emergency costs.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The Iraqis on our List have waited many months to be resettled in the U.S., due to the lengthy U.S. resettlement process, and have been forced to spend any savings they had on living expenses. In addition, each Iraqi must pay for all application fees and flights to the U.S. We hope that the Emergency Support Fund will help some of our most desperate arrivals in their initial shock-filled weeks.
Activities
The List Project team will be in contact with each of our arrivals to determine how our funds can best be distributed. With the help of the List Kids volunteers, the children of recent Iraqi arrivals will get school supplies and care packages.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,765
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $5,235
Total Funding Goal: $10,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The List Project believes that the Emergency Support Fund will not only help Iraqis in the short-term with costs, but will encourage those who benefit from the project to give back to another refugee family in need.
Project Message
"I am more than happy being here [in the U.S.]...with all the wonderful souls that established this program"
- Ahmed, Resettled Iraqi Refugee
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Ann McKittrick McKittrick
Director of Development and Outreach
PO Box 502
New York, NY 10101
United States
917-749-0143
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
The List Project
PO Box 502
New York,
NY
10101
United States
1-888-895-5782
www.thelistproject.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
United States
and can also be found under 
Human Rights.
For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 16, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 26, 2009
Latest Update from the Field
News from List Project HQ
By Ann McKittrick - Director of Development and Outreach, September 30, 2009 02:38 PM
We are almost halfway to our goal of $10,000! Thank you for your support.
Update from TLPHQ:
The List Project recently returned from a three-week trip to Iraq, Jordan and Syria. We traveled with a small documentary film crew from Principle Pictures and with lawyers from our partnering law firms. The purpose of the trip was to assess the impact of U.S. troop withdrawal on the Iraqi refugee crisis, as well as to check in with many Iraqis on our List who are waiting to be resettled in the U.S.
After seeing many Iraqis (representing nearly 150 from our List), it was clear that U.S.-affiliated Iraqis feel increasingly unsafe and insecure about their future as the U.S. military continues to pull out of Iraq. The List Project will be working to address our findings and concerns with government officials and advocacy organizations in the coming months. Please check out the link below to learn more about the documentary film from Principle Pictures.
In addition to our travels, the List Project has some exciting news on the media front. We were featured on the Today Show this month! NBC’s correspondent Peter Alexander interviewed members of the List Project team and a few recently resettled Iraqi families in Washington, D.C. Please check out the link below to watch our clip!
Please email us if you have any questions or would like to learn about the ways that you can volunteer!
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