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CRS on the Ground
One of this year's featured Rice Bowl Stories of Hope is about Majd. When he was eight years old his family left their home for what he thought was a trip to take a picnic. His mother, Lamya, said they would be back home in a week. But when ISIS attacked their home in northern Iraq, the family fled for good.
"What worried me the most were the kids," Lamya says. "Our life was stable and we were doing well; we had a very big house. Our children had everything they needed. But when we fled, I was not able to bring anything for them—not even food."
Fortunately, the family found an apartment to rent with other displaced families. It is much smaller than the home they had, but it's safer. The children enrolled in a CRS-sponsored school, where the routine provides hope, stability and a sense of belonging. Learn more about Majd and Lamya's story and the work CRS is doing in Iraq.
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