At this special education center, children who are deaf, have autism, down syndrome, or other learning disabilities are taught basic skills so that they can be integrated into the public school system. 

Many of the parents can’t afford the transportation to bring their children to the center. A Samaritan’s Purse staff member helps drive the kids to the school so that they can continue their education.

Samaritan’s Purse provides materials to this center so that the children can do arts and crafts and participate in sports programs, which will help them develop better motor and learning skills. 

Shilan pushes her niece Mevan in the special wheelchair that was given to them by Samaritan’s Purse. Since the wheelchair is durable enough to be used on the rough roads in Halabja, Mevan can use it to get to school.

11-year-old Hazand received one of the wheelchairs Samaritan’s Purse gave out this year. Here he attends a small school in Kurdistan. 

The colors of the Kurdish flag illumine the inside of The Monument of Halabja Martyrs. A 100-foot-tall hand with 16 fingers stands on top of the building as a symbol of the suffering the civilians endured on March 16, 1988. The names of the 5,000 men, women, and children who were killed that day are inscribed on the black marble walls.