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May
21, 2015
On
Monday, May 18, 2015, the American Mesopotamian Organization (AMO) has launched
the Restore Nineveh Now Foundation (RNNF) a 501 (c)3 with IRS tax number
pending.
Founded
by AMO, the Restore Nineveh Now Foundation will take over the work of the
Restore Nineveh Now Initiative, with an expanded, threefold mission:
First,
RNNF will continue to establish and support security forces like the Nineveh
Plain Protection Units (NPU) in Northern Iraq and Syria. The peacekeeping
mission of these units in the Nineveh Plain is essential to encouraging
Assyrian and Yezidi IDPs to go back to their towns and villages.
Second,
RNNF will advance the reconstruction process of the Nineveh Plain and
surrounding areas in the post-ISIS era by focusing on the development of
micro-industry and the securing of investment from both private and public
sector organizations.
Third
and finally, the RNNF will provide support to Assyrian families whose members
have been killed or injured while confronting ISIS and other enemies of the
Assyrian nation in the region. This “Fallen Fighters Fund” will be the first of
its kind and will begin sending direct aid to these families by the summer of
2015.
“We
are very pleased to have launched the RNNF,” said Mr. David William Lazar,
chairman of AMO and the executive director of Restore Nineveh Now.org
Initiative.
“There
has been an ongoing call for us to expand the work and impact of the Restore
Nineveh Now Initiative, and our new 501(c) 3 structure will give us the
flexibility and reach to respond to the growing numbers of people in Iraq and
Syria who need our help,” Mr. Lazar also said.
Unique
among existing not for profit organizations, RNNF will be looking towards the
post-ISIS, reconstruction phase for Iraq and Syria.
“We
are confident that ISIS’ days are numbered, and we are determined to get ahead
of what is surely going to be an evolved and intense reconstruction phase for
Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities,” said Mr. Lazar.
Restore
Nineveh Now Foundation can be found at the same web address as Restore Nineveh
Now – restoreninevehnow.org.
About
the American Mesopotamian Organization
The
American Mesopotamian Organization believes that the Assyrian American
community can be instrumental in bringing about change to US policy towards the
Assyrians of the Middle East. We strive to be part of this change and part of
the solution in defending Assyrian political and human rights throughout the
Near East. While we will represent the collective Assyrian American viewpoint
on matters of public policy, we will also serve as liaison between the
community and their elected leaders. For more information, please visit http://www.americanmesopotamian.org.