"I am very grateful for SFL's assistance... not only for helping to build my new house, but also for the kindness and generosity of the staff. Thanks to SFL, we are beginning to feel like normal people again."
-Shukria Hamad Omer
A Mother's Perseverance
From refugee... to widow... to provider

Shukria Hamad Omer was an early refugee, fleeing from Saddam Hussein's genocide campaign against the Kurdish people of northern Iraq. She and her family escaped to Iran in 1975 when the Iraqi army crushed the Kurdish independence movement led by Mustafa Barzani, the legendary Kurdish leader... more  

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