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Claudia Lefko

Claudia Lefko, a long-time educator, activist and advocate for children, is the founding director of The Iraqi Children's Art Exchange and its project, Baghdad Resolve: An International Collaboration to Improve Cancer Care in Iraq.

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Iraqi medics arrive at the capital Baghdad's suburb of Sadr City on May 21, 2020, to test residents for COVID-19, as part of measures taken by the authorities aimed at containing the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Missing: 505 COVID Masks Destined for Baghdad Hospital via UPS

Our human-to-human good-will gesture—the washing, cutting, sewing, assembling and shipping costs along with the sweet anticipation of their arrival in Baghdad—has been denied, stolen from us. 

Claudia Lefko ·

Claudia Lefko and Faiza Al-Araji, Amman Jordan 2012. (Photo: Courtesy of author)

Remembering the Days of the Invasion: Iraq 2003

Iraqi families were divided and separated around the world.

Claudia Lefko ·

A wounded Iraqi child. (Photo: SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images)

That This Doctor Cannot Even Afford Computer Shows Iraqis Still Paying Price of US Invasion

No one can be in good health when they are living in a war/post-war zone such as Iraq.

Claudia Lefko ·

"This is a space devoid of the most basic human values; a space in which children are slaughtered, raped and maimed;...a space in which children are starved and exposed to extreme brutality." (Photo: Oxfam International)

It’s About Children

Just as it is shocking to see how little has happened in the wake of school shootings in the US, it is shocking to read the current statistics about dead and injured children in war zones.

Claudia Lefko ·

For These Children of Iraq, Help Did Not Arrive

The unseen cost of three decades of war in Iraq

Claudia Lefko ·

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Marking the Anniversary of a Disaster in Iraq

For my part, I think it’s important to try to remember all of it, to remember as much as we can reasonably hold in our hearts and minds.

Claudia Lefko ·

Modern War: A True Global Health Emergency

A unique historical moment to look at global health, with a special look at Iraq after more than twenty years of war

Claudia Lefko ·

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