1st Battalion 22nd Infantry Update 5-15-06 Page 4

1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

Unit Updates
2006

School Projects

May 15, 2006

SCHOOL PROJECTS

As part of our desire to help the people in our area, we have focused some of our efforts at repairing
and renovating schools. To be blunt, the schools are in bad shape and need a great deal of work.
Most schools do not have electricity, plumbing, or drinking water and are filled with broken windows,
dirt floors, and an overcrowding problem that is unseen in the United States.
We frequently see 50 children in a classroom that would accommodate perhaps 20 students in America.

Note the 22nd Infantry Crest on the Certificate

This past month, we have worked with 13 different schools and renovations at those sites are in various stages.
Through cooperation and interaction with headmasters and contractors, work at five of these schools
is complete and those schools now provide a much better learning environment for the thousands of children
we see each day. As each school is finished, we conduct a Dedication Ceremony with the headmaster,
contractor, council members, sheiks, and Soldiers to highlight the cooperation between the Iraqi people,
the local Iraqi government, and coalition forces. There will always be more work to be done,
but we are making a great impact in the lives of Iraqi families every day.

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