Selena Frank and I contacted No More Victims back in 2005 looking for a way for our interfaith youth group to help a war-injured Iraqi child. They were already doing wonderful work with the homeless and hungry in our local area but we wanted them to reach out to a child affected by our actions in Iraq and perhaps, to gain an awareness for civilian casualties. Cole Miller e-mailed me back immediately with the name of a little girl who’d been blinded by a cluster bomb outside of her home. Ayat was beyond medical intervention, but we were able to show our youth photos of her and tell them her story and they were very anxious to help, holding car washes and barbeques, talking to our local school for the blind, and eventually sending a package of things a young blind child might be able to use to brighten her day. (more…)