Spirit of America Worldwide

Spirit of America is a nonprofit citizen service organization founded in response to the attacks of 9/11. Our mission is to engage citizens in preserving the promise of a free and better life. Our projects are developed in response to needs identified by us military, department of state and other us government personnel. Our projects support the safety and success of us military and diplomatic personnel and save and improve lives around the world. Recipients and beneficiaries of Spirit of America assistance include local populations and host nation government and military personnel identified by us military and diplomatic personnel. (continued on schedule o)spirit of America also provides americans an opportunity to connect with, and support the missions of, those who serve abroad, a connection that leads to a more well-informed citizenry, a healthier democracy, and more effective us engagement in the world. Our efforts focus on priorities critical to us national security interests in four main regions: 1) the middle east and central asia: increasing stability and reducing conflict through the provision of targeted humanitarian and economic assistance to vulnerable communities, building the capacity of host nation governmental and nongovernmental entities, and providing nonlethal equipment to host nation armed forces. This includes providing english language training in iraqi-kurdistan to the peshmerga forces, and nonlethal material support to the lebanese armed forces (laf), refugee assistance in six countries across both regions, delivering emergency food aid in northeast syria, funding renovations for schools and community centers in tajikistan and kazakhstan, providing explosive detection equipment in northeast syria, and providing other educational, humanitarian, and medical supplies.2) eastern europe: strengthening the relationships between the united states and friends and allies to defend freedom and democracy against russian aggression in ukraine and counter russian influence in moldova and the balkans and strengthening nato force integration and community support. In ukraine, this includes the delivery of hundreds of tons of nonlethal assistance to ukrainian armed forces, such as helmets, bulletproof vests, and other protective gear, vehicles, surveillance drones, funding for a training course for captains in the territorial defense forces, and mobile phones, tablets, radios, and other communications gear. In moldova and the balkans, targeted humanitarian and economic assistance and capacity-building initiatives include alternative fuel to keep families and schools warm, medical equipment, technology, educational supplies, and renovations to community tennis courts.3) southeast asia: strengthening relationships between the united states and friends, and allies to protect frontlines of democracy and deter chinese aggression through the provision of targeted humanitarian and economic assistance, building the capacity of host nation governmental and nongovernmental entities, and providing nonlethal equipment to host nation armed forces. This includes funding a network of crisis response organizations and expanding the government's emergency response system in taiwan, providing a communications network for displaced civilians in burma, supporting educational, rural health, and food security programs in mongolia, and providing other educational, humanitarian, and medical supplies.4) west and east africa: increasing stability and stopping the spread of terrorism/extremism through the provision of targeted humanitarian and economic assistance to vulnerable communities, building the capacity of host nation governmental and nongovernmental entities, and providing nonlethal equipment to host nation armed forces. Efforts include funding renovations for schools and key government buildings in mozambique, providing medical supplies in kenya and maritime surveillance technology in comoros, and providing other educational and humanitarian supplies.