The Iraqi and Syrian Student Project (ISSP) is a grass-roots effort to assist young Iraqi and Syrian students gather the education they need to participate in rebuilding their nations. To this end, ISSP seeks the assist of American colleges to offer these students what the US does thoroughly: incredible undergraduate training.

The Iraqi and Syrian Student Project seeks to make undergraduate training possible for certified students who are not able to complete their education because of the violence and aims to make a contribution to the rebuilding of Iraq and Syria. These students are encouraged to study without regard to gender, nationality, religion, or ethnicity.

What Americans can do

The Iraqi and Syrian Student Project (ISSP) invites colleges and universities in the United States to accept qualified students and provide lessons waivers for undergraduate study. We work with network management to offer the guide those students will want at some level in their university years. The ISP aid businesses serve as communities of friends for each student during their years of study in the US.

Grants approved under ISSP

  • A 2018 provide from the Cultures of Resistance Network funded lesson expenses for four students.
  • A 2017 provide from the Cultures of Resistance Network funded reliable English language tests and the fees of study allows and visas to Canada for 5 Syrian refugees in Turkey.
  • A 2013 provide from the Cultures of Resistance Network supported university scholarships for 2 Iraqi students to wait at the Armand Hammer United World College of the American West and Pearson College UWC for 2 years.
  • A 2012 provide supported ISSP's work at a time when, because of violence and unrest in Syria and belt-tightening throughout US better education, financial support become particularly precious. The Arm and Hammer United World College of the American West served as a economic sponsor for this provide.
  • A 2009 provide allowed the ISSP's US Director to go to college admissions officers in order to talk about how to assist more Iraqi students start their research in 2009.

How does the Iraqi and Syrian Student Project support students

Here how does ISSP give support to students

  • Secure training waivers (or different types of assistance such as scholarships) from U.S. Colleges and universities for qualified undergraduates who've studied in Iraq.
  • Work offered to identify, display, screen, and endorse students from Iraq for tuition waivers based on their educational data, English language skills, financial need, and standard chance of achievement.
  • Assist leaders in nearby groups in forming support corporations for each students and providing those agencies with the recommendation and recommend they'll need to satisfy the emotional, financial, and social needs of the student.
  • Promote its task and achievements to a wide spectrum of the American people.
  • Develop a fund-elevating potential to enable its works to move ahead.

Conclusion

The Iraqi/Syrian Student Project (ISSP) makes undergraduate education in the US possible for qualified students who had been studying in Iraq or Syria, are unable to continue their education due to the violence or their refugee status, and desire to return and contribute to the rebuilding in their America.