PRT Muthanna
Journalists Capture Drought, Archaeological Sites
October 11, 2009 Two Army Blackhawk helicopters touched down at Joint Security Station Soto early on the morning of October 11th to pick up ten Muthanna reporters, loaded with cameras and notebooks, eager to take their first ever helicopter trip.
Girls at the Rumaytha Al Amal Deaf Institute Receiving New Hearing Aids
September 13, 2009 Put your iPod earbuds in. Now put your hands over your ears and block out everything until you can hear nothing but silence. Try to communicate with your coworkers, try to order dinner at a restaurant. This is daily life for the students of the Rumaytha Al Amal Deaf Institute.
PRT Muthanna Remembers the Less Fortunate in Ramadan
September 1, 2009 The religious holiday of Ramadan is a time to remember the less fortunate, and PRT Muthanna was honored to be able to take part in this tradition. Working together with the Mayors and City Councils of the respective cities, PRT Muthanna and its military colleagues handed out chickens and packets of dry goods...
Muthanna Continues Tradition of Journalist Engagement and Training
September 1, 2009 Far away from Iraq's capital, the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT)for Muthanna Province continues to provide development assistance and training across all levels of society. Recently, members of the team continued a series of important engagements with some of Muthanna's journalists.
PRT Muthanna Helps Fund Festival of Peace and Tolerance
June 30, 2009 The Festival of Peace and Tolerance, a program to engage young boys and girls in sports and other activities and supported by the Community Action Program, an NGO supported by a grant from the Muthanna PRT, and the Government of Iraq, reached its final stage June 30 in the town of Samawa.
Muthanna PRT Joins Hands with Local Doctors
April 7, 2009 The Muthanna Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) together with Coalition physicians began a program to work with local Iraqi doctors to raise their basic medical skills.
PRT Muthanna Supports Small Businesses with Micro Grants
March 6, 2009 The Muthanna Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and it U.S. military partners collaborated to issue micro-grants to eight people (four women, four men) who had participated in small business training either at the Nasiriyah Small Business Development Center or via business workshops held at Camp Mittica.
PRT Muthanna Supports Local Female Artists
March 05, 2009 The Muthanna Provincial reconstruction team (PRT) is partnering with the local NGO "Public Awareness Organization" to produce the first art exhibit of 40 female artists in Muthanna Province, entitled "Colors of Warka."
Colors of Warka
January 10, 2009 Much of the landscape of Muthanna Province is barren without color, but on January 10, PRT Muthanna, in cooperation with a local NGO, helped twenty-five female artists display their paintings and sketches for the United States Ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, and members of the Iraqi and international press.
Fertile Ground: Reconstruction team promotes growth in Iraqi province.
December 7, 2008 Muthanna Province rarely makes inter-national headlines. Roughly the size of Maine, Iraq’s second-largest province is that nation’s least economically developed. A place where temperatures can reach upward of 140 degrees, unemployment is high and agriculture supports a large percentage of residents, Muthanna faces myriad challenges.
PRT Furthers Strong Engagement with Iraqi Farmers
October 23, 2008 Muthanna Province – An American agricultural expert and his Iraqi counterpart, a senior Provincial official, were taken aback for a moment as they faced the prospect of “dipping” sheep, something neither had done before.
Iraqi Children Jumping Onto Global Net Thanks to PRT
October 13, 2008 Muthanna Province – The Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) operating here in Iraq’s poorest province recently celebrated a milestone with the completion of an important phase of its One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) distribution program.
Southern PRTs Reach and Teach Beyond Iraq’s Borders
September 17, 2008 On August 22, PRT Muthanna’s Senior Agricultural Advisor, Dr. Indu Chandra Ram, led a delegation of senior Iraqi officials from Muthanna and Maysan provinces on a 10-day research trip to India that focused on agricultural development.
PRT Brings Smiles to Iraq’s Most Vulnerable
September 3, 2008 Muthanna Province – Needy children with disabilities and orphans in Iraq’s poorest province had their lives brightened for an afternoon as they received attention and gifts, donated by the American public, from the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) operating in the region.
PRT Expert Shares Farming, Water Use tips with Iraqis
August 24, 2008 Muthanna Province -- Wayne Marcus, Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Water Engineer, seems to know everything about water and farming. A native of Highland, Illinois, Marcus spent his youth working the land and is now determined to help Iraqi farmers increase their yields while expanding water use.
Journalism in Southern Iraq gets Boost from New PRT Chief
August 12, 2008 Muthanna Province – The new leader of the Muthanna Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), Brad Lynch, is expanding important contacts with local media with visits to their offices while hosting a journalism training session.
Changing of the Guard in Iraq’s Muthanna Province
July 22, 2008 Muthanna Province, Iraq -- The leadership of the 2nd Battalion 12th Cavalry Regiment (2-12 CAV) greeted provincial and tribal leaders in a style befitting local custom as the unit undertook security responsibilities in the province from the outgoing Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Securing The Iraqi Province…And The Relationship
May 20, 2008 Combat Outpost 6, Muthanna Province. Representatives of the 82nd Airborne, Iraqi Police and Highway Patrol units, and the Muthanna Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) inaugurated a new Joint Security Site (JSS) on May 10th to facilitate the flow of information and resources between U.S. and Iraqi forces.
Mozart Comes to Muthanna with PRT Help
May 16, 2008 Muthanna Province, Iraq -- The families of Muthanna are mostly underprivileged, subsistence farmers who were long neglected during the years of Saddam’s regime. On the United Nations's Deprivation Index, Muthanna ranks last among all Iraqi provinces -- eighteenth out of eighteen. Unemployment hovers around 60% of the population.
PRT Helps Introduce New Military Unit to Muthanna
April 28, 2008 Muthanna Province, Iraq -- The State Department’s Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and elements of the 82nd Airborne Division are engaging in an unprecedented level of cooperation to affect a true reconstruction partnership with Iraqis in this southern province.
PRT Kick-starts Soccer Outreach to Iraqi Kids
April 25, 2008 Muthanna Province -- Barefoot kids and trash-strewn lots describe the state of soccer in this impoverished southern province today. Even the province’s elite “Soccer School,” the only one of its kind to develop the talents of its most promising young athletes, has no soccer field to call its own.
PRTs Indulge in Kebab Diplomacy in Iraq
April 17, 2008 Muthanna Province -- Forty local farmers and sheikhs from Iraq’s southern-most province recently joined the Muthanna Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and its military team members over a traditional Iraqi lunch to discuss agricultural needs of the community.
Rebuilding Iraq Requires Cement, PRTS Told
April 11, 2008 Muthanna -- As demand increases in Iraq’s new era of reconstruction, industry leaders in the cement business are keen to learn more about modern management and finance. They know that rebuilding Iraq requires lots of cement, and they are well positioned to make it happen.
School Laptop Project comes to Fruition in Iraq
April 11, 2008 Combat Outpost 6, Muthanna -- It’s a long way from technologically-rich Cambridge, Massachusetts to Iraq’s poorest war-torn province – Muthanna. But the distance just got smaller because of a recent agreement to initiate training in both Cambridge and in smaller desert communities to implement the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC ) program.