THE BUZZ IN IRAQ

摘要

A class that teaches local Iraqis how to raise and care for honey bees graduated its first students in Husaniyah, Iraq, March 1, 2010. Members of the U.S. State Department's Karbala Provincial Reconstruction Team and Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, CompanyD, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, attended the beekeeping course graduation. "Our [Karbala PRT] mission is to assist the Iraqis with capacity building," said Sgt. Fatimah Muhammad, from Chicago, 111., the 308th Civil Affairs Bn. rule-of-law noncommissioned officer in charge. Part of that mission includes teaching women job skills that will help them participate in society and be economically independent, she said. Muhammad is embedded with the Karbala PRT as the women's initiatives coordinator.