The guest speaker will be Mouaz Moustafa, executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, which is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that, according to its website www.syriantaskforce.org, is “driven to support Syrians under the oppression and bombardment of their homeland.” SETF established the orphanage and school in Idlib earlier this year.
Moustafa spoke in March at the University of Central Arkansas and that is when some of the Conway volunteers first learned about the need at the orphanage. Moustafa was born in Damascus, Syria, and moved to the United States with his family when he was 10. He grew up in the Hot Springs area and is a graduate of Lakeside High School and UCA, where he received a bachelor’s degree in international studies and political science in 2008. He worked on the staffs of both former U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln and former U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder, both of Arkansas.
http:// www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/sep/18/coalition-seeks-help-orphanage-war-torn-syria/