The Assyrian Aid Society of America is a charitable 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping Assyrians in need, promoting Assyrian culture and heritage, building a structure capable of responding to unexpected crises that require immediate mobilization, and focusing American and international attention on the needs and humanitarian concerns of the Assyrian people, particularly in the ancestral homeland of Assyria. Working in collaboration with sister organization Assyrian Aid Society-Iraq, AAS-A has for a quarter-century vigorously pursued its Mission Statement by funding reconstruction programs, irrigation and electrification projects, education programs from pre-school through college, and medical projects that have included shipments of medicines and supplies, operating free medical clinics, and facilitating life-saving surgeries in the United States for Assyrians from the Middle East. Today AAS-A’s immediate focus is on the thousands of Assyrian families displaced by ISIS terrorism in both Iraq and Syria. Education and the Assyrian schools in north Iraq remain a priority. Over 6,000 students in 52 schools are being taught all subjects in Assyrian and using textbooks translated into Assyrian and published by the Assyrian Aid Society. In addition, AAS-Iraq has purchased buses and employs drivers to transport students who otherwise could not attend school from their remote villages. Although independent from and not formally associated with AAS-A, formal Assyrian Aid Society organizations are also at work in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and Holland.
