Ishtar’s Circle, a Chicago based Assyrian Women’s organization, is proud to partner with the Assyrian Aid Society in its effort to help Assyrian women in the Homeland.

Wafaa Sliwa Raffo is one such woman, looking to open her own bakery in Baghdida, Nineveh Plains, Iraq. Our goal is to raise $3300 to make her hope a reality.

Wafaa and her family are from Baghdida. The family fled ISIS and landed in Jordan. After some years they decided to