Rainbow Zone

The Rainbow Zone is a community and education center serving displaced families in northern Iraq. Established by USA Springs of Hope Foundation Inc., it supports Arab and Kurdish families—many of whom fled war, conflict, and instability—with safe, consistent access to early education and youth programs.

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Located in a neglected tenement block in War City, the center was founded in response to urgent needs from families who had escaped the violence in Mosul, the crisis in Syria, and more recently, the humanitarian fallout in the Rojava region. With little infrastructure or support in the area, this neighborhood needed more than shelter—it needed a place for learning, connection, and restoration.

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Springs of Hope has worked in the heart of this community since 2015. Our deep involvement is grounded in continuity: semester after semester, we’ve offered early learning and preschool for 45 children at a time, focused on Arabic and English reading and writing, nurturing growth from the ground up.

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In the afternoons, the focus shifts to teenagers. They come for help with homework, and they stay for lessons in English, computer science, art, and music. Many also participate in joint exhibitions and cross-cultural events with Yezidi students from The Hope Centre in Shariya—building bridges through shared creativity.

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Since opening our doors, 855 children and youth have participated in our programs. But what they’ve received goes beyond academics. They’ve been taught about the dignity of difference. About respect, patience, and integrity. About how to respond without violence, how to listen well, and how to live with honesty.

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We’ve gently challenged the norms many were raised with—not by force, but by showing another way forward. A peaceable way.