JumpStart International

Rioters outside the Baghdad School of Music & Ballet destroyed the metal fence surrounding the school on October 4th, and burned and looted some of the school's music instruments, as well as threatened the schools 250 students. JumpStart is replacing the fence with a 3 meter tall, 150 meter long brick wall to protect the compound of (about five) school buildings.

Little remains to protect the school, which is next to the American military field where ex-Iraqi soldiers are paid wages.

Razor wire is all that separates many sections of the school from the street.

Even the fence that stands doesn't provide much of a deterrent.

An overhead view.

The new wall rises.

The new wall stands 24 cm wide by 3 meters high (about 1 foot wide by 9.5 feet high)

An overhead view of one section of the new wall.