For more information, please contact KHRW/San Diego at: 
1109 East Washington Avenue
El Cajon, CA 92019
Ph: (619)447-9933
Fax:(619)447-9932

or by Email to:

kurdskhrw1@aol.com.

• Kurdish Community in San Diego

The Kurds have a strong community in San Diego County.  They number over 8,000 individuals most of whom reside in East County and the South Bay area. Most of the Kurds residing in San Diego arrived as refugees or family reunification cases.   The first wave of Kurdish refugees to reside in San Diego arrived around 1976 after the revolution against the Iraqi regime.  The Kurds are well organized in San Diego County where they have formed many community organizations to preserve and protect the Kurdish heritage. Kurdish Human Rights Watch, Inc. is the leading Kurdish Community Organization for it serves the best interest of the Kurdish Community and especially the newly arrived refugees and to assist them to become self-sufficient in their new homeland, the United States of America. For more information about the Kurdish Community please contact KHRW/San Diego by: Telephone (619) 698-8801 or by Email to: kurdskhrw1@aol.com

• Chaldean Community in San Diego

The Chaldeans have migrated from the country of Mesopotamia (Iraq).   The first Chaldeans arrived to the United States at around the end of the last century.  Now there are more than 60,000 Chaldeans in the US some of whom reside in San Diego, and make up a big number of this population. About 18,000 Chaldeans live in San Diego today, the newly arrived refugees that followed the Desert Storm War form the majority of this number. They have churches, businesses and entire neighborhoods in San Diego are inhabited by Chaldean families.  A close net community that helps each other and hire newcomers in their businesses are very successful.   For more information about the Chaldean Community please contact KHRW/San Diego by: Telephone (619) 698-8801 or by Email to: kurdskhrw1@aol.com

• Shiite Community in San Diego

Shiite is the one of the two main Islamic sects, similar to Catholics, or Orthodox Christians.  In San Diego County there are more than 200 Iraqi Shiite families. Each family has at least 7 individuals per household. The Shiites arrived to the US from Al Rafha Camp, in Saudi Arabia in 1992.  Refugees are still coming from Al Rafha in family reunification cases. So far they have been seeking employment services that KHRW offers.  The Imam Ali Ibn Talib Center (Mosque) for the Shiite Iraqi community is the main meeting and prayer place for the Shiites in San Diego. Ethnic cleansing and persecution of the Iraqi Shiite population in the Marsh Arabs is still ongoing.  For more information about the Shiite community in San Diego, California please contact KHRW/San Diego by: Telephone (619) 698-8801 or by Email to: kurdskhrw1@aol.com. For general information about the Shiites go to: www.assadiq.org