Still.

"People walking in the street, very afraid that they might be shot for a reason or another," says Iraqi native A.R. Alansari.

He won't go now. He will later when there's more stability.

Northwest Mercy Corps won't wait. They've decided now is the time to get more help to the Iraqis, to help rebuild schools, and improve medical care, get electricity and clean water to the people.

"There is that opportunity now," says Margaret Larson of Mercy Corps. "Now that the Iraqis have this feeling that it belongs to them, to give them the tools to be self sufficient. I think people will step up to the plate."

The country is a country of orphans. A million and a half orphans according to Dr. Alansari, whose humanitarian group calls itself 'Life'.

"We brought truck loads of medicine and food," says Alansari.

He estimates there are a million and half widows in his homeland, since the start of the Iraq-Iran war in 1980.

"There are desperate stories all over Iraq. And it's not over. The crisis in Iraq won't be over for weeks or months," says Larson.

In the coming months, there will be an outpouring of support, even as the violence continues. And much of the help will be coming from the Northwest.