"Little People, Big World" heads to Iraq

The popular TLC reality show, "Little People, Big World," featuring the Roloff family of two parents who are little people, and four kids, one of whom is a little person, will work to help a family in Iraq this season.

The next airing of the episode "Little People, Big World: Operation Iraq" will be Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. (The show will be repeated, so check the TLC schedule.) The description of the episode says, "When Matt Roloff learns of dwarf children in Iraq who need medical intervention, he makes the difficult, dangerous journey into Baghdad to find the family, befriend them, and get photos and x-rays to bring back to America for evaluation."

U.S. Army specialist Russell Hayes, who has a daughter who is a little person, put Roloff in touch with the Iraqi family. Fox-12 TV in Boise, Idaho, has a story about Hayes.

The "Little People, Big World" episode has its own Web page, which also has bios of the children assisted. Matt Roloff has started a foundation to assist little people around the world, called the Coalition for Dwarf Advocacy.

In the season premiere of Little People, Big World, Matt Roloff makes the difficult and dangerous journey to Baghdad to help get medical attention for an Iraqi family with three dwarf children.

Escorted by U.S. troops, Matt meets the entire family. The parents and three of their five children are average height. However, Bara'a, Ali, and Saja are little and suffer from physical disabilities.

Despite the language barrier, Matt immediately connects with the children, who generously offer kisses, hugs and smiles.

Later in the season, Matt honors his commitment to this Iraqi family and returns to check in on the children.

"The opportunity to help this family in Iraq was both humbling and exciting, especially seeing first hand what our troops are going through. It's awe-inspiring," said Matt.