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Scenes From An Iraki Childhood - Waiting for food charity Basrah

The crowd gathers at a relief centre dedicated to feeding the destitute, in particular widows and orphans.

They form a queue waiting to receive food. Children who have both parents dead first, widows with children next, widows with no children last.

Of course when there are so many they will not get very much:

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Posted on November 22nd, 2007 under Children, Iraq, Photos, Postcards from Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Basrah, Child Poverty, Children, Food Shortages, IDPs (Internal Refugees), Malnourishment, Orphans, Poverty, Women and Children. Comments: 2

The independent Iraki newsagency Aswat Al Iraq is 4 years old

Baghdad, Nov 21, (VOI) - The independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) entered its 4th year today, confident to continue its steps in boosting the independent information in Iraq.
These steps could not be achieved without sincere efforts exerted by our correspondents spread throughout Iraq, who provide the agency with the up-to-date information in […]

Posted on November 22nd, 2007 under Iraq. Comments: None

اصوات العراق - في عامها الرابع .. اصوات العراق تستطلع آراء الإعلاميين لتطوير أدائها

تواصل الوكالة المستقلة للانباء (أصوات العراق) استفتاء الإعلاميين في مسعى جدي لتطوير أدائها، وتؤكد إجابات اليوم وأمس على أن (اصوات العراق) واحدة من مصادرهم للحصول على الخبر، لكن اراء الإعلاميين تتفاوت من حيث التقويم..
فرئيس تحرير صحيفة الدستور باسم الشيخ اعتبر الوكالة " مهنية.. وتتناول الخبر بطريقة مهنية.. وتعتني بالمعايير والاخلاقية الصحفية."
واضاف الشيخ ".. ماأتمناه […]

Posted on November 22nd, 2007 under Features, Iraq. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Press. Comments: None

اصوات العراق - اصوات العراق في عيون الاعلاميين

لم نسع للمديح ونحن ندخل العام الرابع من عمر (أصوات العراق)، إنما أردنا النقد قبل المديح. فدخول العام الرابع يعني بالنسبة لنا مرحلة مراجعة وتقدم، ولذلك سعينا لمعرفة رأي الوسط الصحفي في وكالة يفترض أن تكون مصدرا موثوقا لمعلوماته. توجهنا للصحفيين والإعلاميين في في وسائل الإعلام المقروءة والمسموعة والمرئية العربية والكردية، وإلى معنيين بالشأن الاعلامي، […]

Posted on November 22nd, 2007 under Features, Human Rights, Iraq, Politics and Security. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Press, Reuters. Comments: None

Universal Children’s Day: Iraqi children’s plight | اصوات العراق - في ذكرى اليوم العالمي للطفل… بين العمل و الشارع يقضي الطفل العراقي وقته

Najaf, Nov 21, (VOI) – On November 20, the world celebrates the Universal Children’s Day with many children around the globe who were not given the best start in life. In a country that has been deeply traumatized by war, many Iraqi children are unable to attend school and are forced to work and support […]

Posted on November 22nd, 2007 under Children, Features, Iraq, Women and Children. Tags: Aswat Al Iraq Features, Child Poverty, Children, Education Crisis (Iraq), Najaf, Women and Children. Comments: None

IRAQ: Children with serious illnesses abandoned

BAGHDAD, 21 November 2007 (IRIN) - Nine-year-old Faleh Muhammad was abandoned by his family in April 2006. He was left to fend for himself in the streets of Baghdad, and later he was diagnosed with leukaemia.

"All children whose parents have left them are suffering from serious psychological disorders, and the youngest urgently need a […]

Posted on November 22nd, 2007 under Features, Health, Iraq, Society And Economy, Women and Children. Tags: Baghdad, Baghdad Hospitals, Child Poverty, Education Crisis (Iraq), Features, Health, IRIN, Keeping Children Alive, Malnourishment, Poverty, Red Crescent/Red Cross, Women and Children. Comments: 1

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