Friday, June 22, 2007
Orphans moved to different location, given care
Humanitarian
(AP) - The 24 boys found severely malnourished in a Baghdad orphanage have been moved to a different building in the same facility and are being properly cared for, Iraqi officials said Thursday. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers found the boys last week naked in a dark room, some tied to beds and too weak to stand once they were unbound, the military said.
The director of the girls' section of the al-Hanan orphanage said the boys had been transferred to her building.
"All necessities, such as food, clothes and medical care, have been provided for them," said Karima Dawood.
Iraqi officials and the military said the boys had been moved from the coed building last month because it was deemed inappropriate for them to live with girls.
The director of the girls' section of the al-Hanan orphanage said the boys had been transferred to her building.
"All necessities, such as food, clothes and medical care, have been provided for them," said Karima Dawood.
Iraqi officials and the military said the boys had been moved from the coed building last month because it was deemed inappropriate for them to live with girls.
They have now been returned to the original living arrangement. The U.N. Children's Fund said last month that Iraq's children are caught in a rapidly worsening tragedy and that half the estimated 4 million Iraqis who have fled their homes since the war began in 2003 are children.
Labels: Al Hanan house, Iraqi orphans
