Monday, April 09, 2007
One Iraqi child in 25 will die before the age of five
Humanitarian
(Al Jazeera) - Many children in Baghdad are forced to survive on the streets. Four years on since the US invasion, many of the people who continue to suffer the most in Iraq are the country's children. Many have lost their families to the violence and are forced to live on the streets in the midst of a war, surviving by living in dumps and eating whatever scraps they can find.
Poverty in Iraq has reached new levels in the last four years. Many children have little or no access to basic necessities, like clean water, health care or education. The statistics are startling. One child in every 25 will die before they reach the age of five. One in four, or more than three million children, are malnourished and one in five does not go to school.
Poverty in Iraq has reached new levels in the last four years. Many children have little or no access to basic necessities, like clean water, health care or education. The statistics are startling. One child in every 25 will die before they reach the age of five. One in four, or more than three million children, are malnourished and one in five does not go to school.
Labels: children, malnutrition, mortality, poverty
