Description:
Holding an orange in her hand that she sells, Sabreen Hayder, 9, peers into a room through an open door, in Baghdad, the capital. She lives with her parents and five siblings on the floor of the one room in which they all live, on the roof of a decaying building. Sabreens brother works at a blacksmith shop and she helps her father, who sells fruit from a cart in the street. None of the children attend school..Additional Info:.Until January 2003, the situation of children and women in Iraq remains critical. One million children under five in southern and central Iraq continue to suffer from chronic malnutrition. Some 60 per cent of the entire population depend on monthly Government food rations, making them extremely vulnerable to any disruption in these supplies in the event of conflict. Widespread poverty and crumbling infrastructure, the result of years of conflict and 12 years of international economic sanctions, have affected all sectors, including massive deterioration of the country's water and sanitation systems.
Credits:
Shehzad - (Pakistan) Noorani/Majority World
Description:
Holding an orange in her hand that she sells, Sabreen Hayder, 9, peers into a room through an open door, in Baghdad, the capital. She lives with her parents and five siblings on the floor of the one room in which they all live, on the roof of a decaying building. Sabreens brother works at a blacksmith shop and she helps her father, who sells fruit from a cart in the street. None of the children attend school..Additional Info:.Until January 2003, the situation of children and women in Iraq remains critical. One million children under five in southern and central Iraq continue to suffer from chronic malnutrition. Some 60 per cent of the entire population depend on monthly Government food rations, making them extremely vulnerable to any disruption in these supplies in the event of conflict. Widespread poverty and crumbling infrastructure, the result of years of conflict and 12 years of international economic sanctions, have affected all sectors, including massive deterioration of the country's water and sanitation systems.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Shehzad Noorani
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Copyright Majority World
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Image Description:
Holding an orange in her hand that she sells, Sabreen Hayder, 9, peers into a room through an open door, in Baghdad, the capital. She lives with her parents and five siblings on the floor of the one room in which they all live, on the roof of a decaying b