Dhai Tariq sells bread in Al Shorja Market Place in Baghdad. He earns about 2000 Dinars per day. His father also does the same. He has one elder siste
Dhai Tariq sells bread in Al Shorja Market Place in Baghdad. He earns about 2000 Dinars per day. His father also does the same. He has one elder sister and two younger brothers. He stopped going to school just last year. His sisters also do not go to school any more. His father thinks that considering their family’s present financial situation, he just cannot afford to send his children to 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.
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