Iraq's abandoned children

[ktlight]

Iraq is full of street kids; children with one or both parents killed, or some who have merely been abandoned.

It has been estimated that there are now over a million orphans in the country. But there are just four small orphanages in the capital, Baghdad - none of them filled to capacity.

The Iraqi government says that relatives would rather abandon children they are unable to take care of, than bear the shame of bringing them to an orphanage.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzxILPebE_E

[Lord Sidious]

The sadness from watching this stains my soul. :sad:
This has to be fixed and I will, if I can.
On my blood oath.

[Davidallany]

[QUOTE]We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with an impure mind
And trouble will follow you
As the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart.
We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with a pure mind
And happiness will follow you
As your shadow, unshakable.
Buddha.