August Meeting- Iraq's Humanitarian Needs

According to a July 30, 2007 report from Oxfam International:

• Four million Iraqis- 15% regularly cannot buy enough to eat.
• 70% are without adequate water supplies, compared to 50% in 2003.
• 28% of children are malnourished, compared to 19% before the 2003 invasion.
• 92% of Iraqi children suffer learning problems, mostly due to the climate of fear.
• More than two million people- mostly women and children- have been displaced inside Iraq.
• A further 2 million Iraqis have become refugees, mainly in Syria.

Ways to respond:

The Good Shepherd Sisters are working with refugees in a Damascus, Syria camp with medical need as the focus. Send donations to: Clare Nolan, RGS, UN Office of the Good Shepherd Sisters 211 East 43rd Street, Suite 302, New York, NY 10017. Also, find links on this blog to other charitable organizations.