Displaced Overwhelm Schools in the South

[babylonsister]

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Displaced Overwhelm Schools in the South
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KIFIL, IRAQ - AUGUST 24: Refugees from the Iraqi city of Najaf sit on the grounds of the Shiite Zeyd bin Ali mosque on in Kifil town, 20 kilometres north of Najaf, Iraq.
Wathiq Khuzaie/AFP/Getty

NAJAF/BASRA, 7 May 2007 (IRIN) - The increase in the number of displaced children in the southern governorates has left hundreds of students out of school, according to education departments in the south.

"The most affected governorates are Najaf, Basra and Muthana where the number of displaced families is increasing daily. As free education allows children to join schools chosen by their families, there are no places for newly displaced children or many who are already residents," said Ali Kareem, media officer for the secretary of education in Basra provincial council.

"We have a shortage of books, pencils and chairs. We cannot accept more students as teachers are having difficulty teaching because the number of students has nearly doubled," Kareem added.

According to Kareem, nearly half the displaced in southern governorates are children of school age and need urgent assistance to restore normality to their lives without losing another year of learning.

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[Horse with no Name]

1. That picture says a thousand words of the life that we have left the Iraqis

Bush should have just declared that he was taking the oil--those who wanted to leave could do so--but make no mistake...we were going to bomb your country into the next century to get that crude oil. Stay at your own peril. At least that would have been honest.

[youngdem]

2. By the title of the article, I thought "FINALLY, they are talking about New Orleans schools"

and the effects the storm had on the region. Sadly, no, they are talking about ANOTHER country Bush has partly destroyed.

[AuntPatsy]

3. It hurts to know that my government has something to do with this....

What can we do? Even if we do leave shouldn't we find a way to help these poor women and children?

[babylonsister]

4. Wouldn't it be nice if we had someone compassionate in the wh,

who cared more about spending money on these people, whose lives we've basically ruined, instead of being so intent on killing more?

[OneBlueSky]

5. there is virtually nothing in that country that the U.S. and its allies have NOT destroyed . . .

education, agriculture, infrastructure, environment, culture, you name it . . . the US invasion and occupation of Iraq is about as complete a devastation as can be imagined short of a nuclear holocaust (which, apparently, we're saving for Iran) . . .

[babylonsister]

6. And what kind of future do these kids have to look forward to? Who

will they blame?