In a recent article in New York Times, Kasra Mofarah stated, “the risk is still high but… right now you need life-saving operations in Iraq”. Around 2.3 million Iraqis were displaced within Iraq, having a hard time finding homes, jobs, and health care. Four million people need food assistance, and only one out of three children under five has access to safe drinking water. However, 43 percent of Iraqis now live in “absolute poverty”, aid groups noted in a recent report, humanitarian assistance from major donors fell 47 percent from 2003-2005. Winkler said, “the work we were able to do could not justify the level of danger to our staff—one kidnapped and held for 10 days, another one killed in a bombing”. After that episode aid groups have helped from afar.
My analysis is that I think it is great that aid groups are being sent to Iraq because these statistics show that they need some serious help. I think it is sad that Iraqis get stereotyped as “terrorist” when there are innocent civilians getting killed daily. The aid groups are doing their best with the exception of keeping themselves safe. I couldn’t understand kidnapping or bombing a person who was trying to help me, but we don’t know how it feels to be on the other side. I commend the people who are going over there and trying to make a difference and showing them that America isn’t just a nation full of killers. The people in “absolute poverty” are the ones that suffer the most, since they probably don’t have homes to hide in from bombings or have to drink contaminated water to try to survive. Maybe this will allow the Iraqis or Americans to see that there are good people in every nation.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/lifestyle-iraq-aid.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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