Iraqi Um Qassim التبرع لعائله عراقية

The Association of the Cooperation Charity in Iraq The suffering of Um Qassim's family Here lives the widowed Um Ilham and her children. Hi Hi Can you introduce yourself to us? Saadyah Kathem. Are they your children? No, they are my grandchildren. What is your son's name? Qassim. How many children did he leave behind before his death? Eight children. So, they all are fatherless. When did Qassim die? three years ago. How did he die? The terrorists killed him, they even poured acids on him, we couldn't recognise him. I lost three of my children like this. May they rest in peace. How about their mother? She's ill, her kidney stopped working so the kind people have paid for her and taken her to hospital. She can't afford anything, I am ill too and I can't afford a bus ticket to go to doctors. Who is the oldest child? Ilham, here she is. Is your name Ilham? Yes. Do you go to school? I have never been to schools. we can't afford it. Who's next? Zahraa She doesn't go to school. and who's next? Adballah Here are you Abdallah. Do you go to school? Yes, year two. Do you have new outfit and a bag to wear at school? No. How do you carry your books? In my hands. Ali is after Abdallah. Where is he? Here he is. Do you go to school? Yes, year one. What is the name of your school? Al Zoheyr School. All of you go to this school? Yes. What's your name sweetheart? Hassan Do you go to school? Yes, year two. So, how come both of you are in year two? No, he's going to go to year two. Who's next? Ahmad. Do you go to school Ahmad? Yes, year one. Did you register him in school late? Yes, as their father was killed and we were being threatened that we had to move from our town. The youngest is Hassan. How do you survive? We are dependent on the kind donators. People have given us matresses, clothes... Do you all stay in this mud hut? How about electiricity? Yes, it is so croweded. We don't have a generator, we got a wire that supplies us with electricity. But even that has been cut from us. Because we live in an illegally built house. I saw a room built with bricks, does it belong to your house? No, we don't such a room It is only those three rooms made of mud and the kitchen. Kind people donated to us the ceiling. How about the provision of your living? It is people who help us, some give us flour, some give margarine. Oh dear... For more info to help this family email: furat@iraqicharities.org We have nothing around us in this area, it is an abandoned place. To drink water we have to borrow ice or jars of cold water from people We don't even have a fan or an air cooler.