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8/11/2010 – BAGHDAD, Headquarters of the Iraqi Ground Forces Leadership.

I have lived a miserable life since childhood, coming from a very poor family in a remote village.I have lived a miserable life since childhood, coming from a very poor family in a remote village.

Watch the short movie "Baby Bag" by Alternative Society.Baby Bag is a short movie created by Alternative Society which depicts the grim future facing the next generation of Lebanese youth.

Joint Statement of Bridging the Divide (BTD),

International Center for Human Development (ICHD),

Turkish Armenia Business Development Center (TABDC) and GAYA

July 28, 2010 Istanbul

BAGHDAD – Office of the Minister of Health Salih al-Hasanawy.

Translated by: Ali Hamdan

To fulfill his generous promises, His Honor the Minister of Health met with a number of disabled persons and children from the Iraqi Alliance of Disability Organizations (IADO) in his private office in Baghdad. He performed a series of immediate medical examinations and provided those present with newer, easier ways to treat their symptoms, based on the specialization and level of need.

"I've never enjoyed summer time as much as this summer,” said Assil Raad, an eight-year-old girl in the kids’ summer camp that the Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training (LOST) is organizing this year."I've never enjoyed summer time as much as this summer,” said Assil Raad, an eight-year-old girl in the kids’ summer camp that the Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training (LOST) is organizing this year. Said her mother: "This camp is a good opportunity for my daughter to discover her abilities and talents.

Ahmed leaves home every morning around six o'clock in the morning, without saying goodbye to his small family. He drives his bicycle to the city square, where he works to keep the city's streets clean of litter and the dust that spreads into the road.

BAGHDAD - August 1st, 2010 marks the global day of entry into the Oslo treaty banning the manufacture, sale and stockpiling of cluster bombs worldwide. The Iraqi Alliance of Disability Organizations (IADO), member of the International Alliance against Cluster bombs, held a national celebration for the event, as did much of the world, out of which 107 countries signed and 37 approved the treaty, Iraq having signed on 12/12/2009.

IADO Press Release

7/30/2010

The Lebanese youth of today are being hit from all sides by their lack of options in life. It can feel like they are in a siphon, unable to escape.

Video produced by the Alternative Society Organization in Lebanon.