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垃圾場成為伊拉克孩童第二個家

2006年04月05日
ENS伊拉克,蘇拉曼尼亞報導;蘇家億編譯;莫聞審校

無辜的庫德族小朋友除了幾季的經濟成長,嚴重的貧窮問題正在伊拉克境內發酵,迫使年輕的一輩須靠翻撿垃圾過活。每天上學前,年僅七歲的羅斯坦須跟著他的父親坐在驢背上,在蘇拉曼尼亞的垃圾場穿梭。他的雙眼常被廢棄物散出的煙燻到,而前額的傷疤也是在垃圾堆上跌倒而撞上玻璃碎片造成。

Garbage Dump Second Home for Iraqi Children
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, March 31, 2006 (ENS) By Barham Omar
Despite economic growth in some quarters, extreme poverty is forcing youngsters to pick through trash. Every day before school, seven year old Mohammed Fariq Rostam goes with his father on their donkeys to scrounge through Sulaimaniyah's garbage dump. Mohammed's eyes often burn from the smoke that rises from the rubbish, and his forehead bears a scar from when he slipped on trash and sliced it on a piece of glass.