Package of death Jun 13 2003
For the seven children playing in southern Iraq, the shiny object looked intriguing. more
MP backs plea for Iraq aid Jun 5 2003
Claire Short is calling upon Brummies to show their generosity and back our Winning the Peace appeal in aid of Iraqi children. more
Suffering first hand Jun 5 2003
After spending five weeks in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, UNICEF worker Kathryn Irwin can relate first hand the plight of Iraqi children. more
Martin Bell in Brum plea May 31 2003
UNICEF envoy and veteran broadcaster Martin Bell is calling on Brummies to help make a difference to the lives of Iraqi children. more
Save the children! May 30 2003
Iraqis in Birmingham are throwing their weight behind the Winning the Peace Appeal for children in their homeland - and are urging Brummies to do the same. more
Help to make us proud May 29 2003
Make us proud. That was the message from the citys faith leaders as they met at Birmingham Childrens Hospital to launch the Winning the Peace Appeal for Iraqi children. more
Show your true heart, Brum! May 29 2003
Faith leaders in the city were today uniting to call on Birmingham to show its generosity as they prepare to launch a Winning the Peace Appeal for Iraqi children. more
Where your money will go
icBirmingham and our sister paper the Evening Mail is supporting the Winning the Peace campaign to ease the suffering of children in war-torn Iraq. more
Children suffer as supplies dry up May 29 2003
It is 10 am and dozens of men, women and children are waiting in various parts of Umm Qasr hospital. The corridors are strangely quiet, given the number of people standing, sitting, walking and looking for a doctor, a nurse, or just information. Dr Akram Yasser has already seen 100 patients, mostly young children carried by their mothers. Only two doctors are on duty. There were six of them before the war, but four went back to their hometowns when widespread looting broke out in every corner of the region. more
Doctors struggle to cope May 29 2003
Zahra Ghazi, 10, lies in bed in Ibn Baladi hospital, deep in the slums of northern Baghdad. Her face is peppered with shrapnel. "I went to take out the trash and saw my brother and cousin playing with something like a bomb, black and red, with string attached," she says. "I tried to throw it away but it exploded." more
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