Relief kits bring smiles to Iraqi children

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Children in Baghdad are happy to have their photograph taken with some of the supplies in a Mennonite Central Committee relief kit distribution. MCC has committed an additional $400,000 to help the growing numbers of Iraqis uprooted from their homes by persistent violence and civil tensions. MCC is sending seven shipping containers of material aid, including 4,200 relief kits, 11,000 newborn kits, 22,000 school kits and 16,000 blankets to Iraq to be distributed by local humanitarian agencies working with vulnerable people in Baghdad and surrounding communities.
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