UNICEF: Helping children after violence in Iraq's Sadr City

NEW YORK, USA, 20 June 2008 -- Forty days of recent intense violence took a toll on close to 1 million children in Baghdad's Sadr City, which is home to 2.5 million Iraqis. During April and May, the streets of the sprawling neighbourhood turned into a battlefield -- trapping children in their homes without access to water, school or play areas. Even more seriously, the violence affected access to health care. With power and water in short supply and many medical professionals unable to get to work, two