A shipment of badly needed personal hygiene soap and laundry detergent for Iraqi children arrived in Baghdad on March 31 as part of the U.S.-based All Our Children campaign, a multiagency effort

Christian Century, April 19, 2003

* A shipment of badly needed personal hygiene soap and laundry detergent for Iraqi children arrived in Baghdad on March 31 as part of the U.S.-based All Our Children campaign, a multiagency effort. The truckload of hygiene supplies originated in Amman, Jordan, crossed the border into Iraq in the morning and reached Baghdad by afternoon, reported Church World Service, a founding member of the campaign.

The 5.5 metric tons of soap--enough to support the hygiene needs of 14,688 Iraqi children for six months--and 5.8 metric tons of laundry detergent will be distributed by CARE Iraq in conjunction with UNICEF's child nutrition program in Iraq.