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standing between the people of the United States and the 
people of Iraq; 
Whereas establishing school-to-school and hospital-to-hospital 
partnerships between Iraq and the United States will in-
crease awareness in the United States of the improving 
situation in Iraq; 
Whereas fostering private investment in the reconstruction of 
Iraq will directly promote the principles of peace, free-
dom, and democracy in Iraq; 
Whereas there is widespread lack of access to formal edu-
cation for large sectors of the Iraqi population; 
Whereas only 47 percent of Iraqi men and 29 percent of 
Iraqi women attended secondary school under the Hus-
sein regime; 
Whereas widespread neglect by the Hussein regime has re-
sulted in Iraqi schools in utter disrepair, in many in-
stances lacking plumbing, wiring, lighting, desks, win-
dows, and doors; 
Whereas despite the rehabilitation of 1,700 schools this year, 
over 10,000 schools in Iraq are still in need of repair; 
Whereas educational materials for Iraqi children are outdated 
and in short supply; 
Whereas improving the quality of and access to primary and 
secondary education is essential for a successful and free 
Iraq; 
Whereas over the last decade, health indicators in central and 
southern Iraq have fallen to levels recorded in the least 
developed nations; 
Whereas between 1990 and 2000, infant, child, and maternal 
mortality rates in Iraq doubled;
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Whereas almost 1⁄3 of children in central and southern Iraq 
suffer from malnutrition; 
Whereas widespread neglect by the Hussein regime has re-
sulted in a 90 percent reduction in funding for the Iraqi 
health care system; 
Whereas inadequate and antiquated medical equipment and 
training materials, sometimes 40 years old, risks the lives 
of Iraqis daily; 
Whereas only 1⁄3 of Iraqi health care facilities offer emer-
gency obstetric services; 
Whereas 60 percent of foreign assistance by the United 
States to developing nations comes from private donation; 
Whereas despite the recent economic downturn, private in-
vestment continues to far exceed United States Govern-
ment investment to developing countries; and 
Whereas there is currently no coordinated effort which allows 
private individuals in the United States to support the 
Iraqi people at the local level: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that the Coalition Provisional Authority, in 
coordination with the Department of Defense, the Depart-
ment of State, and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, should establish a program to fos-
ter private assistance by the people of the United States 
to Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and 
adopt-a-hospital initiatives, whereby—
(1) mechanisms are created to establish an in-
ventory of specific material and financial educational
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needs; those educational needs are made known to 
schools, education professionals, and students in the 
United States; avenues are established for the dona-
tion, collection, and transfer of supplies and funds 
directly to Iraqi schools; online peer-to-peer con-
sultation between education professionals in Iraq 
and the United States is established; and student-to-
student communication is instituted; and 
(2) mechanisms are created to establish an in-
ventory of specific material and financial medical 
needs, including medical equipment and supplies; 
those medical needs are made known to hospitals 
and health care professionals in the United States; 
avenues are established for the donation, collection, 
and transfer of supplies and funds directly to Iraqi 
hospitals; and online peer-to-peer consultation be-
tween health care professionals in Iraq and the 
United States is established.
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