التباين المكاني للايتام في محافظة كربلاء المقدسة

The Spatial Difference of Orphans in Holy Kerbala Province

orphanage phenomenon is considered the most phenomenon that has social and spatial traces and touches all individuals of a community where its increase has a negative reflection. Therefore, this phenomenon deserves to be studied. The study tackled a social problem that widely and remarkably spread in Iraq in general and in Kerbala in particular. The study refers to presence of a population class represented by orphans. This class grows and increases continuously. The difference of the population density among the administrative units, rising of the terrorist operations, accidents, and decrease all was a reason for the contrast of orphans number between an administrative unit and another.
The study aims at knowing the size of Orphanage phenomenon in Kerbala province and knowing it spatially and temporally in accord with the administrative units. Thus, the current study is considered the first in holy Kerbala province and it emphasizes studying distribution and differences of orphans spatially to the administrative units in the study area and to stop at causes and traces of this phenomenon for it represents a problem that Kerbala people suffer from.
The study concluded a number of results as the following. Number of orphans in holy Kerbala province is about 12297 where the number differs according to the administrative unit. Center of holy Kerbala province was the first and reached to 4980 orphans with percentage 40,5% and Ain ul Temur district has 211 orphans with a percentage 1,7%. The study also showed the geographical distribution of orphans, according to the average was not accompanied with population number for each administrative unit as the percentage distribution of orphans. Al Khayrat district received the first rank. These causes led to various types of diseases, spreading them, and controlling over them which was a cause of death of a number of fathers. This is in addition to terrorism and bad security situations, as well as, the tribal conflicts due to law weakness that left man victims.
The study stated the various related traces behind orphanage. Some of them were economic represented by poverty and deprivation. Some were social represented by social ignorance where some affected to insulting, cursing and beating. Some were psychological represented by facing self-frustration, melancholy, psychological conflict, and jealousy.
The study concluded a group of solutions to reduce their suffering through working to improve the orphans’ economic, social level and to reduce traces of orphanage on the orphan and his family