BAGHDAD — “This is for you. Take what you need,” read the banner over a wall hung with a variety of used clothes. Household goods were arranged underneath them, all part of a charitable project called the “Wall of Compassion.”
The Wall of Compassion is an initiative by a group of well-off volunteers to help the needy. It has expanded rapidly since its June launch, and by August its walls of charity had spread to seven different Baghdad locations.