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Mauro and his son are proud of their bumper crop of vegetables. "We grow carrots, radishes, cabbage, broccoli, beets and tomatoes." |
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Fatuma walks three kilometres to collect water for her family. "When the well is built there will be clean water closer to home." |
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Children eat lunch inside their house of wood and straw. "We carry water to our houses for cooking and taking a bath." |
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Jean and his friend Manassy play games together and help each other with their homework. "We share everything. If I get something I share it with him." |
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Kieli with his sister Nga, on the family bicycle. "I walk 3 kilometres to school every day." |
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Mostina lives in a village where many children become sick from malaria. "I sleep under a net every night so mosquitoes can't bite me." |
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The school band gives a performance for their friends. "Music training has helped us start this band." |
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Santos's mother and father grow everything they need. He likes the family's goat. "She gives us milk." |
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Barisha praying with her friends. Barisha loves school. "I want to become a teacher when I grow up." |
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Sisters outside their nearly finished house, called a ger. "It is made of wood and leather. We can move it from place to place." |
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School children in Nepal enjoy their lesson. "Our school has no windows or heating. But we have books now." |
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Beatrice plays her favourite game, stones, which is like hopscotch. "I want to be a doctor or a nurse when I grow up." |
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Hoih is not in school yet. She comes with her mother to this health centre for checkups. "My child is small, but healthy and strong." |
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Morgan loves to play soccer with his friends. "We use an old ball or make one from rags." |
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Abdu with his cow, Jewel. "I am the one who cares for Jewel. My family has 2 cows and 4 oxen." |
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Ahmed helps his uncle to sell fruit and vegetables in the city market. "Usually I attend school but on market day I work." |
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Houn holds rice that her father has grown. "When I have money I buy cakes for my poor friends who have none." |
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Prudence has no mother or father. "I love my grandmother, who takes good care of me." |
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A girl at the school water pump. "After lunch we wash our own plates." |
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In Zertu's area, drought can dry up rivers and wells. She collects water from a tank filled by a truck. "I don't have to walk so far." |
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