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November 26, 2008

Villagers still struggling to rebuild lives after devastating Bihar floods

Dinesh Mandal knew he had to get his family to higher ground when the Kosi River rose over it's banks and surged towards his village. He tried desperately to lift his 10-year-old daughter, Rekha, up onto an elevated railroad track, but he lost his grip and she was swept away in the raging flood waters. "Her hand slipped and she was just washed away in the current," Mandal explained, sadly. "I couldn't do anything."

November 24, 2008

Thousands of schools closed in eastern DR Congo

Fighting in the North Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused massive disruptions in schooling for hundreds of thousands of children. Throughout the province, thousands of schools are closed. Many schools are now occupied by displaced people. UNICEF estimates that 60 percent of the newly displaced people are children. Since late August, over 250,000 people have fled conflict, bringing the total number of displaced in the province to over 1 million.

November 24, 2008

Darfur: Walking and talking with children of conflict

At the water pump she tentatively walks over to me, past the other boys and girls, and takes my hand. The small four-year-old girl seems surprised and perplexed by the fact that my hand is soft like her own, and she beams with delight as she bravely entwines her fingers around mine. At her tender age there is no doubt that the life she has experienced so far has been that of an internally displaced person in one of El Fasher's three main camps.

December 1, 2008

World AIDS Day: Unite for Children

December 1, 2008

The healing power of the lens – Part 3

November 27, 2008

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