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Laura had to give up on school after her parents died. Now, at 14, she is the head of her household and must work to support her 7-year-old brother

Laura Must Choose between Safety and Safe Water

What's one way to protect girls? Provide them with clean water.
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UNICEF Tap Project

S'well Founder Sarah Kauss: Why the UNICEF Tap Project Matters

Clean water. Without a second thought, we simply turn the knob and it comes flowing out of the faucet. But the accessibility to clean water that is so customary to us is a luxury that people around...
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Child marriage among Syrian girls now living in Jordan is common. But Besan is determined to stay in school so she can chart her own destiny — and become an architect

How Syrian Children Cope — Besan Tells Her Story

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Chicago Community Engagement Fellow, Whitney Cross, Shares UNICEF Kid Power at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital

UNICEF Kid Power at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital

Chicago Community Engagement Fellow shares UNICEF Kid Power with children at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
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Five years of war in Syria has stolen the childhoods of children like Ammar who lives in a refugee camp in Jordan

How Syrian Children Cope — Ammar Tells His Story

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Saja, 12 years old, has been displaced in Aleppo, Syria for three years.

How Syrian Children Cope — Saja Tells Her Story

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Fourth-grade classroom in a classroom in the Al Karnak camp, Tartous, Syrian Arab Republic.

How Syrian Children Cope — Maya Tells Her Story

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Kalita's Story: Girls' Education Is Key to a Brighter Future

For one Nepalese girl, the path to a positive future is via soccer and school.
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Child brides, like Nafissa, who married at 16, are less likely to finish school, more likely to suffer abuse and give birth to still born babies.

1 Billion Girls. That's Why We Must End Child Marriage

International Women's Day 2016 kicks off with a new UNICEF program to end child marriage and support vulnerable girls worldwide.
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