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Carcasses by the roadside: travelling to Sericho
We’ve driven approximately 250km from Isiolo to Sericho. Along the way the landscape gets drier and starker. A quarter of the way through our journey we are stopped by a herd of around 300 camels...
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School meals
Case study Photo: ActionAidWhen 10-year-old Badasa Hussein’s dad ran away, he was left to look after his mother and four sisters. School meals are all that keep his family alive.My father lost most of...
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Risking her life to help Afghan women and children
Like many people in Afghanistan, as a child I was forced to leave my home and seek refuge in the relative safety of Iran and Pakistan. It was then that I witnessed just how vulnerable poor women and...
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Garden feeds starving family
Case study Jamila tending her new garden Jamila tending her new garden With no husband to support her and 5 young children to feed, Jamila really struggled to earn money and either had to borrow food...
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Maison Shalom - House of Peace
Maison Shalom (House of Peace) is a huge project that has literally changed the face of Ruyigi town, and the powerhouse behind it is Maggy, a very determined woman.The project started as a way to...
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Picture of the week: Vanessa Dziwane
Five-year-old Vanessa Dziwane plays with her friends outside the ActionAid-supported Bwetu Children's Centre nearl Lilongwe in Malawi.
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Rio+20 - heading the wrong way?
1992 was a time when it seemed fairly futuristic to talk about environment degradation, climate change, green economy but twenty years later with ever more alarming statistics on poverty and hunger...
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Ban Ki-moon's new education initiative must emphasise teaching and targets
As presidents and prime ministers gather in New York at the UN General Assembly, secretary general Ban Ki-moon has launched an unprecedented special initiative called Education First. This is driven by...
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You are never alone: the fight to defend her daughters
Case study Farai Tendai - now a happy working motherPhoto: Senelisiwe Kupeta/Musasa Farai Tendai - now a happy working mother Farai Tendai (40) from Gokwe, Midlands Province in Zimbabwe, has four...
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Sreymoa was at risk of dropping out of school - but child sponsorship saved her
Sreymoa was at risk of dropping out of school - but child sponsorship saved her Case study Photo: savann oeurmThe 13-year-old from Kampong Thom province is a model student who loves reading and has...
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