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  • Togolese refugees stand by newly-built homes in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
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  • Togolese refugees work building a mud-brick house in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
    GHA05TogoRefugees0026.jpg
  • Togolese refugees work building a mud-brick house in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
    GHA05TogoRefugees0025.jpg
  • A boy draws water from a well in the village of Kawejah, Grand Cape Mount county, Liberia on Friday April 6, 2012.
    LBR12.0406.NUT0874.JPG
  • People walk through the village of Julijuah, Bomi county, Liberia on Tuesday April 3, 2012.
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  • A child carrying a bucket full of beans walks across the street in the village of Portela, below Pico Fogo, the country's highest mountain, an active volcano towering at 2,829m (9,281 feet) in the Fogo national park on Fogo island, Cape Verde on Wednesday January 6, 2010..
    CPV10.0106.FOGO0028.JPG
  • A refugee woman from Central African Republic uses a water pump in the village of Boulembe, near Bertoua, Cameroon, on Tuesday September 15, 2009..
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  • Mosque in the village of Bankoumana, near Bamako, Mali on Friday January 15, 2010.
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  • Refugee women from Central African Republic sit on the ground in the village of Boulembe, near Bertoua, Cameroon, on Tuesday September 15, 2009..
    CMR09.0915.FARROW0689.JPG
  • A girl stands by a mud brick house in the village of Tongo Gandima, near Bertoua, Cameroon, on Tuesday September 15, 2009.
    CMR09.0915.FARROW0566.JPG
  • Rooftops in the village of Saint-Lizier, Pays Couserans, Ariege, Pyrenees, France.
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  • Kasbah in small mountain village, Ait Boughmez valley, high atlas mountains, Morocco.
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  • Kasbah in small mountain village, Ait Boughmez valley, high atlas mountains, Morocco.
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  • A child receives two drops of polio vaccine during the second round of vaccination in Djambala Village, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 8, 2010.
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  • A woman's finger is marked with indelible ink after she was vaccinated against polio during the second round of vaccination in Djambala Village, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 8, 2010.
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  • A man gets vaccinated against polio during the second round of vaccination in Djambala Village, Republic of Congo on Wednesday December 8, 2010.
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  • Young boy in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • A woman and her child prepare attieke, a local staple made of cassava, in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • Young boy standing among mud houses in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • A teenage girl stands by a mud house in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • Pig walking around town in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • A woman and her child prepare attieke, a local staple made of cassava, in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • An elderly woman sits outside her home in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • View of the town of Shella, Lamu Island, Kenya, Africa
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  • A woman stands outside her home in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • A man sleeps on a chair in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • A woman and her child prepare attieke, a local staple made of cassava, in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • A woman prepares attieke, a local staple made of cassava, in Tano Akakro, Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday June 20, 2009.
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  • View of the town of Shella, Lamu Island, Kenya, Africa
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  • Tents where villagers have been displaced by floods near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • A woman cooks for her family outside the tent where they now live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0448.JPG
  • A woman holds her child in a spontaneous settlement where they now live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • A child sits on the ground in a spontaneous settlement near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. About 1500 people have settled here after their village was almost entirely destroyed by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • A woman and her children stand in front of the tent where they now live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • Children in a spontaneous settlement near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. About 1500 people have settled here after their village was almost entirely destroyed by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0046.JPG
  • Young men covered with talcum powder (used to make it more difficult for opponents to get a firm grasp) wait for wrestling matches to start during the yearly evala festival in the town of Houde, northern Togo, on Thursday July 12, 2007.<br />
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During the week-long tourney, young men wrestle against peers from their own and other villages. The evala festival is not only a sporting event, but also part of the rites of passage young men from the KabyŽ ethnic group will complete as they become full-grown men. The fighters, called evalo, will wrestle on three consecutive years to show their strength and their worth as they become full members of the community. <br />
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Wrestlers cover themselves with talcum powder to allegedly make it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp. Rubbing hands with dirt is also a popular technique which many believe helps counter the slippery effect of talcum powder. On the eve of the first day of fighting, the father of each evalo will buy a dog for his son to eat. It is believed that the meat of the animal will endow the young man with the strength and courage characteristic to the animal.<br />
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While the wrestling is reserved to young men in their early to mid-twenties, younger boys also take part in unofficial matches as they prepare to become the next evalo. Even though supporters often become infuriated when their fighter is denied the victory they think he deserves, the outcome of the wrestling matches has little importance. Winners celebrate alongside those who are defeated and more than anything else, the evala festival is a social gathering where KabyŽs come to meet each other. Many KabyŽs in the diaspora even come home to attend the event. <br />
<br />
The first day of fighting pits evalos from two halves of a same village against each other. On the next day, fighters from an entire village wrestle against their peers from a neighbor settlement before joining them and facing together a similar group on the third day of the event. After one day
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  • A woman helps young men cover themselves with talcum powder as they prepare for wrestling matches during the yearly evala festival in the town of Houde, northern Togo, on Thursday July 12, 2007. The powder, fighters say, makes it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp.<br />
<br />
During the week-long tourney, young men wrestle against peers from their own and other villages. The evala festival is not only a sporting event, but also part of the rites of passage young men from the KabyŽ ethnic group will complete as they become full-grown men. The fighters, called evalo, will wrestle on three consecutive years to show their strength and their worth as they become full members of the community. <br />
<br />
Wrestlers cover themselves with talcum powder to allegedly make it more difficult for their opponent to get a firm grasp. Rubbing hands with dirt is also a popular technique which many believe helps counter the slippery effect of talcum powder. On the eve of the first day of fighting, the father of each evalo will buy a dog for his son to eat. It is believed that the meat of the animal will endow the young man with the strength and courage characteristic to the animal.<br />
<br />
While the wrestling is reserved to young men in their early to mid-twenties, younger boys also take part in unofficial matches as they prepare to become the next evalo. Even though supporters often become infuriated when their fighter is denied the victory they think he deserves, the outcome of the wrestling matches has little importance. Winners celebrate alongside those who are defeated and more than anything else, the evala festival is a social gathering where KabyŽs come to meet each other. Many KabyŽs in the diaspora even come home to attend the event. <br />
<br />
The first day of fighting pits evalos from two halves of a same village against each other. On the next day, fighters from an entire village wrestle against their peers from a neighbor settlement before joining them and facing together a similar gr
    TGO107.jpg
  • A young girl does dishes outside her home in the village of Kilau, Bas-Congo province, Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday June 20, 2011. The village was certified a healthy village as part of the unicef-sponsored programme..
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  • Amelie Adoko, 42, two of a friend's children while sitting in a basic shelter made of palm leaves near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010. Most of the village was destroyed by floods that have hit the country over the past few weeks, forcing its 1500 to flee. They now live in a makeshift camp located about 500 meters from the village. Amelie looks after a friend's children while she's gone to the market.
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  • Doorway of a severely damaged home in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • A boy near destroyed homes  in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks.
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  • A child crouches near destroyed homes  in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks.
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  • A man walks past destroyed houses in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • Hadje Adama, 9, (right) and a friend in the village of Moukloum Djidoum, Chad on Friday February 10, 2012. The village is part of the UNICEF-sponsored CLTS programme.
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  • A boy pushes his bicycle through destroyed houses in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • Amelie Adoko, 42, sits next to her destroyed home in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • Norbert Edegan, 65, rests on a floormat on the ground next to his destroyed home in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • Freddy Edegan, 5, stands next to his destroyed home  in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks.
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0298.JPG
  • A child crouches near destroyed homes  in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks.
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0260.JPG
  • Destroyed homes in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0228.JPG
  • A woman walks past destroyed houses in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0196.JPG
  • A young child sleeps in a tent set up in a spontaneous settlement near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters. Some tents were donated by the Benin government, but they aren't waterproof and don't provide adequate shelter with the rainy season still going strong.
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  • A boy sits on a bench in a spontaneous settlement near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0059.JPG
  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of P?t?guers?, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
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  • A woman carrying her child looks back as she walks past a destroyed home in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • A man walks out of a home with badly cracked walls from floodwater damage in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0248.JPG
  • A woman and child walk down the alley of a church where they now sleep after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
    BEN10.1026.FLOODS0032.JPG
  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0168.jpg
  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0129.jpg
  • Vaccinator Bala Diakite and nurse Maba N'Djim ride a motorcycle as they head to the village of Banankoro, Mali to provide outreach health services on Saturday August 28, 2010. They visit the village once a month to provide services such as vaccination, prenatal counseling, and nutrition monitoring.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0082.jpg
  • Women lay a treated mosquito net to dry as they demonstrate the technique for fellow villagers in the village of Issaba, Benin on Friday September 14, 2007.
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  • A woman demonstrates the treatment of a mosquito net with repellent for fellow villagers in the village of Issaba, Benin on Friday September 14, 2007.
    BEN07.0914.HEALTH0333.jpg
  • Togolese children in a crowded classroom in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
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  • Togolese refugee woman and her child in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
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  • Vaccinator Bala Diakite fills an ice box with vaccines as he prepares to travel to a nearby village for an outreach vaccination sessionat the Kassaro community health center in the village of Kassaro, Mali on Saturday August 28, 2010..
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  • Vaccinator Bala Diakite fills an ice box with vaccines as he prepares to travel to a nearby village for an outreach vaccination sessionat the Kassaro community health center in the village of Kassaro, Mali on Saturday August 28, 2010..
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  • Health workers walk through the village of Wantugu, northern Ghana during a national polio immunization exercise in the village of Wantugu, northern Ghana on Friday March 27, 2009.
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  • Health workers walk through the village of Wantugu, northern Ghana during a national polio immunization exercise in the village of Wantugu, northern Ghana on Friday March 27, 2009.
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  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou (left), 14, her mother Fatoumata Diallo (center) and her grandmother Aissatou Hawa in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0148.jpg
  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, and her grandmother Aissatou in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0119.jpg
  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0114.jpg
  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0113.jpg
  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0101.jpg
  • Haoua Bokoum Amadou, 14, in the village of Pétéguersé, 40 km north of Dori, Burkina Faso on Monday May 11, 2009. A few months ago, Haoua was forced to marry the son of her village's chief - who is also her cousin.
    BFA09.0511.EARLYMARRIAGE0079.jpg
  • A man trained as a "basic community service agent" (ASBC in French, for Agent Service de Base Communautaire) explains the proper drug dosage a mother must give her sick child in the village of Alakouta, Benin on Friday September 14, 2007. ASBC's receive training that allows them to provide basic health advice and sell drugs to villagers who cannot easily access health centers.
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  • A man trained as a "basic community service agent" (ASBC in French, for Agent Service de Base Communautaire) examines a sick child brought by his mother in the village of Alakouta, Benin on Friday September 14, 2007. ASBC's receive training that allows them to provide basic health advice and sell drugs to villagers who cannot easily access health centers.
    BEN07.0914.HEALTH0307.jpg
  • A woman gives a boy some of the oral re-hydration solution she just prepared outside the Adja-Ouere community health center in the village of Adja-Ouere, Benin on Friday September 14, 2007. The women come to learn on subjects like breast feeding or the preparation of oral re-hydration solutions. They later go back to their villages and give workshops on what they've learned.
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  • A mother breast feeds her child at the Adja-Ouere community health center in the village of Adja-Ouere, Benin and head out to remote villages to vaccinate children on Friday September 14, 2007.
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  • Togolese children in a crowded classroom in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
    GHA05TogoRefugees0015.jpg
  • Togolese children in a crowded classroom in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
    GHA05TogoRefugees0016.jpg
  • Togolese man teaching in a classroom in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
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  • Young togolese boy peeking into a classroom in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
    GHA05TogoRefugees0019.jpg
  • Togolese refugees waiting by the roadside in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
    GHA05TogoRefugees0020.jpg
  • Togolese refugee woman and her child in a small village along the Togolese border, Eastern Ghana. Thousands of Togolese citizens crossed the border into Ghana after the violence that followed presidential elections in April 2005. Partly because of strong cultural ties between populations on both sides of the border, Togolese refugees were able to enjoy the relative hospitality of their Ghanaian neighbours, and are today scattered in various villages across the border. The UNHCR complains that, since the refugees aren't concentratred in large camps, media attention has been minimal, and that it has been very difficult to attract funding.
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  • Nyazaba Njabiya, 35, and her seven children in the classroom where they have lived for the past month at the Angalisho adventist primary school in Goma, Eastern DRC, on Sunday December 14, 2008. They came from Kibuma, 27km away, on the Rwandan border. Every morning, they vacate the classroom to allow children to attend school, and come back in the afternoon. "We have no food, no water. Where we sleep, its very difficult," says Njabiya, adding that they can't go home because the rebels are still occupying their village. They walk 3km every day to fetch water from lake Kivu for their daily needs.
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  • A girl carries firewood and cassava leaves on her head in the village of Kawejah, Grand Cape Mount county, Liberia on Friday April 6, 2012.
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  • Refugee women from Central African Republic watch during a visit by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow in the village of Boulembe, near Bertoua, Cameroon, on Tuesday September 15, 2009.
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  • Refugee women from Central African Republic smile while watching UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow in the village of Boulembe, near Bertoua, Cameroon, on Tuesday September 15, 2009.
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  • A girl reads text written on a black board during class at the Nyologu Primary School in the village of Nyologu, northern Ghana, on Wednesday June 6, 2007.
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  • Girl holding Arabic manuscripts at the Mame Diarra Bousso koranic school in the village of Porokhane, Senegal, on Monday June 18, 2007.
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  • A group of girls carry water buckets on their heads as they walk back home from a borehole situated 15 minutes away from the village of Ying, in the Savelugu-Nanton district, northern Ghana on Monday June 4, 2007.
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  • A girl listens during class at the Podio primary school in the village of Podio, Bas-Sassandra region, Cote d'Ivoire on Friday March 2, 2012.
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  • Fatime Abdramane, 30, sits at home with her daughter Nafaye, 6 in the village of Game, Guera province, Chad on Tuesday October 16, 2012.
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  • Fatime Abdramane, 30, walks alongside her daughter Nafaye, 6, as she carries water back home from a UNICEF-sponsored water pump in the village of Game, Guera province, Chad on Tuesday October 16, 2012.
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  • Mariam, 14, waits as a friend helps her fill containers with water from a UNICEF-sponsored pump in the village of Game, Guera province, Chad on Tuesday October 16, 2012.
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  • A girl balances buckets of water on both ends of a stick as prepares to carry them back home from a UNICEF-sponsored pump in the village of Game, Guera province, Chad on Tuesday October 16, 2012.
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  • Girls get water from a UNICEF-sponsored, pedal-activated pump in the village of Game, Guera province, Chad on Tuesday October 16, 2012.
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  • Girls get water from a UNICEF-sponsored, pedal-activated pump in the village of Game, Guera province, Chad on Tuesday October 16, 2012.
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  • Portrait of a boy in the village of Kawejah, Grand Cape Mount county, Liberia on Friday April 6, 2012.
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