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On average, only 35 per cent of children under 6 months of age are exclusively breastfed – a practice linked to strengthened immunity and reduced child mortality. ©UNICEF/Olivier Asselin http://www.apromiserenewed.org

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Bahati Traoré holds her sleeping newborn daughter, wrapped securely against her for warmth to reduce the risk of hypothermia, at the Kita Regional Reference Health Centre in the town of Kita in the western Kayes Region of Mali. The treatment is part of the ‘Kangaroo Mother Care’ method and was invented in Colombia in the 1980s to provide an alternative for premature or underweight newborns who have no access to incubators. © UNICEF/Olivier Asselin - http://www.unicef.org

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A Child’s View - A child’s footprint is outlined in the sand on Bam Nam Khem Beach in the southern Phang-Nga Province of Thailand. The photographer Jaree Srisukkaew, a 13-year-old girl in Grade 7 from Baan Ban Muang Village, participated in a UNICEF-supported project, called InSIGHT Out!, which brought together 65 young people to share experiences and ideas about themselves, their families and their diverse cultures. © UNICEF/Jaree Srisukkaew http://www.unicef.org

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A boy sits on a bicycle in Kaniaka Village, Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Children continue to suffer the effects of ongoing conflict: One out of every seven children dies before reaching age five, and older children are frequently targets of sexual violence and forced recruitment into armed forces. UNICEF is working to extend vital health services and immunization to all the children of the DRC. © UNICEF/NYHQ2010/Olivier Asselin

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That’s my toilet! ---- Nine-year old Nikita, a fourth grade student at Green School, Bali, Indonesia, stands in the toilet of this eco-friendly school. The school and washrooms are completely built from bamboo. Globally among rural families, lack of clean & safe toilets can increase under 5 deaths by 29%. © UNICEF/2012/Anne-Cecile Esteve & Josh Estey http://www.unicef.org

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THAT'S MY TOILET! --- Gajanan Narahari Hemane, 6, poses outside his residential toilet in Chandrapur District, Nagpur. Did you know that the economic gains from investing in sanitation and water are estimated to be 170 billion dollars per year? ©UNICEF/2012/Dhiraj Singh

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That’s my toilet! --- In the run up to World Toilet Day on November 19, we’ll be sharing pictures of children and their toilets. Pictured, Saurabh, 14, Dilip, 11, and Amanshu, 12, are proud of their toilet in Ratanpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. And so they should be. Clean and safe toilets dramatically reduce the risk of diseases like diarrhoea, which kills 2,000 children under 5 every day. Find out more by playing the World Wash Up game: http://uni.cf/PLDpkf © UNICEF/2012/Vicky Roy

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In 2008 in Sudan, a boy, covered in dust and sand, smiles in the town of Juba, Southern Sudan. Most members of the community are internally displaced due to continuing conflict. - © UNICEF/NYHQ2008-1782/Giacomo Pirozzi - To learn more about South Sudan, please visit: http://www.unicef.org/photography

World Immunization Week: Putting the last child first

World Immunization Week: Putting the last child first --- Political support crucial to reach ‘the fifth child’ with vaccines UNICEF reports one in five children still unimmunized and at risk 24–30 April is World Immunization Week. Immunization is a successful and cost-effective way to save children’s lives. UNICEF has been a driving force behind universal immunization since the 1980s – behind reaching each and every child. Learn more at http://www.unicef.org

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International Social Work

"I miss everything"

“I miss everything” --- Meet 13-year-old Bashir, a Syrian refugee whose home, for the past seven months, has been Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. If you ever wondered what its like to be a “refugee” and what life is like in a refugee camp…you have to watch this. For more information, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/syriancrisis.html

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200 Million Invisible Children | UNICEF

Here’s a question for you…what document, that many of us take for granted, can mean the difference between sickness and health, between safety and danger, even between life and death? We’ll tell you…its called a birth certificate and it’s more than a piece of paper…in many cases…it can be a real life saver. Watch the video above and find out why a birth certificate is a child’s true “Passport to Protection”. You can read more by visiting: http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_67803.html

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Hussam, 11, surveys the remnants of his damaged home, in the city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. --- Children throughout the region struggle to cope after the violence. UNICEF and its partners are working hard on emergency projects to get children back to class, despite damage to more than 136 schools and kindergartens. We’re also providing health services, water, sanitation and psychosocial support to children. © UNICEF/2012/Iyad El Baba http://www.unicef.org

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People Around The World

End child marriage

We must end child marriage. Are you with us? --- Then please SHARE this amazing short film from UNICEF Pakistan, ‘My Life, My Right, End Child Marriage’. Every day, more than 25,000 girls are robbed of their childhood by being forced to get married before they turn 18. On October 11, 2012, on the first ever International Day of the Girl Child, millions of us said this harmful practice must end. Read more: http://www.unicef.org/protection/57929_66167.html

Child headed households ---- In Zimbabwe, a boy orphaned by AIDS peers out the broken window of his home in Harare, the capital. He lives with his sister and receives assistance from a UNICEF-supported programme that helps child-headed households. © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi http://www.unicef.org Child Labor, Child And Child, Youth

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Child headed households ---- In Zimbabwe, a boy orphaned by AIDS peers out the broken window of his home in Harare, the capital. He lives with his sister and receives assistance from a UNICEF-supported programme that helps child-headed households. © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi http://www.unicef.org

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Girls walk arm-in-arm outside Likoli, a UNICEF-supported primary school in the village of Zakpota, in central Benin. UNICEF provides Likoli and surrounding schools with supplies, classroom furniture, and training for teachers. One girl carries a UNICEF-supplied slate. Their book bags bear the UNICEF logo. © UNICEF/NYHQ2006-2866/Julie Pudlowski http://www.unicef.org

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In Lebanon, Child Friendly Spaces provide a safe environment for Syrian refugee children

VIDEO REPORT: Among friends in difficult times --- Child Friendly Spaces, such as the one at Wadi Annakhle public school in Lebanon, help Syrian refugee children access psychosocial support and regain a sense of normalcy in their lives, among friends. Learn more: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/lebanon_65948.html

PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 24 September 2012 -- Marian [NAME CHANGED], 16, shows scars and abrasions on her arms, in Manila, Philippines. “My mother hits me because I don’t go home,” she explained. “But why would I go home if I get beaten up?” Feeling unsafe at home, Marian live mostly on the streets. An estimated 250,000 Filipino children live on the streets, increasing their risk of being trafficked or enduring other forms of exploitation and abuse. ©UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi www.unicef.org/photography Rc Lens, Alcohol And Drug Abuse, Economic Justice, Homeless People, Alcohol Is A Drug, We Are Young

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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: 24 September 2012 -- Marian [NAME CHANGED], 16, shows scars and abrasions on her arms, in Manila, Philippines. “My mother hits me because I don’t go home,” she explained. “But why would I go home if I get beaten up?” Feeling unsafe at home, Marian live mostly on the streets. An estimated 250,000 Filipino children live on the streets, increasing their risk of being trafficked or enduring other forms of exploitation and abuse. ©UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi www.unicef.org/photography

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Juvenile justice in Afghanistan

VIDEO REPORT: Juvenile justice in Afghanistan ---- In Afghanistan, UNICEF works with the government and partners to protect vulnerable children and reintegrate them into their communities. Read more: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_65844.html

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This video was created by Priscilla Ormond. She is 17 and lives Dominica. This videi is titled "Makeup". Created at the 2009 Barbados OneMinutesJr. workshop on child rights. To Learn more...please visit: http://www.unicef.org/videoaudio/video_42432.html

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A guard holds a pair of handcuffs at the main prison in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad. Juveniles there share all common areas, except dormitories, with adults and are often detained for months without a trial. The prison is overcrowded and unsanitary, and some children say they have been beaten. Through the local NGO ‘FAFED’, UNICEF supplies juvenile detainees with soap, blankets and food. -- 2007 © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi http://www.unicef.org

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Abdullah, 11, smiles as he displays the trophy he won at the ‘Safe Children Centre’, a UNICEF-supported residence for vulnerable children in Aden, Yeman. Most of the boys who live at the centre formerly lived on the streets, having migrated to the city from the countryside to seek work or escape violence at home. UNICEF finances the centre which houses 40 boys, and has provided all supplies, including learning materials, furniture, toys and games. © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi http://www.unicef.org

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A boy sits in the dormitory of the UNICEF-supported Centre de Transit et Orientation (CTO), a shelter and reintegration centre for recently demobilized child soldiers, in the eastern town of Goma, capital of North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The CTO provides medical and psychosocial care, as well as family tracing and reunification services. Nationwide, over 33,000 child soldiers remain active. --- 2005 © UNICEF/Roger LeMoyne http://www.unicef.org

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A boy holds a basketball at the Lakou Centre, a UNICEF-assisted foster care facility for street children in the Carrefour Feuille area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Each day about 200 children come to the centre to play and have a safe space to gather. © UNICEF/NYHQ2007-1282/Fumininori Sato http://www.unicef.org

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Children sit and clap on steps, near a UNICEF mural illustrating landmine danger signs, at Bourofaye Primary School in the village of Bourofaye in the south-western Ziguinchor Regionof Senegal. UNICEF supports mine-risk education in schools as well as training for community volunteers to promote conflict management and prevention in the Casamance area. An estimated 90,000 people in 123 districts in Casamance are affected by landmines. © UNICEF/Olivier Asselin http://www.unicef.org

César, 12, a sixth-grade student, smiles as he peers through a cement block window of a classroom at La Unión Educational Institute Secondary School in Lorica, Columbia. Children at the school have been affected, and many displaced, by recent flooding. UNICEF has supported an initiative to adjust the school year calendar around peak seasonal rains, and to ensure that alternative shelters, rather than schools, are available in the event of flooding © UNICEF/Susan Markisz http://www.unicef.org Secondary School, Alternative, Ideas, Secondary, Organizations

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César, 12, a sixth-grade student, smiles as he peers through a cement block window of a classroom at La Unión Educational Institute Secondary School in Lorica, Columbia. Children at the school have been affected, and many displaced, by recent flooding. UNICEF has supported an initiative to adjust the school year calendar around peak seasonal rains, and to ensure that alternative shelters, rather than schools, are available in the event of flooding © UNICEF/Susan Markisz http://www.unicef.org

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Can you believe it?..Nearly 21,000 children under five died every day in 2010. The good news is…that’s about 12,000 fewer a day than in 1990. We CAN put an end to preventable child deaths. Learn more: http://www.unicef.org © UNICEF/NYHQ2009-0599/Shehzad Noorani

A Bantu girl from Likola Village smiles, sitting under a mosquito net in the indigenous Baka settlement of Moscow Village in the northern Likouala Province in the Republic of the Congo. Malaria is a major health concern in the remote community. UNICEF supports health and other interventions in indigenous communities. © UNICEF/NYHQ2009-2546/Graeme Williams http://www.unicef.org/photography Karma, African People, African, Indigenous Communities, Indigenous Community, Ethnography, Congo, Likouala

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A Bantu girl from Likola Village smiles, sitting under a mosquito net in the indigenous Baka settlement of Moscow Village in the northern Likouala Province in the Republic of the Congo. Malaria is a major health concern in the remote community. UNICEF supports health and other interventions in indigenous communities. © UNICEF/NYHQ2009-2546/Graeme Williams http://www.unicef.org/photography

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A girl stands in front of a broken chalkboard at a school in Pyechal, a mountainside village in the Department of Sud-Est, Haiti. She participated in a UNICEF-supported programme to promote local, sustainable solutions for improved sanitation to prevent the spread of diseases and illnesses, such as cholera and diarrhoea. - © UNICEF/Dormino - http://www.unicef.org

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Rights for all children - A boy reads by candlelight in his home in Malunge Village, near Mbabane, Swaziland. He and his sister were orphaned by AIDS. They now live with their grandmother and receive assistance from a UNICEF-supported programme for vulnerable children. - © UNICEF/Giacomo Pirozzi - http://www.unicef.org

Marie [NAME CHANGED], 10, sits in a room at La Maison Arc-en-Ciel (Rainbow House) in the Boutiliers neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The UNICEF-supported orphanage provides food, shelter, medicine, education and psychosocial care for children who are living with or have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS. - 2005 © UNICEF/NYHQ2005-0862/Shehzad Noorani - http://www.unicef.org