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  • Clockwise from left: Sahara Mahama, 40. Her daughter Mariama, 4. A bucket of millet at Sahara's home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)..Sahara Mahama has seven sons and a daughter. She lost four other children; one of them was only 14 days old. "I lost the youngest one during the rains, in the lean season. I didn't have enough to eat." .Eating has become increasingly harder through the years, recalls Sahara. "When I was a kid, we used to have three meals: in the morning, at noon, and in the evening.? However, one meal a day has now become the norm. "It's never guaranteed, but we try." .Sahara participates in CARE's cash-for-work project. With the money she receives, she buys cereal and gives her children two meals per day.
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  • Maimouna, 11, leaves the home of family friends in Man, western Côte d'Ivoire, the morning before being reunited with her family. She is carrying a plastic bag with her belongings. <br />
Maimouna had been separated from her family for three months, since the moment armed conflict broke out in her hometown, Duékoué, and she had to flee to Man. Save the Children facilitated the reunion with her parents and her return home.
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  • Verónica, 8 (left), hands some lemons to her aunt Mónica Jiménez.
    RO.ARG.2006.01.0192.jpg
  • Students wait for instructions during a practical exercise, part of a leadership training organized by Save the Children in School Kerme-Too (Osh, Kyrgyzstan).
    RO.KGZ.2010.11.0094.jpg
  • Girls in school uniform run upstairs in Mombekova School (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan) during the ceremony to mark the ‘first bell’, or first day of school, on September 1, 2010.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.058.jpg
  • Children dance, sing and clap to a song about peace. <br />
Save the Children set up tents to serve as temporary classrooms in the school grounds of the Catholic Mission displacement camp in Duékoué, western Côte d'Ivoire. In these spaces, Save the Children is providing education to children under five.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0331.jpg
  • 4-month-old Islam and his mother Altyani pose for a photograph at Children's State Hospital in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Save the Children is providing this hospital with medicines and medical equipment to treat anemia and respiratory infections such as pneumonia, which are common among pregnant women, mothers and children.
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  • Girls wait for their turn to perform during the ceremony to mark the 'first bell', or first day of school, at School 124 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.026.jpg
  • Siblings Jessica, 10 (left), and Pablo, 8, arm-wrestle at their home in Ocho de Mayo. They are part of a family of seven children.
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  • Children play marbles near the grass market, in the town of Abyei.
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  • (From left to right) Fousseni, 1, Fati, 13, Lucie, 1, and Thérèse , 10, pose for a photograph at displacement camp CATD1 in Guiglo, western Côte d'Ivoire.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0117.jpg
  • A boy piles up color blocks to form a tower. <br />
Save the Children set up tents to serve as temporary classrooms in the school grounds of the Catholic Mission displacement camp in Duékoué, western Côte d'Ivoire. In these spaces, Save the Children is providing education to children under five.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0336.jpg
  • A boy peaks out of a window at School SDN 8 Nan Sabaris (Padang Pariaman district, West Sumatra, Indonesia).
    RO.IDN.2010.03.0172.jpg
  • Alberto, 9, plays with other children and looks through a hole in the wall of his home in Ocho de Mayo.
    RO.ARG.2006.01.0205.jpg
  • A boy folds his net after fishing in the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. <br />
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The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0101.jpg
  • A boy holds a net with his catch, mostly small catfish, on the banks of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0071.jpg
  • Girls ride a bicycle across a small bridge over the polluted waters of one of the distributaries of the Citarum river in Padamulya, Majalaya district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
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  • Ms Sriwi Diangsih, 33, bathes her two-month-old baby girl Rahmawati in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Since residents from this area can no longer use the water from the Citarum river, they must use underground water, which is often contaminated because of filtrations, or buy bottled water. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0138.jpg
  • A man and his son pick through trash and collect scrap metal by the Citarum river in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0110.jpg
  • Students discuss in groups during a leadership training organized by Save the Children in School Kerme-Too (Osh, Kyrgyzstan).
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  • Two girls laugh while they draw a picture at School 110 Boston, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan), where Save the Children supports a child-friendly space.
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  • A teacher plays the piano while children dance at Kindergarten 29, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan), where Save the Children supports a child-friendly space.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.222.jpg
  • A boy participates in a relay sack race during the last day of activities at the child-friendly space located in Alim Tepe School (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan), established and supported by Save the Children. The closing celebrations included a sports competition, games and a cake.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.183.jpg
  • A girl laughs during the ceremony to mark the 'first bell', or first day of school, at School 124 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.036.jpg
  • Maimouna, 11, poses for a photograph in Man, western Côte d'Ivoire, the morning before being reunited with her family. <br />
Maimouna had been separated from her family for three months, since the moment armed conflict broke out in her hometown, Duékoué, and she had to flee to Man. Save the Children facilitated the reunion with her parents and her return home.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0204.jpg
  • Mariana, 12, poses for a photograph in the school yard. <br />
Save the Children distributed education kits to students at Groupe Scolaire Quartier Lycée in Man, western Côte d'Ivoire. Children received a backpack with school supplies such as pens, pencils, sharpeners, notebooks, rulers, a pair of compasses and a portable chalkboard.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0282.jpg
  • Teenagers read the instructions of a game during a teambuilding exercise in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). This activity gathered students, parents, relatives and teachers from 30 schools in Osh province where Save the Children carries out peace and reconciliation activities.
    RO.KGZ.2010.11.0174.jpg
  • Boys in school uniform pose for a photograph in Mombekova School (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan) during the ceremony to mark the 'first bell', or first day of school, on September 1, 2010.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.073.jpg
  • Clockwise from left: Sakina Moudi (left), 30, and Halima Abdou, 25. Their children Kassoumou (right), 4, and Massaoudou, 10 months. Sakina takes sorghum out of a sack at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)..Halima Abdou has five children. Sakina Moudi has six children and suffered the loss of one..Last year they harvested 40kg of cereal. "It only lasted for five days," says Sakina. This year they didn't get any crops. .In the periods without food, their husband collects and sells wood to buy yam flour. Now their husband participates in CARE's cash-for-work project and continues to sell firewood to get additional income. "With this support, we get to eat abundantly," explains Halima. "We buy millet, sorghum, and corn." They serve their children two meals per day, one in the morning and one in the evening.
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  • Clockwise from left: Delou Ibrahim, 70. Her granddaughter Latifa, 8. Delou's hands hold sorrel leaves, used as a condiment, and grains of sorghum at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)<br />
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Delou Ibrahim has four children and suffered the loss of nine. She has about 40 grandchildren, 16 of which live with her. <br />
"I've seen several crises. The famine in 1984 was the hardest. Rains were very weak. The stems of millet came out but the spikes gave no grain - nothing," she recalls. "Two years ago at least there were people who harvested millet, but this year the crops have been worse because of the drought and the leaf miners." Delou's last crop was 30kg, which only provided food for about two days.<br />
Delou and her family receive cash from CARE. "I get to buy cereal to feed my family, particularly my grandchildren." They have two daily meals, porridge in the morning and sorghum paste in the evening.
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  • Children dance, sing and clap to a song about peace. <br />
Save the Children set up tents to serve as temporary classrooms in the school grounds of the Catholic Mission displacement camp in Duékoué, western Côte d'Ivoire. In these spaces, Save the Children is providing education to children under five.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0319.jpg
  • (From left to right) Moussa, 5, Maimouna, 11, and Awa, 3, pose for a photograph with their parents Maka, 33, and Toumari, 38, outside their family home in Duékoué, western Côte d'Ivoire.<br />
Maimouna had been separated from her family for three months, since the moment armed conflict broke out in her hometown, Duékoué, and she had to flee to Man. Save the Children facilitated the reunion with her parents and her return home.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0231.jpg
  • A boy steps on a puddle as he runs under the rain through the streets of Ocho de Mayo.
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  • Boys chase each other and play with mud on the banks of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0081.jpg
  • A boy holds a catfish on the banks of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0088.jpg
  • Families pick through trash and collect scrap metal by the Citarum river in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. <br />
<br />
The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0145.jpg
  • A girl participates in a basketball relay race as other children watch, during the last day of activities at the child-friendly space located in Alim Tepe School (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan), established and supported by Save the Children. The closing celebrations included a sports competition, games and a cake.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.167.jpg
  • Dadahon Yadgarov, 17, parades the flag of the Kyrgyz Republic while the national anthem plays, during the ceremony to mark the 'first bell', or first day of school, at School 124 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.023.jpg
  • Children in uniform enter Mombekova School (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan) during the ceremony to mark the 'first bell', or first day of school, on September 1, 2010.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.057.jpg
  • Maimouna, 11, looks through the window of a car taking her to meet her family in Duékoué, western Côte d'Ivoire.<br />
Maimouna had been separated from her family for three months, since the moment armed conflict broke out in her hometown, Duékoué, and she had to flee to Man. Save the Children facilitated the reunion with her parents and her return home.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0210.jpg
  • A girl peeks out of the window of a classroom.<br />
Save the Children distributed education kits to students at Groupe Scolaire Quartier Lycée in Man, western Côte d'Ivoire. Children received a backpack with school supplies such as pens, pencils, sharpeners, notebooks, rulers, a pair of compasses and a portable chalkboard.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0270.jpg
  • A girl closes the backpack with school materials she just received. <br />
Save the Children distributed education kits to students at Groupe Scolaire Quartier Lycée in Man, western Côte d'Ivoire. Children received a backpack with school supplies such as pens, pencils, sharpeners, notebooks, rulers, a pair of compasses and a portable chalkboard.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0287.jpg
  • Save the Children staff Anne Civel (standing, center) hands a backpack with school materials to a student. <br />
Save the Children distributed education kits to students at Groupe Scolaire Quartier Lycée in Man, western Côte d'Ivoire. Children received a backpack with school supplies such as pens, pencils, sharpeners, notebooks, rulers, a pair of compasses and a portable chalkboard.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0285.jpg
  • Noelia, 15, rests on her bed, next to toys, old photographs and a broken telephone. Noelia does not go to school.<br />
For most inhabitants of Ocho de Mayo, dignity is the main goal. Many who have had to live in the streets now focus their energies on providing a better life for their children. They all agree on the need of education to get jobs.
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  • Milagros, 6, sits at the back of a wrecked pickup truck parked in front of her home.
    RO.ARG.2006.01.0131.jpg
  • A man and a boy examine their catch on the bank of the Citarum river near Cikarees, Bale Endah district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. The net contains soda cans, plastic bags and other types of waste. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0093.jpg
  • A boy picks through trash and collects scrap metal by the Citarum river in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0111.jpg
  • A boy sells cigarettes and snacks on a street corner in Osh (Kyrgyzstan).
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  • Children play in a pool in the backyard of a house at Ocho de Mayo.
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  • Ariel Barrios (left) solves a puzzle with Facundo, 9 (center), and Alberto, 9. In the background is community leader Lorena Pastoriza.
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  • A girl carries a bucket on her head in the town of Abyei.
    RO.SDN.2008.02.0097.jpg
  • The goal keeper kicks off the ball during a football match in the town of Abyei.
    RO.SDN.2008.02.0096.jpg
  • A girl and a boy rehearse a small drama piece based on a fairy tale during a teambuilding exercise in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). This activity gathered students, parents, relatives and teachers from 30 schools in Osh province where Save the Children carries out peace and reconciliation activities.
    RO.KGZ.2010.11.0195.jpg
  • Two boys pose for a photograph during a distribution of food donated by the World Food Programme (WFP) in the neighborhood of Kizil Kishtak in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
    RO.KGZ.2010.11.0036.jpg
  • Ulan Osmon-Uulu, 19, plays the accordion and sings during the opening ceremony of a child-friendly space supported by Save the Children at Secondary School for the Blind, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). At this boarding school, children with and without impaired vision study together.
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  • Boys and girls sing a song during the opening ceremony of a child-friendly space supported by Save the Children at Secondary School for the Blind, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). At this boarding school, children with and without impaired vision study together.
    RO.KGZ.2010.10.0013.jpg
  • Three boys sing a song for their schoolmates during the opening ceremony of a child-friendly space supported by Save the Children at Secondary School for the Blind, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). At this boarding school, children with and without impaired vision study together.
    RO.KGZ.2010.10.0018.jpg
  • A girl draws a yurt at School 110 Boston, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan), where Save the Children supports a child-friendly space.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.261.jpg
  • Children remove their shoes before entering the main building of Kindergarten 29, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan), where Save the Children supports a child-friendly space.
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  • Children can be seen through a window at the playground of Kindergarten 29, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan), where Save the Children supports a child-friendly space.
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  • Girls in uniform laugh and cheer their schoolmates during the last day of activities at the child-friendly space located in Alim Tepe School (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan), established and supported by Save the Children. The closing celebrations included a sports competition, games and a cake.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.193.jpg
  • Clockwise from left: Mariama Oumarou, 55. Her granddaughter Rakia, 4. A hand holds grains of corn in Mariama's home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)..Mariama Oumarou has ten children and three grandchildren. Through the years she has lost four children and two grandchildren. She participates in CARE's cash-for-work project. "Not only can we buy millet and sorghum now, but also corn and condiments."
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  • Clockwise from left: Maka Ali, 80. Her granddaughter Maria, 10. Maka's hands hold sorghum at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger. (Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/CARE)..Maka Ali has been a widow for twenty years. She has eight children and about twenty grandchildren. She has experienced the loss of six children, four of them at an early age. "I was alone taking care of them, so I cannot say their deaths weren't related to lack of food," Maka recalls..Nobody in her family can work, so she receives a cash transfer from CARE. "When I receive the payment, I buy sorghum and maize," Maka explains. "Before this support, I couldn't; I was eating leaves."
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  • Latifa, 8, poses for a photograph at her home in Saran Maradi, Niger.<br />
Her grandmother Delou Ibrahim, 70, has four children and suffered the loss of nine. She has about 40 grandchildren, 16 of which live with her. <br />
"I've seen several crises. The famine in 1984 was the hardest. Rains were very weak. The stems of millet came out but the spikes gave no grain - nothing," she recalls. "Two years ago at least there were people who harvested millet, but this year the crops have been worse because of the drought and the leaf miners." Delou's last crop was 30kg, which only provided food for about two days.<br />
Delou and her family receive cash from CARE. "I get to buy cereal to feed my family, particularly my grandchildren." They have two daily meals, porridge in the morning and sorghum paste in the evening.
    RO.NER.2012.05.0064.jpg
  • Two girls draw a picture at School 110 Boston, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan), where Save the Children supports a child-friendly space.
    RO.KGZ.2010.09.270.jpg
  • Maimouna, 11, walks through the streets of Man, western Côte d'Ivoire, in the company of family friends and Save the Children staff, the morning before being reunited with her family. She is carrying a plastic bag with her belongings. <br />
Maimouna had been separated from her family for three months, since the moment armed conflict broke out in her hometown, Duékoué, and she had to flee to Man. Save the Children facilitated the reunion with her parents and her return home.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0208.jpg
  • Dorée (left), 9, and Carole, 11, smile while examining the contents of the backpacks with school materials they just received. <br />
Save the Children distributed education kits to students at Groupe Scolaire Quartier Lycée in Man, western Côte d'Ivoire. Children received a backpack with school supplies such as pens, pencils, sharpeners, notebooks, rulers, a pair of compasses and a portable chalkboard.
    RO.CIV.2011.05.0260.jpg
  • Boys wash their hands and feet in a puddle in Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. Sludge and trash dredged from the riverbed is now piled up on the riverbank. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0126.jpg
  • Boys paddle a small boat in the Citarum river near Kampung Bolero, Dayeuhkolot district, Bandung regency, Indonesia. ..The Citarum river, which runs about 270 kilometers through the province of West Java, is considered to be among the world's dirtiest. Over the last twenty years, the river has been severely polluted by toxic industrial waste, trash and raw sewage. The Citarum is one of the main sources of freshwater for West Java and supplies about 80% of water for Indonesia's capital Jakarta.
    RO.IDN.2012.10.0119.jpg
  • Children slide down Bel Orik (also known as Bel Tash), a smooth rock on the hillside of Sulaiman Too (Solomon's Mountain), in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). According to local beliefs, pilgrims sliding down the slope of this rock will find healing to their ailments, and women seeking to conceive will find fertility. Sulaiman Too is considered sacred and is included in UNESCO's Word Heritage List.
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  • 7-month-old Ariet (left) and Abdusamad, 1, pose for a photograph with their mothers Mirgul and Nilufar at Children's State Hospital in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. Save the Children is providing this hospital with medicines and medical equipment to treat anemia and respiratory infections such as pneumonia, which are common among pregnant women, mothers and children.
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  • Two boys improvise a ping-pong game outside their classroom at Secondary School for the Blind, in Osh (Kyrgyzstan). Save the Children opened a child-friendly space at this boarding school, where children with and without impaired vision study together.
    RO.KGZ.2010.10.0053.jpg
  • Girls in school uniform walk by a Kyrgyz national flag painted on the walls of Mombekova School (in Osh, Kyrgyzstan) during the ceremony to mark the 'first bell', or first day of school, on September 1, 2010.
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  • Mónica ‘Cori’ Jiménez is a single mother with five children. "I grew up alone, in the streets," she said. "I never stole anything and I never took drugs." She survives on government assistance and the community soup kitchen. "If it didn’t exist, I don’t know what would have happened to my life and to the lives of my children." <br />
She used to be a 'cartonera' in downtown Buenos Aires for 15 years. She used to take her children out to beg until, in an argument, her older daughter convinced her that it was wrong. Cori combed trash at the municipal trash dump for three months, but she says she stopped because police beat her often and once shot her in the leg with a rubber bullet. After a childhood of mistreatment, Cori hopes life in 8 de Mayo will offer something better to her kids. <br />
"I am 30 and I already want to die," she told a visitor, slowly and deliberately, with her eyes fixed on the ground. "I want my children to be someone in life."
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  • Susana Giménez, 34, has two kids from a former marriage and is expecting a third one from her partner, Carlos Tolosa. She works from home, assembling paper bags.<br />
In Ocho de Mayo, 80 percent of the residents earn a small income as 'cartoneros', collecting cardboard and plastics in the street, or doing odd jobs.
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  • “All children should be able to enjoy themselves. All kids should be able to play in the playground with other children.”
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