PROTECTION
Child Trafficking: Hope for Young Affiba
In a centre providing services to children, Affiba , 14, is playing with her new friends. Telling each other jokes and whispering secrets, they are laughing loudly.
Support for the reintegration of young Ivoirians affected by conflict
In 2002, rebel forces seized the northern half of Côte d’Ivoire in a conflict that drew in warlords and fighters from Liberia and Sierra Leone. Philomène was 13 years old when the rebels came to Gnakanzou. Her father was among those killed.
UNICEF and ECHO reintegrate child soldiers in Côte d’Ivoire, and Béoué is ready for success
In 2002, Béoué’s life changed drastically when war broke out in Côte d’Ivoire and an armed rebellion split the nation in two, drawing in warlords and fighters from neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Béoué’s village was attacked and burned.
