Girls in a class in Berbera, Somaliland in February 2009. UNICEF is supporting efforts to boost enrollment of girls in schools in Somalia. © UNICEF Somalia/02-09/NYsenburg.

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Humanitarian Action Report (HAR) - Somalia 2009

 

 

 

                   
                    

Bulo Mingis IDP camp in Bossaso in February 2009. UNICEF works with partners to improve the lives of people in marginalized communities to ensure provision of services such as clean drinking water. © UNICEF Somalia/02-09/NYsenburg

 

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24-09-09: Peace school strengthens girls' friendship

 

 

 

 

 UNICEF in Somalia has programmes in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Education, Youth Development, Child Protection and HIV/AIDS. A mother and child at Jowhar Hospital in 2009 are among the beneficiaries. © UNICEF Somalia/02-09/NYesenburg

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16-11-09: In the November 2009 Carruurteenna, focus is on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and among others the right of  Somali children to life and the right to protection from violence.

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