Real lives / Histoires vécues
Young 'journalists' broadcast the Rights of the Child in Togo
Lomé, Togo, 20 November 2009 - "When we saw the UNICEF video on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), says Eyram, a 16 years old reporter, we realized that if all children knew the CRC they would be able to express what they live".
Nigeria: "Ime", 8, accused of being a witch
Abuja, Nigeria, 17 November 2009 - "Ime" is eight years old. Her stepmother branded her a witch, accusing her of being responsible for her stepbrother’s frequent illness.
Cameroon - Aichatou'story: the power of birth certificates
Yaounde, Cameroon, 4 November 2009 - "My name is Aichatou Ibrahima. I am 15 years old and it was only in 2007 that I got my birth certificate."
Cameroon: a teenager’s life in jail
Yaounde, Cameroon, 4 November 2009 – "Hi, I’m Stephane and I’m 17 years old. I’ve been in Yaounde Central Jail since July 2008."
Niger - Maliki Garba: "I like taking part in the reading and writing classes in the minors’ ward"
Niamey, Niger, 5 November 2009 - Maliki has been in custody at the minors’ ward in Niger’s capital’s main prison for two months, therefore placed in a separate ward from adults, and less vulnerable to violence and abuse.
Niger - Mariama, 14 years old, domestic worker
Niamey, Niger, 5 November 2009 - "My name is Mariama Sanda. I am 14 years old, I have been working as a maid since I was 11. My father died 8 years ago. Although my mother has re-married, my step-father is too old to earn a living."
Togo: Chinea, 15 years old, trafficked and abused
Lome, Togo, 6 November 2009 - In Togo an estimated 29% of children from 5 to 14 years old are used for economic and domestic activities that are considered harmful to their development.
Togo : "Sigayi", initiée vaudou retourne à l’école
Togoville, Togo, 6 novembre 2009 - Désormais, les enfants vivant dans les couvents vaudou de ces deux localités ont un libre accès à l’école pendant que les plus grands sont admis en apprentissage.
In Mali, Executive Director focuses on undernutrition and impact of climate change
Bamako, Mali, 11 November 2009 – Bisected by the vast and growing Sahara Desert, Mali is a country where food and nutrition security are precarious even in the best of times.
Sierra Leone: Fatmata, 13, discovers the advocacy power of photography
Freetown, 10 November 2009 – Fatmata Shaw, 13, is an active member of the Children’s Forum Network (CFN) in Kabala, an agrarian community in northern Sierra Leone.
Voluntary community workers fight malnutrition in northern Cameroon
Yaounde, Cameroon, 9 November 2009 - Massing Esther and Tito Anna, a set of two-year old twins have to be carried everywhere they go because they’re too malnourished to walk.
Mali celebrates global handwashing Day with live performances and hygiene events | Le Mali célèbre la Journée mondiale du lavage des mains avec des spectacles et des manifestations consacrés à l'hygiène
Bamako, Mali, 26 October 2009 – For the country of Mali, global handwashing Day holds special significance.
UNICEF in Space: astronaut and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Frank de Winne talks to school children | L'UNICEF dans l'espace : l'astronaute et Ambassadeur itinérant de l'UNICEF Frank De Winne s'adresse à des écoliers
Gao Village, Mali, 23 October 2009 – In the village of Gao, some 1200 km away from Mali’s capital city of Bamako, local children were given the special chance to speak to UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne – live from space.
Mali: huge efforts to keep children out of prison
Bamako, Mali, 23 October 2009 - Since 2008, they have managed to steer 14 children away from prison, put them back into school or taught them a trade along with literacy classes, as well as reunite them with their families.
Mali: clean water for a hostile environment – an end to Guinea worm disease?
Bamako, Mali, 23 October 2009 - Guinea worm infection is caught by drinking standing water or bathing in water that has been contaminated with small fleas infected with the tiny larvae of the guinea worm.
Girls education in Sierra Leone: "I am so proud I made it!"
Kabala, Sierra Leone, 23 October 2009 – Hawa Marrah, 12, is a pupil of the Islamic primary school in Kabala, an agrarian community in northern Sierra Leone.
Rentrée scolaire au Sénégal: UNICEF apporte un soutien aux enfants des écoles inondées
Dakar, Sénégal, 14 octobre 2009 - La rentrée officielle au Sénégal s’est déroulée le 5 octobre 2009 mais pour Gado Gaye, 13 ans, les choses se sont passées selon un autre calendrier.
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director warns of triple threat to child survival in the Central African Republic
Bangui, Central African Republic, 14 October 2009 – On a recent visit to Central African Republic, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Hilde Johnson expressed concern over the deteriorating situation of children
Sierra Leone: reunifying the once lost children
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 14 October 2009 - "I am so thankful to UNICEF for giving me back my son", says Mama Wuya, a mother who got her son back last year after six years of separation.
Guinea: the soul thieves
Conakry, Guinea, 12 October 2009 - If Koumba struggles to understand the cause of her 10-day-old baby’s death, it is not the case for her other son. "He is dead because of malaria," she says sadly.
Guinea: twice a survivor - the story of baby Aboubacar
Conakry, Guinea, 12 October 2009 - Aboubacar's birth was quite traumatizing, with him being the only survivor among his triplet brothers, who died in birth together with his mother.
Guinea: saved by the motorbike ambulance
Conakry, Guinea, 12 October 2009 - Informed about the serious situation, the person responsible for the local MURIGA (a centre supported by UNICEF that helps people in remote villages) sent a motorbike ambulance to take Mama to Kissidougou Hospital,
Sierra Leone: mothers and babies in danger
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 9 October 2009 - It is past midnight at the Koinadugu Maternal Ward. A woman having a difficult labour is brought in. She looks hopeless.
Cameroon: children fight waterborne diseases in school and in the community | Les enfants à l’avant-garde de la lutte contre les mains sales à l’école et dans la communauté.
Douala, Cameroon, 6 October 2009 - A group of school children quickly surrounds Sorel Fabiola Mbeutcha Yinkou, 12, as she rolls up her sleeves to prepare for a hand washing demonstration.
Cameroon: Educating youth to tackle HIV/AIDS in the community
Yaounde, Cameroon, 1 October, 2009 - Teacher Sarah Hyoba, 49, quizzes a group of enthusiastic 10 to 11 year olds on HIV/AIDS at the Essos 2 primary school in Yaounde.
Sierra Leone: a new school brings new hope
Kono, Sierra Leone, 24 September 2009 – Susan Mansaray, 14, is a petite, bright young girl.
Mia Farrow highlights child malnutrition in Cameroon
Bazzama, Cameroon, 17 September 2009 – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow has been witnessing a silent emergency in Cameroon during a weeklong trip here.
Relief effort under way for flood-affected families in Northern Niger
Agadez, Niger, 17 September 2009 – Following unprecedented rainfall in the Northern region of Agadez in early September, parts of its main city, Agadez, as well as three other communes were severely affected.
Sierra Leone: the challenges of putting and keeping children in school
Sierra Leone 31 August 2009 - Three children, obviously less than 10 years old, are camped around Freetown’s Cotton Tree, begging for handouts. A survey shows that 53% of these dropout children have been orphaned of either one or both parents and are livi
Central African indigenous people learn their rights | Les populations autochtones de République centrafricaine apprennent leurs droits
Lobaye Province, Central African Republic, 7 August 2009 – Pygmy people are the indigenous hunter-gatherers of Central African forests. Because of their short stature and distinct culture, they are marginalized, exploited for cheap labour and even conside
Mauritanie: promouvoir l'allaitement maternel exclusif et soutenir les mères dans sa pratique
Nouadhibou, Mauritanie, 5 août 2009 - Penda, 50 ans, attend patiemment son tour pour faire vacciner Aminetou, le bébé de sa fille, né il y a 9 jours.
Breastfeeding Week Celebration in Guinea: mommy’s milk is the safest
Conakry, Guinea, 1 August 2009 -Today, August 1st, the conference room of the Donka hospital is full of people who came to celebrate the launch of the World breastfeeding week in Guinea.
Guinea-Bissau: Buba’s story, the shattered dream of becoming a religious chief
Bissau, Guinea Bissau, 30 July 2009 - Buba is one of thousands children who are trafficked every month from Guinea Bissau to Senegal. Thanks to the Reintegration Project Buba got back to family
HIV: prevention of mother to child transmission expanded in Togo
Lomé, Togo, 21 July 2009 - Thanks to the support of UNICEF, Bè Hospital opened a care center for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) in 2003. During her pregnancy, Amivi benefited from free PMTCT treatment.
UNICEF Regional Director in Sierra Leone: “With passion and dedication you will build a new country”
Freetown, 17 July 2009 – Almost eight years after the end of the civil conflict, the new UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Dr Gianfranco Rotigliano visited Sierra Leone from 14th and 17th July 2009.
Faces of progress in tackling malnutrition in Mauritania
Kaedi, Mauritania, 14 July 2009 - A woman in the village told Saar’s mother to get her to the nutrition centre at Kaedi Hospital. The one year old girl was ailing and clearly ill.
Keeping children in school in North of Cameroon
Yaounde, Cameroon, 10 July 2009-Yvonne Nissole became pregnant when she was in fifth grade in 2007 while attending a primary school in Garoua in northern region of Cameroon.
Nigeria: lifting spirits, rebuilding lives
Abuja, Nigeria, 07 July 2009 - Paul Eme is the first son of his father who is the proprietor of a school. Paul was accused of being a witch by his stepmother. His stepmother took him to the Liberty church where the pastor pronounced him to be witch.
Sierra Leone: “School-led total sanitation” approach improves good hygiene practices across communities
Port Loko, Sierra Leone, 07 June 2009 - Practicing good hygiene is anything but a chore for the children of E.M Primary School in Laya, Port Loko district. Fatmata, aged 12, proudly shares how much she enjoys being part of the School Health Club.
Blind children receive trainings on the Sierra Leone child rights Act
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 16th June 2009–Osman Kamara, 16, the youngest of three children in a family of five, was born blind in Freetown and enrolled at the Milton Margai School for the blind at the age of 5 where he has been living ever since.
Niger: fighting against a silent killer called tetanus
Niamey, Niger, 07 July 2009- “When a newborn baby or a mother dies in the weeks following delivery, after suffering from muscular rigidity, spasms, light or noise fearing, the blame is put on evil spirits”, says Kalthouma Daoud, a midwife in her fifties.
Influx of refugees creates silent emergency in eastern Cameroon
Dhahong, Cameroon, 6 July 2009 – On the surface, the refugee situation in eastern Cameroon looks like a success, but it is also one of immense chaos.
In Liberia, children take on an healthy message on air
Monrovia, Liberia, 23 june 2009 - The town of Voinjama, Lofa County in the north of Liberia, was the center of celebration for the 2009 Day of the African Child on 16 June.
Sierra Leone: investing in maternal and newborn health for a healthy future
Waterloo, Sierra Leone, 23 June 2009 - Bringing up a child in a country with some of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates is by no means a simple task.
In Sierra Leone, a drive to reduce newborn deaths
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 23 june 2009 - Baindu and her family were in Kenema to see her relatives during the Mami en Pikin Well Bodi Week (Mother and Child Health’s Week) that took place between the 29th May and 1st June 2009.
Mauritania: drive to eliminate maternal and neonatal tetanus
Nouakchott, Mauritania, 16 June 2009 - Lalla Vatma, 14, leaves her classroom with some of her classmates. The school headmaster has announced a day earlier the arrival of the tetanus vaccination team.
Improving access to birth registration for children in Côte d'Ivoire
ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, 2 June 2009 – It’s Tuesday morning and the children of the heavily populated neighbourhood of Abobo are warming up for a day of study.
L'image des enfants dans les médias: avis d’activistes
Dakar, Sénégal, 20 mai 2009-Les enfants ne doivent pas être tenus à l’écart des médias qui sont un moyen d’expression majeur.
Médias par les enfants: les jeunes d’Afrique de l’Ouest ont le micro
Dakar, 15 mai 2009- Au Mali récemment, les enfants, journalistes en herbe, ont interpellé les décideurs, les responsables communautaires, mais aussi les acteurs de l’école et la société civile.
Cameroon: promoting skilled attendance at child birth to avert maternal and newborn deaths | Cameroun: promouvoir le rôle des sages-femmes pour limiter les décès maternels et néonatals
Akonolinga, Cameroon, 5 May 2009 – At Saint Luke Hospital in Mbalmayo, 50 kilometers from Yaoundé, Nadege, 21, is admitted at the maternity for premature delivery.
Central African Republic: Children, not witches
Bangui, Central African Republic, 4 May, 2009 – Laurent was 10-years old when he was sent to live with his uncle, aunt and their two little boys in Bangui, the capital city of the Central African Republic (CAR).
UNICEF France’s Young Ambassadors in Togo | Les Jeunes Ambassadeurs de l’UNICEF France en mission au Togo
Togo, April 25, 2009- Every year, the National Committee of UNICEF France organizes a field trip with a selection of six young ambassadors.
Partnering to roll back malaria in Nigeria's Bauchi State
Bauchi, Nigeria, 22 April 2009 – In Nigeria, malaria causes the deaths of an estimated 250,000 children under the age of five every year.
Therapeutic feeding for malnourished refugee children in Chad
DAHA, Chad, 2 April 2009 – Abderahman keeps a tight grip on the orange plastic cup filled with therapeutic milk – the same milk that recently saved his life.
Aminu, a polio victim speaks out: “Look at me, is this what you want for your child?”
Kano, Nigeria 30 march 2009 – Forty five years old Aminu Ahmed Umar is among 700 polio victims on the streets of the northern nigerian town of Kano.
Burkina Faso: second round of polio immunization concludes | Burkina: fin des deuxièmes journées de vaccination anti-polio
Burkina Faso, 04 march 2009- About 4727 children under 5 years have been immunized in Burkina Faso during the second round of a coordinated polio immunization campaign
Children of Togo unite to eradicate polio! | Les enfants du Togo unis pour l’éradication de la polio !
Segbé, Togo, 29 February 2009- While 16-year-old Aristos prepares the camera focus, 14-year-old Marie plugs in the microphone and 13-year-old Gisèle conscientiously checks the sound level...
Central African Republic: Birth registration and human rights among Aka pygmy populations
Central african Republic -Marie Elise, her husband and their three children live in a clearing in the forest some ten minutes walk off the main road to the town Mbaiki in the Central African Republic.
Immunizing door-to-door to kick polio out of Togo | Vacciner de porte-à-porte pour bouter la polio hors du Togo
VOGAN, Togo, 27 February 2009 - Beneath a blazing sun, Akuba and Afi are pounding manioc in the yard of their compound when two health workers from the Expanded Programme of Immunisation (EPI) arrive.
Campagne polio en Afrique de l'Ouest: témoignages de mères, volontaires et de chefs religieux sur la préparation de la campagne au Niger
Niger, 27 février 2009 - Témoignages de parties prenantes aux activités d'information et de prévention des cas de refus de vaccination contre la polio.
UNICEF Chad aids families fleeing violence in the Central African Republic
DAHA, Chad, 18 February 2009 – Musa sits quietly on a mat under a shelter, and the bewilderment in his eyes is palpable. The four-year-old has recently arrived in Daha, a small village in south-eastern Chad near the border with Central Afrtican Republic.
A second chance for disabled children in Niger
Niamey, Niger, February 2009-When I first met her, fitted in her new dark-brown, custom-designed prosthesis, the 7 year-old Sharifa was trying very hard, between two iron bars, to learn to walk.
Partnering to change norms and abandon female genital cutting in Central African Republic
Bangui, Central African Republic, 6 February 2009 - “If I can prevent just one girl from having to go through what I’ve experienced, then I’ve achieved something,” Foncy Kongo, 29.
Former traditional practitioner helps moving towards the abandonment of female genital cutting in Niger | Un ancien praticien traditionnel contribue à l'abandon de la pratique de l'excision au Niger
Maradi, Niger, 6 February 2009 - Today, aged 25, Hinda remembers the intervention she underwent eight years ago: dangouria."I was so terrified that I did not feel the pain during that very moment.
A childhood lost to violence in Guinea
Conackry, Guinea, 6 February 2009 – Dyaritaou Bah, 23, was married at the age of 14 to a man who was 30 years older that herself. Dyaritaou’s first experience with violence towards women was at age 8, when she was circumcised
Creating a supportive environment for mothers and newborns in Niger | Créer un environnement favorable aux mères et aux nouveau-nés au Niger
Niger is addressing the many challenges to maternal health and fighting the odds to create a supportive environment for mothers and newborns.
In Mali, Child Marriage is a Death Sentence for Many Young Girls / Au Mali, le mariage peut être une sentence de mort pour de nombreuses jeunes filles
In spite of the abuse and deprivation many girls suffer as a result of forced early marriage, the practice continues to be alarmingly common, with more than 60 million women age 20-24 married before they turned 18 worldwide.
Campaign addresses three leading causes of child mortality in the Central African Republic
Bossangoa, Central African Republic, 6 January 2009 – An extensive multi-media campaign is being carried out in the Central African Republic to generate excitement and awareness about UNICEF’s latest vaccination campaign.
Mothers and Babies Take Vaccines during Sierra Leone’s Integrated Health Week
Makeni, Sierra Leone, 4th December 2008 - Rugiatu Bangura, 16, of Bombali took her one year old son, Osman to the Makeni Town Hall, which had temporarily been converted into an health fair center for the Integrated Health Week.
First Lady of Sierra Leone Urges Mothers to take Preventive Health Measures during the Integrated Health Week
Kenema, Sierra Leone, 4th December 2008 - The First Lady of Sierra Leone launched The Mami en Pikin Well Bodi Week is an integrated package of preventive health services aiming at improving child and maternal health.
Côte d'Ivoire - témoignage: Jeune, séropositif et plein de vie
Rodrigue raconte comment sa vie a changé depuis qu’il a contracté le virus du sida
Côte d'Ivoire: prévenir la transmission du VIH de la mère à l'enfant à Bouaké
Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire - On se souvient encore du 19 Septembre 2002. Bouaké, la deuxième grande ville du pays après Abidjan, vit au son des tirs et des mouvements de population. La ville se déshabille complètement et se défait de ses agents de santé.
Côte d'Ivoire: informer les populations vulnérables sur les risques liés au VIH et promouvoir le dépistage
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Le Centre de dépistage volontaire Lumière Action se trouve au cœur du Quartier Abobo, commune cosmopolite précaire d’Abidjan situé dans le nord où co-habitent près de 900 000 habitants.
Central African Republic: prevention strategies making in-roads, but cases of HIV continue to climb
Bangui, Central African Republic - Each week Eric receives a free supply of HIV medication. The 15-year old orphan and former street-child contracted the virus at birth from his parents.
HIV programs not reaching the Central African Republic’s periphery
Sam Ouandja, Central African Republic - Along the streets here many homes sit waiting for their owners to return. Several days ago an attack on military bases caused nearly half of this city’s about 17,000 residents to flee into the countryside.
Togo - Nadia’s story: from prostitution to rehabilitation
Lomé Togo, 20 November 2008 - Even though she’s only 15, Nadia already has a troubled past. At the age of 13, she became a prostitute on the streets of Lomé to provide for her basic needs.
UNICEF supports the prevention and rehabilitation of child sex workers in Togo
Lomé, Togo, 20 November 2008 - It is 10 p.m. when Roland Awume sets out on his round visiting all of Lomé’s “red light districts” as he does every Friday night in the “Centre la Providence” vehicle.
Burkina Faso: educate girls to prevent malnutrition / éduquer les filles pour prévenir la malnutrition
Mamata Kabore, 12, wears a green t-shirt bearing the name of her country, Burkina Faso.
Chad: growth monitoring and promotion / Tchad: suivi et promotion de la croissance
After losing her first-born son when he was only two, Seide Douta told herself that she had to go about things differently with her newborn daughter.
Niger: tackling severe malnutrition / Niger: lutter contre la malnutrition sévère
The ward houses around 15 beds where mothers sleep next to children who gaze out emptily.
Niger: tackling moderate malnutrition / Niger: lutter contre la malnutrition modérée
Hundreds of women and children are queuing behind the health centre in Mari, a village in western Niger.
Mauritania: promoting complementary feeding for young children / Mauritanie: promouvoir l'aliment de complément pour le jeune enfant
After the harvest, the women of Sabou Allah village, 355 km southeast of Nouakchott, prepare what they call the “five measures.”
Mali: promoting exclusive breastfeeding in "baby-friendly" maternities / Mali: promouvoir l'allaitement maternel exclusif dans les maternités "amies des enfants"
Clearly exhausted after a difficult delivery, Aminata Lea rests under a bednet in the maternity ward of the health centre in Djenné, 380 km northeast of Bamako, the capital of Mali.
Guinée: la réalité du travail des enfants
Conakry, Guinée, 12 novembre 2008 - Nombreux sont les enfants de Guinée qui passent le plus clair de leur temps à faire le travail des adultes.
Equatorial Guinea: promoting a culture of peace through sports
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, 12 November 2008 - Children, sports and peace are some of the ingredients of the match which took place last 8th September in Malabo, which represented the starting signal for the initiative “Sports and Development".
Promoting girls' education: excellence prizes awarded to deserving girls in Sierra Leone
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 04 November 2008 – The jam packed hall of the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown was buzzing with excitement as over 400 girls prepared for the “Award of Excellence” certificates.
Community-based schools provide hope to the children of Sierra Leone
Rogbonko, Sierra Leone, 31 October 2008 - “I want to be a nurse” whispers Isatu “so I can help stop the suffering in my family.”
Massive progress in small measures in the fight against female genital cutting in Gambia
Banjul, Gambia, 28 October 2008 - Collective cooperation and problem solving through consensus building brings about change in the community.
Promoting exclusive breastfeeding to combat child mortality in Gambia
Banjul, Gambia, 28/10/08 - As dawn rises, parting the clouds over Basse like a think blanket being peeled from a lazy bed, the cool breeze blows across the green grass causing gentle ripples over flooded potholes. The march begins.
Gambia: clean water supply brings life and thwarts cholera
Banjul, Gambia, 28 October 2008 - Hawa Jallow is five years old. Her round rosy cheeks bunch-up, exposing her tiny white teeth when she smiles and her eyes shine with life, signaling her happiness and enthusiasm. She was not like this, before now.
Tchad: promouvoir les bonnes pratiques d'alimentation du jeune enfant en toutes circonstances.
Am Nabak, Tchad, 20 octobre 2008 - Dans le contexte tchadien, plus de 44 pour cent des enfants reçoivent un allaitement irrégulier et une mauvaise alimentation.
Eastern Chad: child animators promote good hygiene practices in Gassire camp
Gassire Camp, Eastern Chad, 20 October 2008 - Eight-year-old Halime lives in Gassire, a camp for internally displaced people near the township of Goz Beida, at the Chadian-Sudanese border.
Eastern Chad: three women, one dream of education
Djabal, Eastern-Chad, 20 October 2008 - “I want peace so I can continue school and become a doctor in my country,” says 13-year-old Manayar, who has been living for four years in Djabal refugee camp, Eastern Chad.
Volunteer parents help fight HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa, DRC, 20 Oct. 2008 – Bella, a native of DR Congo, returned to this country from Uganda three years ago. After almost a year of sickness, she decided to go to one of the HIV-testing centres in Kinshasa.
Cameroun: promouvoir l'hygiène à l'école, en commençant par le lavage des mains
Douala, Cameroun, 15 octobre 2008 - La Journée mondiale du lavage des mains au savon est l'occasion de promouvoir l'éducation à l'hygiène dans les écoles.
UNICEF provides free preventive anti-malarial treatment to pregnant women in Togo / Au Togo, UNICEF fournit aux femmes enceintes un traitement préventif gratuit contre le paludisme
Goumou-Kopé, Togo, October 15th, 2008 - In Togo, malaria kills one in every twenty people who contract the disease. Only two in twenty pregnant women receive Intermittent Preventive Treatment.
Niger: Celebrating Global Handwashing Day in the Heartland
Saran Maradi, Niger, 15 October 2008 - UNICEF, the Government and UNILEVER team up with the communities to promote handwashing with soap in a bid to reduce child mortality.
Abolition of school fees in Togo / Abolition des frais de scolarité au Togo
Akodessewa, Togo, 6 Oct. 2008 - The abolition of school fees is a step towards education for all. / La gratuité de la scolarité est un pas vers l'éducation pour tous.
Promoting girl's education in Niger
In Niger, only one in two girls goes to primary school, one in ten to secondary school and one in fifty to high school. The story of Barira and Choukouria presents the many challenges to girl's education in Niger.
Togo - Damienne’s story: Raising awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention through open dialogue
Damienne, a 17-year-old high school student, has been a peer educator for five years, teaching her classmates about HIV prevention.
Togo : ‘Gender and Equity’ campaign shows success, as more parents are putting girls through school
According to her school principal in Atentou, 12-year-old Céline is a model student.
Togo: Early detection and treatment of malnutrition saves lives
Hundreds of mothers wait in the early morning at a school in Bogou, holding their children and hoping to hear good news about their prospects.
In Niger, rural preschools create a supportive environment for child survival and development
“What I enjoy doing at pre-school is singing and dancing, but most of all drawing” says Roumana, a five year old Nigerien girl
Senegal child survival days: mobilizing children to bring their bednets for treatment
It is Sunday morning 09.00 a.m. Not the usual time to see the school yard filled with children and to have teachers present in their class rooms…
Niger: Keeping Malaria and preventable diseases at bay
Lomé, Togo, 20 November 2009 - "When we saw the UNICEF video on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), says Eyram, a 16 years old reporter, we realized that if all children knew the CRC they would be able to express what they live".
