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Boys in Madagascar sit smiling at a school desk.

On 21 March 2019 in Mozambique, Helcio Filipe Antonio holds a boy named Anderson Tackdi the Samora Michel High School in Beira. The Samora Michelle High School is one of the places used as a living space for people from Buzi, Mozambique that has been displaced by the floods caused by Cyclone Idai.

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Massive flooding in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

UNICEF bringing relief for children and families in the wake of Cyclone Idai.

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A Rwanda woman building her country for the next generation

Donata is overseeing construction of Rwanda’s newest early childhood development centre

Farhia and her children

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Families pushed to the brink as drought persists in Somalia

Once again, Somalia is facing a severe drought, threatening the lives of children across the country.

A teacher surrounded by a group of students

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Zambia: Smarter data, better schools

How user-friendly data is mobilizing communities for better quality education.

A baby in the arms of a woman

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“We could not plant anything at all”

Children in southern Madagascar face chronic malnutrition after years of drought.

Mother holds baby on a bed in a medical ward

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Therapeutic feeding programme in Uganda

Turns the tide in the battle against malnutrition

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