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Members of the Nema Handing Kafo entertain villagers while educating them on the dangers of child marriage.

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Where the Hospital Ends, the Village Begins.

In a maternity ward in the West Coast Region and a village in the North Bank, two initiatives work to make sure every baby's first meal is breast milk.

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No Mother Should Breastfeed Alone

Gambian mothers beat the global average on breastfeeding, yet too many newborns wait too long for their first feed. NaNA and UNICEF on what must change

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One Village, One Promise: Ending FGM

When training reached both parents and daughters, Sintet chose to end FGM, uniting a community around its girls' future.

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The Grandparents Who Changed a Village

In a Lower River Region village, a grandparents club born from a gender training is reshaping norms and keeping girls safer from within.

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