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Malala visits Nigeria to draw attention to education crisis
Maiduguri, 18 July, 2017 - During her visit to Nigeria, education activist Malala Yousafzai met today with girls displaced by the Boko Haram crisis. While in Maiduguri, the epicenter of the crisis in northeast Nigeria, Malala visited schoolchildren in a camp for displaced families and secondary school girls at Yerwa Government Girls School. Recent newsEducation is key: Malala visits schoolgirls displaced by the Boko Haram crisis in northeast Nigeria Innovative Water and Sanitation Services Promote School Attendance for Girls
There are now more girls in school than at home in Kambara, a village with a population of 2000 in Madobi Local Government Area, Kano state. Easy access to clean water for drinking and handwashing, and the availability of separate latrines give parents the confidence to send their daughters to school. The Gora Galadima Kambara Primary school located in Kambara village has an enrolment of 369 pupils, and almost half of them are girls. Upon arrival at the school, the first thing that catches the eye is the line of white-painted taps outside the block of classrooms. The taps, which have metal cases for holding soap attached to them, are connected to small blue tanks that provide water for handwashing at break time. MultimediaPhoto essay: Handwashing made easy What we do
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