10/9/18
Family flees Venezuela to escape starvation
Like many Venezuelan girls, 7-year-old Salma fled a country where a near-worthless currency, an inflation rate that could reach 1,000,000 percent before year’s end, and a...
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10/9/18
Signs of hope in war-torn Afghanistan
The barricaded compounds, innumerable security checks and corner-by-corner police presence are constant reminders of the violence that the people of Afghanistan live with...
10/9/18
The Brutal Reality of Sexual Violence Survivors in Refugee Settlements in Uganda
Jane* fled South Sudan for Uganda with her three sisters last year. Armed forces threatened her family and Jane’s parents sent their children away knowing their lives were in...
10/9/18
South Sudan to Uganda: Three girls in search of survival and school
In the heat of the day, Lillian, Scobia and Viola help each other carry large, heavy pieces of wood from a collection point to the temporary shelter they are trying to make...
10/9/18
In Yemen, One Girl Dreams of School
At 7 a.m., the bell rings at the school next to Maryam’s house. Maryam, 16, and her sisters wake up, quickly put on some clothes and rush out the door. Outside, girls with...
10/9/18
To fight or flee? The decision no 12-year-old should have to make
When armed groups invaded her village in northeast Nigeria, Hadiza, 15, had two options before they burned it down: leave or join their terrorizing force. Armed groups killed...