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Nan, a young Thai girl receives counselling from specialist child welfare worker Ying. The Asian Tsunami may be history, but many children are still traumatised by the events in 2004. Khao Lak, Thailand. Children battle against strong desert winds as they collect drinking water for their families. Maslakh refugee camp, western Afghanistan.
Charles Banya, LRA rebel - many of the LRA’s rebel fighters are abducted as children, brutalised beyond imagination then conditioned into killing machines, often slaughtering their own families. This cycle of violence (since 1987) is one of Africa’s longest running conflicts. Kitgum, Northern Uganda. Too frightened to sleep in their own village, a mother and her children walk into the town of Kitgum to escape the night raids perpetrated by the LRA. Every night over 20,000 villagers descend on Kitgum in Northern Uganda, sleeping rough before walking back home and to work in their fields the following morning.
Despite the hardship of a nomadic life in a drought-plagued land, the Rendille people are well known for their beautiful fabrics and brightly coloured beads. Nkoror Galangan (28) is no exception and manages to look very regal as she comforts her sick daughter Diboya . Marsabit District, Northern Kenya. Four brothers, Lawrence (15), Geoffrey (14), Joseph (15) and Deo (12) share a joke over homework before bedtime. The boys, orphaned by AIDS, rarely get the opportunity to go to school these days, instead they have to work to support themselves. Uganda.
Villagers gather in the shade of a huge fig tree to collect a supplementary ration of famix for their children. Famix is a concentrated powder that includes maize, peas and soya beans, providing crucial carbohydrates and energy. Wolaitta District, Southern Ethiopia. Banshanke Wokisa (5) stands in her family’s empty home. Yet another failed maize crop forced her family to sell everything, including Banshanke's only toy, in order to try and survive. Wolaitta district, Ethiopia.
Since losing their camels to drought, women of the Gabra nomads now make long daily journeys to collect water on foot. Despite the current hardship, Huko Haka, 40 (centre in green) was proud that her people maintained the longstanding tradition of wearing their finest clothes for every occasion. Northern Kenya. Quite possibly the loveliest smile in Africa. I’m sure she had a beautiful name too, unfortunately I never had the chance to find out. Simple projects developed with local people do make a difference. This little girl has benefited from a simple irrigation scheme giving her family three harvests each year. Sodo district, Ethiopia.

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