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Safe drinking water
Children have the right to access safe drinking water. If the water is not looked after correctly there is a risk it can be contaminated.
Early marriage
Children have the right to be protected against early marriage. Thousands of girls are married for the first time before they come of age.
The Convention on the rights of the child
Children have their rights and responsibilities and it’s important that they know and understand these rights well.
Vaccination
Children have the right to be protected against sickness and to have access to health care.
A lesson of love
Children have the right to receive information on health and the prevention of sicknesses in order to make the most of this information.
All for one, one for all !
Children have the right to meet freely. A young girl catches meningitis, a serious and contagious sickness.
Let’s save our village !
Children have the right to live in a healthy and clean environment and should be told about keeping the environment clean.
The dream
Children have the right to receive an education. A young boy who has lost heart wants to give up school.
May the best one win !
Children have the right to be protected against all types of discrimination, whatever their origin or their parents’, their colour, sex or religion.The bewitched well
Children have the right to clean drinking water. An incredible thing happens to the village : the well’s disappeared…The trial of the mosquito
Children have the right of access to good health. The police have just arrested Madame Mosquito.
The wonderful red ball
Children have the right to rest and play. Two young village children work all the time and never rest.
The enchained freedom
Children have the right to be protected against economic exploitation. In a compound far way from the village around 100 children are kept prisoner.
Girls’ education, a priority
Children have the right to receive an education. In many countries school is obligatory for girls as well as boys.
The right to go to school
Allowing children to go to school and receive an education is a basic right.Daddy, I don’t want to get married
Children have the right to be protected from being forced into early marriage. A few weeks before her marriage to her father’s friend, a 15 year-old schoolgirl goes mad.The magic potion
Illnesses linked to food are very common but can be avoided. This story gives some good advice on hygiene rules and remedies.
The improved stoves
Children have the right to receive information on the prevention of accidents in the home. A young girl is seriously burned whilst preparing a meal on a traditional stove.
Scrub, scrub your hands…
Children have the right to information on cleanliness and simple hygiene rules can save lives.
The little Hero !
Children with disabilities have the right to be respected but are often rejected by other children. A young village boy has polio.
We must put down the knives !
Children have the right to be protected against traditions, which can out their health in danger.Freedom of expression
The children of the village announce that they want to exercise their right to express themselves but the adults are not very happy about this.ENVOYER À UN AMI
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