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UNICEF: Hygiene Education in Remote Mali

UNICEF is piloting a new program called Community-Led Total Sanitation in the village of Fadieda, some 100 kilometers north of Bamako. It relies on community leaders, like Mr. Sho Traore, to teach people how to make major changes in their hygiene and sanitation habits.

House Call in Hell

Overcrowding, poor sanitation, and a general lack of funding in Haiti's National Penitentiary have caused it to become one of the worst in the Western Hemisphere. Reporter Antigone Barton and videographer Stephen Sapienza take a first-hand look at these conditions and an American doctor working to correct them.

Children of the Trains

There are more than 10,000 children living on the streets in Thailand. Through the on-going efforts of volunteers from the Railway Police Force, the homeless youth of Bangkok are being sheltered, educated and cared for in renovated railway train cars. As teachers, mentors, and often surrogate families to the children, the police officers are hoping to transform these "hopeless" street kids into determined youths with opportunities.

UNICEF: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Kosovo

Some 30,000 people in Kosovo who identify themselves as belonging to the Roma, Ashkali or Egyptian ethnic groups are living on the fringes of society. Many lack the identity papers that would entitle them to the benefits available to other citizens: social welfare, unemployment, even schooling.

UNICEF: Poverty Drives Kenyan Girls into Sex Work

Along the Kenyan coast, the sexual exploitation of children and sex tourism is widely accepted. Many girls see it as an easy way to earn money and, for those from poor households, as a ticket out of poverty. The World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children promotes international cooperation for more effective action on sexual exploitation.

UNICEF: World Day Against Child Labor

On the tenth anniversary of the World Day against Child Labor, UNICEF joins its partners in calling for action to tackle the underlying poverty that leads to child labor. Improving access to quality education, particularly for girls in poor and rural settings, is a key part of an effective overall approach.

Amra Shakti: We Are All Powerful

The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, BRAC, educates women about their rights and empowers them to take control of their destinies. See what happens when a group of women come together to seek equality.

Love and Life: Live on Air

In Uganda, where sex education is clouded by myths and misunderstandings, one young radio journalist is giving it to the people straight. Follow Doreen on her mission to spread the word about safe sex, and find out how she confronts the same issues in her own life.

Seeds of Hope: Cambodia

Some food-insecure Cambodian villagers survive on one meal a day for up to six months a year. HEKS, a Switzerland-based Protestant aid organization, is providing Cambodian farmers with low-interest seed loans, setting up seed banks, and creating nutrition programs. The farmers now pay only five to ten percent interest on their seeds, compared to over 240 percent before, and have diversified their crops.

Team Up South Africa

The Grassroot Project is a Washington DC-based organization that pairs college athletes with at-risk youth to educate them on HIV/AIDS awareness. Grassroot Soccer is a similar organization, teaming athletes with youth in developing countries and using soccer as a tool to teach HIV/AIDS prevention. Team Up South Africa brought kids from these two groups together to share their experiences and what they've learned.

Farming School for Aids Orphans in Mozambique

The Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Program have set up an innovative school system with a focus on agriculture for AIDS orphans in Mozambique. There are thought to be more than 470,000 orphans in this country, and in these schools they are given the chance to learn farming skills so they will be able to grow their own food in the future.

Talking HIV in Jamaica

Stigma and discrimination are fueling the HIV epidemic in the Caribbean. Join poet and writer Kwame Dawes as he explores the issues surrounding HIV-related stigma in Jamaica and speaks with the people who are most affected.

Element: Monica

Monica Carrillo is furiously blazing a trail for young Afro-Peruvian women in Lima. As a poet, performer, activist, and teacher, she is teaching the next generation to fight racism through self-confidence and knowledge.

Global Education: Tackling HIV in Indonesia

In Indonesia, fresh approaches to illegal drug use and the sex industry are helping to reduce the spread of HIV. Now addicts can get access to methadone programs and clean needles, and sex workers are being tought about prevention methods by former colleagues.

UNICEF: Mobile Classrooms Give Pastoral Children Hope in Uganda

Children in northeastern Uganda are expected to help tend their family's cattle, which makes it difficult for them to also receive a formal education. But a new UNICEF-supported mobile education project is helping to bring the classroom closer to the herd.

Rising Voices: The Flowing River

David Zamora Munoz attends a UNICEF-sponsored child-friendly school in Nicaragua. While many of its defining characteristics are things kids in developed countries take for granted -- gender equality, running water, a friendly atmosphere -- in Nicaragua the school is being seen as a model for the future of the country's education system.