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CARE AND PROTECTION
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Article 38
Protection from armed conflict
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"I saw fighting, blood and the wounded"
Liban, 13, Somalia
Liban's father and his aunt were killed in an ambush in Somalia, his homeland. Civil war and ongoing violence between rival clan-based militias has decimated thousands of people in Somalia.
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Article 19
Protection from sexual abuse
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"I will decide what will happen in the future"
Anna, 16, Hungary
Anna, from Hungary, was sexually abused by her alcoholic stepfather. Her mother couldn't bear the violence at home and escaped, leaving her five children behind. Anna now lives in a children's home near Lake Balaton.
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Article 20
Entitlement to care
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"We lived on what we found in the rubbish tip"
Jeanine, 12, Madagascar
Jeanine used to survive on food that her family scavenged from a rubbish tip. When she began living at a humanitarian centre, she was able to receive schooling, food and clothing.
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Article 26
A right to social insurance
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"I have become a beggar"
Jean, 14, Rwanda
Jean is a street child from Rwanda. His main problem is finding food and when he does find some, he always gives it to his grandmother. He would like the government to help children.
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