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May 22nd


Child Abuse in Kenya

Country: KENYA

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Description: The UN Children’s Charter has been ratified by more countries than any other human rights convention – and yet children rights continue to be violated. On the Kenya coast, local activists say that children as young as 12 are married for financial reasons, and that some sell their bodies for less than 70 US cents in order to buy provisions for their families. Now, both local and international organisations have banded together to try and change this

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AFRICA, KENYA - Younger classmates of Mzee Maruge during a class session. In June, 2008, Maruge was forced to withdraw from school and relocate to a retirement home for senior citizens. He enrolled once again into grade 6 at the Marura primary school, located in Kariobangi Nairobi on June 10th 2009.