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  • [Bangladesh] 8 October 2008.
  • [Bangladesh] 8 October 2008.
  • Schoolchildren can bring the message of handwashing to their families, say health officials.
  • [Bangladesh] 8 October 2008.
  • [Bangladesh] 8 October 2008.
    Students in disaster-prone Bangladesh (file photo)
  • [Bangladesh] 8 October 2008.
  • Amina Khatoon, 8, lives in a village on the bank of one of several water channels that feed the Chalan Beel, an oxbow lake in northwestern Bangladesh that lies in a flood-prone region. 8 October 2008.
  • [Bangladesh] 8 October 2008.
  • [Bangladesh] 8 October 2008.
  • UNAMID cannot access certain areas because it does not have military helicopters that can fight back when fired on. "We cannot expect commercial helicopters to land everywhere," says the mission's Deputy Joint Special Representative Hocine Medili. Septemb
    UNAMID cannot access certain areas because it does not have military helicopters that can fight back when fired on
  • A UNAMID convoy patrols through Argo camp for displaced people, near Tawila, North Darfur. September 2008.
  • A UNAMID military observer speaks to a villager at Argo camp for displaced people near Tawila, North Darfur. September 2008.
    Un observateur militaire de la MINUAD discute avec un villageois dans camp de personnes déplacées d'Argo, près de Tawila, dans le Nord Darfur
  • A UNAMID vehicle patrols areas near Tawila, North Darfur. September 2008.
    Peacekeepers have been denied access to areas of recent conflict (file photo)
  • A UNAMID convoy patrols through Dali village in North Darfur. September 2008.
    The UN's humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, with some 25,000 personnel, will continue, said Ban
  • A UNAMID peacekeeper stands guard during a patrol through Dali village in North Darfur. September 2008.
    UNAMID officers have come under attack in the past few days
  • There are about 800,000 people living with disability among Afghanistan's estimated 26.6 million population.
  • Over 75 percent of disabled children do not attend schools due to lack of facilities for them.
  • There are at least 200,000 children living with disability in Afghanistan.
  • Soldiers in Cote d'Ivoire are trained in child protection
    Soldiers in Cote d'Ivoire are trained in child protection
  • Cilent fills up on contraband gasoline, Cotonou.
  • Gas smuggling Cotonou.
  • A bicycle, a whistle and a colour coded flag system are used to warn communities of cyclone danger. A Blue Alert is issued when a cyclone is between 24-48 hours from landfall; a Yellow Alert is issued when a cyclone is within 24 hours of landfall; and a R
  • Saber Ahmed is an "environmental refugee". A former resident of the island of Kutubdia on the Bay of Bengal off Bangladesh's southeastern coast, Ahmed now lives in a settlement for other refugees from Kutubdia in Cox's Bazar.
  • A group of Batwa women and children.
  • Batwa women prepare land to plant potatoes.
    Preparing land for potato planting: The government of Burundi and its development partners have made good-quality seeds, particularly beans, mosaic-resistant cassava cuttings and sweet potatoes available to farmers
  • Members of the Tugwanyubunebwe (fight laziness) association check their stock of beans.
    A women's group with the stock of beans: Agricultural officials say the production of beans, one of the Burundi's staple foods, was progressing well - file photo
  • Severa Ndayishimiye, a member of the Batwa community.
  • Save the Children Sweden cartoon book, The Good Soldier, used to train West African military officers in child protection.
  • Sudanese president Omar el-Bashir (middle right) inaugurates a government initiative to solve the Darfur crisis. Next to him are high ranking members of the government, opposition party leaders and the head of the only rebel movement to make peace with th
  • Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (right) and Vice-president Salva Kiir (left) celebrate the inauguration of the Sudanese People's Initiative for resolving the Darfur problem on 16 October 2008.
  • Arlinda Cunah, 34, listens to her solar powered radio. As a disaster management volunteer it is her duty to pay attention to flood and cyclone warnings and to alert her community.
  • Sipho Mkhize at the SAPPI Resource Centre in KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Mkhize is studying small business management and uses Zulu-language technology.

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