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    Aug 23

    Chad. Mali. Niger. Nigeria. DR Congo. Cameroon. Burkina Faso. Central African Republic. Right now, 1.9 million children are being robbed of an education due to violence and insecurity. New report.

    59 replies 236 retweets 562 likes
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  2. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    Supporters lined the Manhattan waterfront on Wednesday to welcome to NYC! We look forward to seeing Greta & other young people from around the 🌍 at UNHQ for next month's Youth Summit.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    “I was too young to run away. I did what they wanted.” Khadan, 32, was cut when she was a child. She’s now using her experience as a nurse and midwife to stop FGM in Somaliland.

    8 replies 42 retweets 134 likes
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  4. 5 hours ago

    Section B - an area for unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Moria, the largest refugee reception centre in Greece - has room for 160 children. It now has more than 520. Children's rights must be upheld.

    2 replies 23 retweets 134 likes
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  5. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    More than 1,100 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Greece need urgent shelter and protection. The recent death of a child at the Reception and Identification Centre in Moria calls for urgent action. no matter what.

    4 replies 57 retweets 205 likes
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  6. 6 hours ago

    More than 1,100 unaccompanied refugee and migrant children are in dangerous and overcrowded reception and identification centres, and detention facilities in Greece. We urge EU Member States to do more to protect these children.

    4 replies 40 retweets 157 likes
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  7. 8 hours ago

    “Most nights I can’t sleep. I’m thinking ‘what will happen to us?’ What will they do? We can’t feel safe.” Ahmad Jan, 16, living in Moria - the largest refugee reception centre in Greece. Watch the full film,

    Section B - life in limbo
    A must-watch on the daily lives, despair and dreams of unaccompanied refugee and migrant children in Greece. UNICEF is urging European Member States to do more to protect these children.
    4 replies 76 retweets 302 likes
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  8. 11 hours ago

    “My trainer told me never say ‘I cannot’. When you are in a bad situation, you say ‘I can’.” Says Morteza, one of the boys living in Section B of Moria - the largest refugee reception centre in Greece.

    5 replies 99 retweets 489 likes
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  9. 13 hours ago

    What’s the kindest thing anyone has ever said to you? Pay it forward 👇 💜 Screenshot a template 💜 Fill it in 💜 Share it with someone to make their day

    19 replies 407 retweets 1,075 likes
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  10. 17 hours ago

    No child should have to drink dirty water. 💧 This is what we're doing about it. 👇

    10 replies 242 retweets 669 likes
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  11. 21 hours ago

    From ‘Uber for Water’ and ‘Solar Powered Water Treatment Plants’, find out how, together with partners, we’re helping children access safe clean water.

    2 replies 74 retweets 225 likes
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  12. 23 hours ago

    Espérance is an Ebola survivor. Now immune to the disease, she helps care for babies at a UNICEF-supported crèche in DR Congo.

    2 replies 69 retweets 372 likes
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  13. 24 hours ago

    This is a race we can, and must, win together. Thank you to , and every young activist, for doing all you can. The world is listening.

    The has sent out one boat for each of the 17 sustainable development goal to greet us! Thank you!
    6 replies 180 retweets 917 likes
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  14. Aug 28

    We’ve reached 43 million people with emergency water supply last year.💧 Yet every day, conflict is causing hundreds of thousands of children to go without. New figures.

    6 replies 78 retweets 293 likes
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  15. Aug 28

    We’re using solar power to pump water in over 50 countries, and will continue to scale up, to make sure children like Yesaya in stay healthy and in school.

    4 replies 99 retweets 476 likes
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  16. Aug 28

    Children need better access to clean drinking water and safe sanitation - and they need it now. Sobering new data released for .

    5 replies 125 retweets 364 likes
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  17. Aug 28

    Forced to watch his family killed, forcibly recruited into an armed group, traumatized by violence. Abdoulaye’s devastating story is shared by hundreds of vulnerable children in Mali.

    4 replies 99 retweets 341 likes
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  18. Retweeted
    Aug 28

    This week’s comes from . Thank you for encouraging young people to stand up and speak out.

    268 replies 27,038 retweets 66,488 likes
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  19. Aug 28

    Can you imagine spending eight hours a day simply getting some water to drink? 💧

    Water doesn’t come from a tap
    2.1 billion people have no safe drinking water and 4.5 billion have no access to adequate sanitation. Water should not be a privilege. It’s a right.
    13 replies 209 retweets 544 likes
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  20. Aug 28

    Today. Tomorrow. Every day. Safe and supportive environments start with kindness. Kindness to each other. Kindness to yourself. So start today and keep it going every day - at school, online and in your community.

    41 replies 5,815 retweets 18,301 likes
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  21. Aug 27

    Preparation saves lives. Jean Louison, UNICEF Community Outreach Officer, explains ways to spot and prevent Ebola to young people and children gathered at an awareness event on the border of DR Congo in Gatumba, .

    2 replies 49 retweets 237 likes
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