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HUNGER
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Millions of families in AFRICA go hungry every day. Help HOA provide them with enough to eat and care for.
EDUCATION
Children that do survive their fifth birthday often do not end going to school. Poverty and traditional beliefs keep 40% of children out of school. Girls are particularly penalized. Schools are not always the child friendly places they are supposed to be. As is the case in the other parts of the world, many children in West & Central Africa face sexual and other forms of violence in school. Children in the region are also being abused and exploited in many ways: child trafficking, child labor, children in armed conflicts, children victims of harmful traditional practices.
CHILD PROTECTION
Children in West and Central Africa are facing a wide range of protection risks, including child labour and sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and domestic violence, discrimination and rejection, for example children accused of witchcraft, children with disabilities, and children affected by HIV and AIDS. Widespread poverty, chronic conflict, as well as gender and generation relations, and certain cultural beliefs are major root causes for violence, exploitation and abuse of children. Systems for the social and legal protection of children are generally weak, under-resourced and poorly coordinated. Traditionally, families and communities have been the most important sources of support and protection for vulnerable children. However, urbanisation, migration and other sources of social change are putting pressures on family networks and traditional safety nets in addition to larger development problems faced by the region.
