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"My name is Mariama Yaye, and I am 10 years old. My father and mother are both alive and Muslim; there are 7 siblings in my family, and I am the 4th. We live in the city of Tillaberie, and my parents are very poor. We barely..."
Mariama, Age 10
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“My name is Mohamed Boudja, and I am 8 years old. I have been an orphan of both parents for years, and I live with my grandfather, who is 67 years old. My grandfather is very poor; he does not engage in any activities, so he cannot feed me. I am forced..."
Mohamed, Age 8
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"This feeding program with the assistance of FBAW, is a blessing for our village. Though this program, many families can guarantee at least a meal a day for their children. In a certain period of the year, the situation..."
Mrs. Hamsa
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"My name is Issoufou Alhousseini, and I am 7 years old. My parents and I left our village Sakoira, a few kilometers from Tillabéri, to come here to Tillabéri due to conflicts with terrorists. We live in a tent made of sacks..."
Issoufou - Age 7
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"My name is Nasser, I am 10 years old. My father abandoned my mother and me a few years ago. My mother is a housewife; she does not work, which made it very difficult for my mother and me to feed ourselves…”
Nasser - Age 10
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“My name is Boubacar Ousmane Gala, and I am 13 years old. I am a talibé, which means my parents live in a village far from Dosso. My parents sent me here to Dosso to learn the Koran with a marabout. Life..."
Boubacar Ousmane Gala - Age 13
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“My name is Yousrah Oumarou and I am 13 years old. My father has two wives, and we are 10 children on my mother's side. My father is a dauquary, a very poorly paid job. It is not every day that he can get work. So, it is not..."
Yousrah Oumarou - Age 13
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“My name is Aboubacar Hamada, and I am 10 years old. I am in the first grade here in Tillabéri and I come from a very poor family. My father has three wives and 10 children. On my mother’s side, I am the first child..."
Aboubacar Hamada - Age 10
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“My name is Ali Mhamadou. I come from a village called Todon near Guecheme. My parents sent me here to Dosso to study the Koran. I discovered the feeding center in Dosso a year ago. Before I started coming to this center, I struggled to eat..."
Ali Mhamadou - Age 11
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“My name is Gande Aboubacar and I am 10 years old. I come from the village of Argoungou, which is a few kilometers from Dosso. My parents sent me here to Dosso to study the Koran with a marabout, so I am a Talibé (a student of the Koran). The life..."
Gande Aboubacar - Age 10
