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This is really not fair

After fleeing Boko Haram, Cameroonian girls sell sex to survive - May 2018 story by Reuters Africa

“Anyway, we’ve seen worse with Boko Haram,” said Hawa, 18. “These people shattered our lives. What more can we become? I dropped my studies. I am nothing,” she said through tears.

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“Standing on the road half naked.” Harrowing story of a teenager trafficked and forced into prostitution. It's on all of us to stand with #ChildrenUprooted #AChildIsAChild

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Flight attendant rescues teen girl from human trafficking

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Why art?

It can feel like a hug sometimes.
It can feel like angels.

Angels - Chance the Rapper ft. Saba 

Nobody's nothing.
Everybody's somebody's everything.

Everybody's Something - Chance the Rapper 

HUGS

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Boko Haram stories: What our people are going through

Courtesy of UNICEF, you can find interviews and features like this one:

Children’s stories of horror and hope in northeast Nigeria

says Gerida, a UNICEF public health specialists in Nigeria: 

“One day all of this will be over and in the meantime it’s our job to keep these girls alive and make sure they are prepared for life when peace sets in.”
I can't wait.

Do you love depressing stories?  More here.

The other day I found out that my parents and many of their neighbours have workers from Chibok.  That is, we have IDPs (IDP = refugee within the same country) right in our neighbourhood, well, in our home. 

I had known this kid for months before I ever asked about his hometown and then he told me about having lost his family, his sisters disappeared.  Real life stuff - all that going on and he always smiles. 

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