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My name is Ikashe. I'm from southern Ethiopia and last week I traveled with my eleven month old son Mare to the local health center in Yirba. He is severely malnourished. We live in a very dry part of the country and many other mothers from this region bring their children to the center every week. My family lives off a small plot of land. I grow maize and root crops such as sweet potato. In 2008, we hardly grew anything. Since then, we've been depending on food aid to feed our family.

UNICEF Contributing to Sustainable Development, Equity and Children's Rights: Tree Planting, Ethiopia.........................................................................21 Rainforest Protection and Disaster Risk Reduction, Guyana..................... 26 Swimming Lessons for Emergencies, Bangladesh....................................31 Preparing for Natural Disasters, Philippines........................................... 33 Cyclone Proof Schools, Madagascar...................................................... 35 Skills-based Learning Materials and Packages, Nigeria............................ 44 Junior Ambassador Programme..................................................... 50 National and International Conference for Children and Youth, Brazil. 53 Children Advocating United4Climate, Zambia................................. 61 Voices of Youth............................................................................ 64

Linda Sue Park, A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story (New York: Clarion Books, 2010). Age Level: 10 and up Publisher Description: When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Silva becomes seperated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in the Sudan.