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Frontline Focus Series
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| Children's Voices - Are you listening? |
Romania: Still Paying the Price |
Being an Afghan Girl |
From courageously sharing their own stories, raising awareness on human trafficking, or advocating for peace in their violent societies; children and youth across World Vision's Middle East, Eastern European and Central Asia region are changing their world.
Hear their voices and join them in making that change.
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Two years as an EU country and 20 years after Communism, home-alone children, farmers and the 1 in 4 children attending high-school in rural Romania, continue to pay a heavy price; often the price of hearts. In the midst of them Europe's largest minority, the Roma, face a harsh reality of exclusion, stigma and severe poverty.
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Illiteracy, drought and tradition conspire against them.
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| Micro Credit vs. Poverty |
Refugee Children |
Children on the Edge |
| Access to capital scores big wins for families and communities.
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As many as 5 million children are refugees in an area from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush. |
Children with special needs are the most likely kids to turn up in government institutions.. |
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| AIDS in Russia |
Iraqi Children Trapped |
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| Russia is experiencing the fastet growing HIV and AIDS epidemic in Europe. |
2-million Iraqis have fled their country and are scattered throughout Middle East. |
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The Right Clients
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By focusing on clients character instead of collateral, AgroInvest is experiencing phenomenal growth and helping thousands of families.
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AgroInvest was launched in 1999 with $300,000. It is now a self-sustaining micro finance institution lending to the rural poor in Serbia and Montenegro from assets valued at $86 million. Staff has worked hard to develop the right business model but clients have made it work.
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A Forgotten Land |
| Short changed by government, Serb villagers take charge of their futures and AgroInvest is backing them. |
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Teacher, I Did My Homework |
| Children reap the benefits of micro finance through Happy Child projects aimed at health services and education.
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