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February 19, 2008

Education Is Key for Displaced Youth

by Simona Pari, Norwegian Refugee Council, Norway - Displaced youths took the opportunity on Saturday to explain to a top UN official why education is key in a crisis situation. “I had to leave my village because of fighting between governmental troops and rebels. Now I live in one of the IDP camps near Goma. Life is very difficult. But thanks to this education programme I can dream of having a better future when I can return to my village.”

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