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In crisis zones, an urgent UN push to put millions in school
By Agence France-Presse
Sep 19, 2022 12:03 am

United Nations, United States: From Pakistan to Ukraine to Venezuela to vast stretches of sub-Saharan Africa, rising crises and climate disasters are taking an added toll on the most vulnerable -- children deprived of school.

'It is horrendous, and it's hard to imagine,' said Yasmine Sherif, head of Education Cannot Wait, a UN fund that focuses on education in crisis zones.

In this photo taken on September 16, 2022 school boys ride past large piles of plastic waste. AFP PHOTO

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