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Democratic
Republic of the Congo - Orphans
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In UNICEF's new report, 'Child Alert: Democratic Republic
of Congo' – written by UNICEF UK Ambassador and former
BBC war correspondent Martin Bell – children are at
the heart of the human tragedy that has unfolded in DRC. Since
conflict began there in 1998, nearly 4 million people have
been killed by war or disease, or have simply disappeared
without a trace
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| Every six months,
the death toll in DRC rivals the total deaths caused by the
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Simply stated, this is currently
the world's deadliest humanitarian crisis, and children bear
its greatest burden. |
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Primary school education in the
Democratic Republic of Congo is neither compulsory, free nor
universal, and many children are not able to go to school because
parents were unable to pay the enrollment fees. Parents are
customarily expected to pay teachers' salaries. In 1998, the
most recent year for which data are available, the gross primary
enrollment rate was 50 percent. |
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