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Mom at 15 years living in the street
Mom at 15 years living in the street
Early Marriage?

.. is the marriage of children and adolescents below the age of 18.
The "practice of marrying girls at a young age is common in South Asia".
There are specific parts of South Asia where marriages before puberty are not unusual. However, the Centre also notes that marriage shortly after puberty is common among those living traditional lifestyles in the Middle East, North Africa and other parts of Asia. Marriages of female adolescents between sixteen and eighteen are common in parts of Latin America and Eastern Europe.

 





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Help from SAWA
Help from SAWA
SAWA is an association of Asian women living in Switzerland, established in Zürich.

Thanks to Mrs Dany Freytag, a member of this association, a diner party will be held in favour of our actions in Cambodia. There will be a typical Khmer meal, and the guests will have the privilege of being shown four videos of our actions in Cambodia. The dinner party is sold out and will be held on the 18th of November.

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Our man in Geneva
Our man in Geneva
Patrick Desgombaz is a dedicated man. During a meetings we had in Battambang, it was decided that he would start up several actions in Geneva, but also in the rest of French speaking Switzerland, to find more sponsors for AVEC. Patrick Gomaz (not to be confused with the chairperson of AVEC, Patrick Alain Roux) has done a wonderful job: he made small posters to inform people about the problem of trafficking in children and he managed to make us known to a large number of peop...
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Ours sponsors
Our sponsors
ImageWe are simply amazed by our sponsors who have sent a very big amount of correspondence to the children that they support. Family photos, post cards and letters for the children have come to our postal box. The correspondence works as a lever, which motivates even more the families to send their children to scho...
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We try to make a difference
We try to make a difference
We are in contact with individuals and enterprises in order to build up the budget that we need to continue our work in favour of the poorest and most vulnerable of children. A group of great people has suggested that they organise a dinner in favour of our action, others want to make a collection among the employees of their enterprise.

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