Written materials are also being provided to other countries through UNICEF, the United Nations children's and educational agency.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

U.N.children's agency in Somalia Deputy Representative Hannan Suleiman tells VOA that unlike countries like Yemen that may run out of water entirely in the next two decades, Somalia is thought to have plenty of water underground to sustain people for many generations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

UN's children's agency believes a third of all children under five are chronically malnourished: a rise of 72% over 1991.

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United Nation's children's agency Unicef, which estimates that this pernicious trade affects more than one million children worldwide, says great pressure is also put on boys and girls to stop them running away or testifying against their captors.

BBC: NEWS | Africa | In the grip of Benin's child traffickers

Earlier, the UN children's agency warned that increasing numbers of children are being wounded in the conflict.

BBC: Central African Republic neighbours to send 2,000 troops