Located in Central Bougainville, Takee community is rebuilding after conflict, with World Vision’s WASH project supporting access to clean water for school

*Shufa (*name changed to protect identity) is 15 years old. For the past three years, she has lived in a camp in South Sudan with her mother, Amal, and her siblings. For *Shufa, each day begins not with lessons, but with work. Instead of books, she carries firewood, helping her mother sell it at the local market to feed the family.

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