Prolonged drought in Madagascar has left the majority of families impoverished and the health and well being of the country's children and adolescents under threat.
{"Image ImageDescription": "Landscape and daily life in the south of Madagascar \n\nA  program funded by the Korean Government of $ 6.1 million through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will benefit more than 200,000 girls in Anosy. This four-year program implemented by UNICEF and ministerial partners (Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Population, Social Protection and Promotion of Women, Ministry of Public Health and Ministry Youth and Sports) and civil society aims to improve the living conditions of children, especially adolescent girls in the Anosy region, by ensuring access to quality education and health services and environment protected from all forms of violence.\n\nThe Anosy region is among the three regions most affected by the multi-year drought in the southern part of Madagascar. Comprised of three districts (Taolagnaro, Amboasary and Betroka), the region is deprived of many basic structures that impede the rights of children and those (70 to 80% of children between 2 and 17 years old) in a situation of extreme poverty. \n\nIn the field of education, only 49.6% of girls attending high school and the repetition rate is 20%. \n\nFor health, the region of Anosy has the lowest rate of the country health coverage and contraceptive (21.7%) or only 8% among women of childbearing age. Adolescent girls and boys in the Anosy region are denied access to care. Maternal mortality at over 480 per 100,000 births, a third of which is related to early pregnancy.\n\nWith regard to protection, the Anosy region holds a high rate of child marriage as more than one in two girls was in union before the age of 18, and more than one in three girls already have a child. Similarly, one in five girls has been sexually abused.\n\n\"Through this contribution, South Korea - reaffirms its commitment to Madagascar's most vulnerable populations through a sustainable, effective and integrated humanitarian response,\" said HEM Lim Sang Woo, South Korea's Ambassador to Madagascar. \"The Korean Government", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 6D", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.10 (Macintosh)", "Image DateTime": "2019:06:24 14:08:31", "Image Artist": "\u00a9 UNICEF/UN0325670/Ralaivita", "Image Copyright": "\u00a9 Notice: UNICEF photographs are copyrighted and may not be reproduced in any medium without written permission from authorized", "Image ExifOffset": "2420", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/250", "EXIF FNumber": "71/10", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Manual", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "320", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "320", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2019:06:11 00:00:00", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2019:06:11 00:00:00", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "7217/906", "EXIF ApertureValue": "8376/1481", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "70", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "30", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "30", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "700", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "500", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "1520", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "1520", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "3", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Manual Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[24, 70, 0, 0]", "EXIF LensModel": "EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "4055005077"}