Protection - Child marriages -Mbera refugee camp:  A fifteen years old Afaid Maiga is a Malian refugee living in M'Bera refugee camp in Mauritania. Afaid never attended school, two years ago her and her family fled the violence in Northern Mali and sought refuge in M'Bera refugee camp in Mauritania.  At the age fourteen, her father forced her to marry a men much older than her. Afaid's mother opposed the marriage and filed her case with the M'bera refugee leader who referred her to UNICEF's partner InterSOS. Child protection network and InterSOS intervened and managed to convince the father and Afaid's new husband to break the marriage.  Now almost a year since Afaid's marriage has been nulled, she continues to live with her parents in M'bera refugee camp. Occasionally she visits a youth club but she doesn't want to undertake informal education programme saying that she wants to help her mother with house choirs.   Bassikonou, Hodh Ech Chargui, Mauritania.
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