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    Getting Children out of Goldmines

    Mark Leon Goldberg June 25, 2014

    A powerful video from UNICEF about efforts to deter and prevent children in Burkina Faso from undertaking dangerous work in goldmines.

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    Mark Leon Goldberg is the executive editor of UN Dispatch

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