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Years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country’s dire economic situation, has led to thousands of children having to fend for themselves.
Orphaned, abandoned and exposed to extreme poverty, disease, insecurity and violence, street children have no access to healthcare nor education.
But Congolese activist Noushka Teixeira is hoping to change that and has opened an orphanage and educational center that offers refuge to young girls, who live in the streets of the capital of Kinshasa.
