Fatima Amadou, 16, pounding grain at home in their village Djagourou, Tera. 
Fatima Amadou, 16 at home in their village Djagourou, Tera. Roukayatou is mother to five children, four of whom are sponsored by A UK aid agency. Last year's crops failed and their supplies have now run out. Her husband Amadou Hama left six months ago to work in the gold mines and she has not heard from him since. If it was not for the the food she has been able to grow in the garden the family would have migrated to the capital to do domestic work.
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Location: Niger
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
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