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  • Matilda selling avocados in a market in the Upper West region of Ghana on 28 May 2014. According to Matilda, she sells GHS 30 - 40 (£5.90 - 7.90) of merchandise per day for a woman who lives near the market, for which she is paid GHS 1 (£0.20). She lives with her older brother, but largely fends for herself as he works away. She said she attended school until her mother’s death; her father lives in Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city, but she has no relationship with him and receives no support.
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  • Jenet Naa, pictured in a market in the Upper West region of Ghana on 28 May 2014, explained through tears that she was selling watermelon in the marketplace to earn enough money to buy a new school uniform—she had damaged hers beyond repair, catching it on a nail sticking up from a piece of furniture. With the day mostly over, she indicated that she had sold GHS 16.00 (£3.15)  worth of watermelon slices thus far, for which she expected to be paid GHS 2.00  (£0.40) by the owner of the fruit. Approximately 12 years old and in 4th grade at school, she estimates that she needs about GHS 19.00  (£3.75) for a new uniform. She says her parents cannot afford to buy it for her. Without a uniform, she will not be allowed to attend school.
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  • Mariam, approximately 16, in a market in the Upper West region of Ghana on 28 May 2014. Having completed Grade 5 at school, she says her mother withdrew her about a year ago because she was unhappy with her performance: "My mother said I don't know anything." (Children in Ghana frequently start school late.) Mariam now sells ‘chim chim’, a confectionery made from flour, sugar, salt and palm oil. She says she grosses GHS 20.00 - 30.00 (£3.95 - 5.93) per day, selling each item for GHS 0.10 (£0.02), and gives the money she earns to her mother.
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  • Lukaya in the Upper West region of Ghana on 28 May 2014, finished Form 1 at school, and then dropped out after she missed her period and discovered she was pregnant. When asked what her plan for the future is, she replied, "Nothing." The father of her child is a boy she grew up with, who left school to be a tractor driver. He is supporting her, and their family elders have decided they should wait until after she gives birth to marry. When asked how she feels about her impending marriage she said, "I'm happy, but not very happy," because she is unable to finish school. "Sometimes I wish I hadn't done it," she adds, "we should have used protection."
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