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UNICEF/SWZK00053/ GIACOMO PIROZZI September 2004: SABIRABAD, Azerbaijan, – 10-year-old Ismail Agayev and his mother Gultekin, aged 32, in their home at the Galagayin settlement for IDPs in Sabirabad, 180 km south of the capital Baku. More than 1,900 IDP families, who fled their homes as a result of the Ngorno-Karabakh conflict, live in the settlement. Around 800,000 people are internally displaced. Ismail’s parents came to Sabirabad from Fizuli in 1994. The boy was born in the settlement that he calls ‘home’.		UNICEF/SWZK00058/ GIACOMO PIROZZI September 2004: SABIRABAD, Azerbaijan - Babek, aged 13, and Beyrek, aged 10, with their mother Tarlan (38) at their temporary home in Galagayin settlement for IDPs in Sabirabad, 180 km south from the capital Baku. They fled their home in Jabrail in 1993 and are among the 1,900 IDP families living in this settlement. Around 800,000 people are internally displaced. Babek, a 5th grade student, and Beyrek, a 3rd grade student, both go to a school for IDP children in the camp.

UNICEF/SWZK00243/ GIACOMO PIROZZI Azerbaijan, 2004: 13-year old Zohra Mamedova, left, lives with about 150 other children in a boarding school in Sheki, 330 km north west of the capital, Baku. Her parents divorced three years ago. "My father lives in Russia," she says. "I pray that one day when he becomes rich, my Dad will take me out of here." UNICEF is working with the carers at the School to help them make the transition to family-based care for the children. There are more than 27,000 children in institutions in Azerbaijan -- more than half of them have living parents.		UNICEF/SWZK00244/ GIACOMO PIROZZI Azerbaijan 2004: Children eat their lunch at the dormitory of the boarding school for children without parental care in Sheki, 330 km north west of the capital, Baku. About 150 children, some with disabilities, live in this institution. UNICEF works with the carers at the School to help them make the transition to more family-based alternatives to institutional care. There are over 27,000 children in institutions in Azerbaijan -- more than half have living parents.

UNICEF/SWZK00269/ GIACOMO PIROZZI AZERBAIJAN 2004: Children at the boarding school for children without parental care in Sheki, 330 km northwest of the capital, Baku. UNICEF helps the caregivers at the school build their capacities in family-based services, as well as educating parents on child development. There are more than 27,000 children in institutions in Azerbaijan. More than half have parents.		UNICEF/SWZK00294/ GIACOMO PIROZZI AZERBAIJAN 2004: Brothers five-year old Abid and nine-year old Sahil with a carer at the Children Development Centre for Children with Disabilities in Sumgayit, 27 km from the capital, Baku. UNICEF promotes family/community-based rehabilitation for children with disabilities, as well as supporting initiatives to promote inclusive education.