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Peru's Amazonian beauty as seen from the water.

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Members of Peru's indigenous, Kintoshi and Chopra communities

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traveled 18 hours on these waters to meet with a delegation

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of UNICEF's executive board, who were in Peru to see how

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UNICEF's work has helped to tackle some of the problems

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facing this developing society.

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Members of the board were greeted with traditional dance and music,

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but also with gratitude.

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UNICEF's work in this area has helped to abate the spread

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of hepatitis B amongst these indigenous communities,

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who were at one time thought to be close to extinction

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because of the disease.

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Now, some 88% of children have been immunized

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against the deadly threat.

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In other parts of Peru, the board took time out to visit

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schools where children are not only learning,

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but also being given outlets to seek solutions

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to their own problems.

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Having this direct contact with the population,

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where they have actually implemented these programs,

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is very illustrative.

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Because when you exchange opinions about the activities

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of UNICEF in the field, I believe that we are pulling together

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elements that will let us have much more precise reflections.

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At a maternal health center in Lima,

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the board saw how UNICEF's work was helping to educate mothers

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in natal care and in the dangers of mother-to-child transmission

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of HIV and AIDS.

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While the delegation's main focus of attention

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was on what UNICEF and its partners could contribute

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to helping governments take action to neutralize threats

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affecting the rights of young people,

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the trip also showed how much progress had been made

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from the partnerships already in existence.

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Providing hope and enthusiasm for future generations.

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This is Amaliko Okafor reporting for UNICEF Television,

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Unite for Children.