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UNICEF Mozambique Highlight Untold Stories

Magnum Photos partnered with UNICEF Mozambique to reveal the life of those in the shadow of the countries economic boom

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Alex Webb Gran Hotel (abandoned hotel now inhabited by squatters). Beira, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Alex Webb Gran Hotel. Beira, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Alex Webb Gran Hotel. Beira, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Alex Webb At the beach. Beira, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Alex Webb Outside Beira, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Alex Webb Beira, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Eli Reed Teenage girls in their dormitory at school. The school is a service project of DPMAS and provides vulnerable children with safe access to education. Many of the female students live at the school i (...)
Eli Reed Violence against women. Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Eli Reed | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A child makes a point on the backboard in front of the teacher and class at the local school. Monapo, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry Fisherman ready their nets at dawn before setting off fishing. Ilha de Mocambique, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A church service where members of the congregation hug each other and shake hands at the end of the service. Angoche, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Ian Berry A lone motor cyclist on the dirt road leading to Ribaue. Near Ribaue, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Ian Berry | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins Muedia Primary school. Maganja, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins Catholic church service. Village of Mussanhama, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins EPC Sede Vila Primary school has 2 532 pupils and 47 teachers. Sports and Physical Education are built into their curriculum. Maganja Da Costa, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Chris Steele-Perkins | Magnum Photos
Chris Steele-Perkins A theatre and film outreach project that goes out to different areas taking messages about health and human rights to poorer communities, here sets up in the primary school De Muquissirima. Near Ma (...)
Patrick Zachmann Delcia, a blind teenager in her family. Her uncle and grand-parents take care of her, while her parents divorced and abandoned her. She is going to primary school like other children but doesn't ha (...)
Patrick Zachmann Delcia, a blind teenager in her family. Maputo, Mozambique. July, 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Patrick Zachmann Nelheta Fernando Marcaringue, 40, with Ammadi, 15, who has a mental and physical disability. He doesn't go to school and remains at home. Her husband is dead and she works on the fields. Many menta (...)
Patrick Zachmann Enriqueta Salomao Utui is the mother of Johanna, Admira and Fabiao. He goes to school where a teacher, Inocencio Ignacio has been trained by CREI institution to be able to take care of children wit (...)
Patrick Zachmann Wilton, 2, was born with Down syndrome. Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique. July, 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos
Eli Reed These women are patients in the PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission) clinic and all are infected with HIV. They are waiting to have their babies weighed and checked during routine tra (...)
Eli Reed Home visit with Afua and her family. Afua volunteers with the Kuplumusanna Women's Support Group. She is HIV positive and pregnant with twins. Beira, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Eli Reed | Magnum Photos
Eli Reed A Grandmother raising her grandchildren orphaned by AIDS. Nhamatanda Clinic and Village, Mozambique. 2012. Magnum Photos for UNICEF. © Eli Reed | Magnum Photos

Mozambique, the third least developed country in the world, has been recording some of the world’s highest rates of economic growth in recent years, leading many to believe a major transformation awaits. In 2012, six Magnum photographers partnered with UNICEF Mozambique and travelled through the country documenting the community, the

In 2012, six Magnum photographers partnered with UNICEF Mozambique and travelled through the country documenting the community, the people, and the daily realities rarely told.

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