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    "Swazi women are conservative and resilient, and so are children, and so too, for that matter, are our men," Dlamini said. "But the drought has pushed everyone to the breaking point."

    Quoted: "With child-headed households, the threshold of survival is already low in terms of vulnerability. The drought is devastating for them; their coping mechanisms are about zero. These are the children who are most in danger of selling themselves for a meal," Mnisi said.

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