Before they fled, all of the family’s possessions were stolen, along with many of their cattle. Helena has never been to school as she has to look after the remaining cattle. ‘My biggest worry is what we are going to eat each day,’ she says. ‘My hope for the future is that I can go to school. If I could change one thing about my life it would be to go to school.’ Girls in South Sudan often aren’t educated past primary school age, as many families are keen to marry them off at about 14 to 16 years old in exchange for assets such as cattle. Others simply can’t afford to pay school fees