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HARARE, Zimbabwe, June 12 (UPI) -- Poverty is prompting more and more children in Zimbabwe to turn to prostitution to survive, an international charity reports.
Save the Children says girls as young as 12-years-old are selling their bodies for as little as a package of biscuits, the BBC reported Friday.
A teacher at one school told the BBC hundreds of her female students are selling their bodies for whatever they can get.
"It could be books, it could be biscuits, chips -- some even just to be given a hug," the teacher said.
County Director Rachel Pounds of Save the Children says girls are being sought by child traffickers who plan to send them to neighboring South Africa to service clients attending next year's World Cup.
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