Rebecca Samuel, right, mother of Sarah, one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, reacts while speaking at a meeting to review efforts to recover the abducted Chibok girls organized by the Chibok Community Association in collaboration with the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, in Abuja, Nigeria, Jan. 1, 2015.
Parents of 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist Boko Haram rebels in April said they were appealing directly to the United Nations for help after losing hope that the Nigerian government would rescue them. Picture taken January 1, 2015.