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    A four-year-old boy in his first week living in an orphanage. Taken away from abusive, alcoholic parents, he harboured and displayed high levels of anger. Alcohol-fueled child abuse and neglect is rampant within indigenous communities of Cusco, Peru Views[287] A young, local girl working alone seen rounding up sheep in the Andean Mountains of Cusco, Peru. Children here are often thrown into the workforce at a young age to help support family life. Views[394] Children waiting for free medical examinations provided by Maximo Nivel Intercultural Centre medical volunteers in Cusco, Peru. These services are often the only checkup these children have growing up. Views[263] With no use of his legs, this man has a modified hand-pedaled trike he uses to transport himself around. He plays music on a hand-made walaycho, a Peruvian stringed instrument, to make a living. San Pedro Marketplace, Cusco, Peru. Views[1099] An old lady begging for a meagre amount of money on the dusty streets. This is such a sad and all-too-common site in the heavily tourist populated city of Cusco, Peru. Views[1226]
     

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