Disadvantaged Dreams

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

PERU | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [361] | View Larger Image

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.

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.

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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

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My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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