Children of the Dumps
A developing model to overcome poverty derived from the successful Chinandega, Nicaragua Story.
Dedicated to Father Marco Dessy
Sponsored by Hope and Relief International, Inc. and the Rotaract Club of Hiram College

Dec. '07 Trip

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2007 - The Dump at Chinandega
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Children of all ages, including toddlers, roam the dump.

They seem to get younger every year.

The twins. Each year they greet us with smiling faces.

A very small portion of this huge city dump.

As he works at the dump, he checks us out in passing.

They live on the dump, work on the dump, and play on the dump.

A true "Lord of the Flies."

This girls has been seen working on the dump for years. She collects plastic bottles for recycling.

This is where graddma lives with her great grand children.

Grandma

Each year does not ease the pain of seeing these children.

Our children play with Nentendo; these children play with garbage.

2007 - The Children-of-the-Dump School
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Hiram College Rotaract Club members arrive at the Children-of-the-Dump school

The children came in during their Christmas break to see us

All children are beautiful!

It was a very happy day!

Showing the children picture of themselves was fun.

The Rotarians were greeted with a dance from the kids.

Even the older children danced and celebrated the Rotarian's arrival at their school.

Passing out Christmas boxes was a real joy!

Over 500 Christrmas boxes were distributed to the children in this school!

It's fun to make others happy.

A warm smile says it all!

This little boy thinks the sun glass in his Christmas box make him cool. He's right!