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

Nov. '06 Trip

Pages with Photographs and Commentary of Various Nicaraguan Locations from the November 2006 Rotary Trip.

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These photographs are subject to copyright (C). For use contact Roger F. Cram.
Permission to use these photographs for Rotary projects or presentations is hereby granted.

2006 - The Dump at Chinandega
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As trucks arrive with garbage, eager dump dwellers go through the refuse looking for salvageables.

Cows, horses, goats, dogs, cats, birds, rodents, and small children live off the dump.

No child labor laws here!

A hard worker looking for plastic bottles.

Your camera eye-piece often fogs with tears.

No one at home to watch the children when mom goes to work on the dump.

A look of despair.

Should he work? Should he play? Should he cry?

Dump dwellers work on two carbage trucks at once.

Waiting for another truck filled with city garbage to arrive.

Grandma finds an empty plastic milk container filled with hospital waste (hypodermic needles).

Marianna - 5 years old - 2005

Marianna - 5 years old - 2005

Marianna - 6 years old - 2006 - cleaned up to go to the doctor.

Marianna - 6 years old - 2006 - cleaned up to go to the doctor.

2006 - The Children-of-the-Dump School
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The students greet each Rotarian and thank them for coming to their school

Frank Huezo and Jim Kite are the two Rotary leaders representing Hope and Relief International Inc.

Children having received Rotary Christmas boxes.

The school has students from 5 to 17 years of age.

A smile for the camera man.

Children everywhere love to giggle

Trying to break the Christmas piņata

Rotarians mingling with the children after arriving at the school

This may be the only Christmas gift they get!

The first high school graduation from students taken off the dump - 2006

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