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CHISEC, GUATEMALA - JULY 21: Ortilia Fidelina Tun SÃ- at school on July 21, 2016, in Chisec, Guatemala.
Ortilia is one of ten siblings - she has four brothers and five sisters. Currently in the third grade, Her favourite subject is language and communication because she loves reading stories, proverbs and riddles and she wants to one day go to university. Each day when she arrives home she sweeps, mops, washes dishes and helps take care of her younger siblings to ease the burden on her mother Rosa. Ortilia wants to own her own home and work with girls in her community as a mentor with Abriendo Oportunidades, a program developed by Population Council to help poor and indigenous communities improve their lives. Her favourite food, grown locally in her community, is macuy, a delicious and very nutritious leaf vegetable. She loves cycling but at present has to make do with borrowing her brotherâs bike - and says if she had one wish it would be to have a bike of her own. Ortilia says she wants to one day get married and have three children of her own - but not until she has her own profession and is ready for motherhood.
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CHISEC, GUATEMALA - JULY 21: Ortilia Fidelina Tun SÃ- at school on July 21, 2016, in Chisec, Guatemala.
Ortilia is one of ten siblings - she has four brothers and five sisters. Currently in the third grade, Her favourite subject is language and communication because she loves reading stories, proverbs and riddles and she wants to one day go to university. Each day when she arrives home she sweeps, mops, washes dishes and helps take care of her younger siblings to ease the burden on her mother Rosa. Ortilia wants to own her own home and work with girls in her community as a mentor with Abriendo Oportunidades, a program developed by Population Council to help poor and indigenous communities improve their lives. Her favourite food, grown locally in her community, is macuy, a delicious and very nutritious leaf vegetable. She loves cycling but at present has to make do with borrowing her brotherâs bike - and says if she had one wish it would be to have a bike of her own. Ortilia says she wants to one day get married and have three children of her own - but not until she has her own profession and is ready for motherhood.
PHOTOGRAPH BY Daniele Volpe / Barcroft Media
London-T:+44 207 033 1031 E:hello@barcroftmedia.com -
New York-T:+1 212 796 2458 E:hello@barcroftusa.com -
New Delhi-T:+91 11 4053 2429 E:hello@barcroftindia.com www.barcroftmedia.com