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Street Children of Butare
Fatigues and fingers feigning pistols--three boys and signs of a different battlefield.
There are thousands of street children in Butare. Some are amputees on crutches. Some are blind. Some have AIDS. Everyday these boys scavenge for food. They make their home in trash heaps boardering the streets. At night, they burrow beneath blankets of rotted refuse, heads at odd angles to the highway.
Some of these children are orphans, others come from broken or abusive homes, a sobering fact which can turn street life into near sanctuary.
Butare, Rwanda.
Central Afrika.
July 8, 2006.
Mother with Child Portraits from Rwanda By Kresta K.C. Venning Book Preview
Street Children of Butare
Fatigues and fingers feigning pistols--three boys and signs of a different battlefield.
There are thousands of street children in Butare. Some are amputees on crutches. Some are blind. Some have AIDS. Everyday these boys scavenge for food. They make their home in trash heaps boardering the streets. At night, they burrow beneath blankets of rotted refuse, heads at odd angles to the highway.
Some of these children are orphans, others come from broken or abusive homes, a sobering fact which can turn street life into near sanctuary.
Butare, Rwanda.
Central Afrika.
July 8, 2006.
Mother with Child Portraits from Rwanda By Kresta K.C. Venning Book Preview