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  • Elisabeth, 62, a woman living in the area of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA, since about 40 years is scared to go out even during the day because of street gun-fight. She runs a little vegetable shop with her husband, Thomas, 64, in their house. She is portrayed while behind the gate of her house in Heideveld. They acknowledge the fact that thanks to the large police station not far from their house thing are slowly getting better, but also that law enforcement is probably not the right long-term way to curb crime, gangs and drug addiction. They favour development and education for the kids but till now the government of South Africa has promoted a effectual policy towards the area of Heideveld. Police incapacity to control the gang problem has also led to the increase of vigilante groups activity, people that feeling threatened to live in their own community has engaged a fight to the gangs on their own, often creating more hatred and dissent. With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the 'dirty job', gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. 'Coloured' communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these community are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family.
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  • A pill of Mandrax (methaqualone). Initially marketed as a sedative or sleeping tablet by the French pharmaceutical giant Roussell Laboratories, it turned out to be highly addictive and banned in 1977. Sold illegally in South Africa, it is smoked in conjunction with Marijuana and it is the most widely used drug in the Western Cape, sold at about 30 Rands (about 3 UK pounds) per tablet. It is crushed and smoked in pipes or bottlenecks. It makes the user feel relaxed, clam and peaceful and everything looks perfect, while turning aggressive when the effect is wearing off. It requires increased usage in order to achieve the same effects and depression feelings are not uncommon with use. According to the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (CTDCC) it is a really difficult habit to break in impoverished communities where young unemployed are left on their own with no government help or other activities apart from crime and gansgterism. Social injustice, weakened family links and a feeling of 'not-belonging' are also causes of problems upon the 'coloured' communities in South Africa.
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  • Youngsters smoking Mandrax (methaqualone) and Marijuana in their backgarden, in Cape Town, RSA. Initially marketed as a sedative or sleeping tablet by the French pharmaceutical giant Roussell Laboratories, it turned out to be highly addictive and banned in 1977. Sold illegally in South Africa, it is smoked in conjunction with Marijuana and it is the most widely used drug in the Western Cape, sold at about 30 Rands (about 3 UK pounds) per tablet. It is crushed and smoked in pipes or bottlenecks. It makes the user feel relaxed, clam and peaceful and everything looks perfect, while turning aggressive when the effect is wearing off. It requires increased usage in order to achieve the same effects and depression feelings are not uncommon with use. According to the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (CTDCC) it is a really difficult habit to break in impoverished communities where young unemployed are left on their own with no government help or other activities apart from crime and gansgterism. Social injustice, weakened family links and a feeling of 'not-belonging' are also causes of problems upon the 'coloured' communities in South Africa.
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  • A youngster is smoking Mandrax (methaqualone) mixed with Marijuana in Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA.  Initially marketed as a sedative or sleeping tablet by the French pharmaceutical giant Roussell Laboratories, it turned out to be highly addictive and banned in 1977. Sold illegally in South Africa, it is smoked in conjunction with Marijuana and it is the most widely used drug in the Western Cape, sold at about 30 Rands (about 3 UK pounds) per tablet. It is crushed and smoked in pipes or bottlenecks. It makes the user feel relaxed, clam and peaceful and everything looks perfect, while turning aggressive when the effect is wearing off. It requires increased usage in order to achieve the same effects and depression feelings are not uncommon with use. According to the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (CTDCC) it is a really difficult habit to break in impoverished communities where young unemployed are left on their own with no government help or other activities apart from crime and gansgterism. Social injustice, weakened family links and a feeling of 'not-belonging' are also causes of problems upon the ?coloured? communities in South Africa.
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  • Thomas, 64, and Elisabeth, 62, are living in the area of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA, since about 40 years and are scared to go out even during the day because of street gun-fight. They run a little vegetable shop in their house. They acknowledge the fact that thanks to the large police station not far from their house thing are slowly getting better, but also that law enforcement is probably not the right long-term way to curb crime, gangs and drug addiction. They favour development and education for the kids but till now the government of South Africa has promoted a effectual policy towards the area of Heideveld. With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the 'dirty job', gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. ?Coloured? communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these community are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught.
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  • Youngster smoking Mandrax (methaqualone) and Marijuana in a bottleneck, in Heideveld, CapeTown, RSA. Initially marketed as a sedative or sleeping tablet by the French pharmaceutical giant Roussell Laboratories, it turned out to be highly addictive and banned in 1977. Sold illegally in South Africa, it is smoked in conjunction with Marijuana and it is the most widely used drug in the Western Cape, sold at about 30 Rands (about 3 UK pounds) per tablet. It is crushed and smoked in pipes or bottlenecks. It makes the user feel relaxed, clam and peaceful and everything looks perfect, while turning aggressive when the effect is wearing off. It requires increased usage in order to achieve the same effects and depression feelings are not uncommon with use. According to the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre (CTDCC) it is a really difficult habit to break in impoverished communities where young unemployed are left on their own with no government help or other activities apart from crime and gansgterism. Social injustice, weakened family links and a feeling of 'not-belonging' are also causes of problems upon the 'coloured' communities in South Africa.
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  • Youngsters on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Here showing Marijuana worth 50 Rands (about 50 pence). With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the ?dirty job?, gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. ?Coloured? communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these community are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught. Drug abuse between kids as young as 12 is not uncommon, especially crystal meth, mandrax and marijuana.
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  • Marvin, 20 years old, former gangster, teaching a life orientation lesson to young neglected youngsters in the School of Hope in Athlone, Cape Town, RSA, where troubled young kids at risk are getting education (run by Thembalitsha.org.za a local NGO). Marvin was a hit-man, working also for different gang such as 'The Americans' and the 'Junior Mafia' between the age of 15 and 19. He grow up in the mainly 'coloured' area of  Heideveld, where unemployment is rife and gangs are flourishing. He was also addicted by crystal meth (aka 'tik'), a dangerous chemical drug very common in South Africa's poorest neighbourhoods. Thanks to his family, after having been to reformatory, he was helped to get out of the gangs and to join a free academy for skills development aimed at empowering troubled youths through training and discipline, called Chrysalis (www.chrysalisacademy.org.za). He finished a three month course there and he is now about to  start working in the tourism industry; he know the wrongs has done and he does not want to go back to that life anymore. Chrysalis aim at reducing the levels of crime and violence in the Western Cape by transforming 'youth at risk' into strong, positive community leaders of the future through intensive continuous training. ?After I left the gang I was working for in the Woodstock area of Cape Town I have made myself some enemies; I cannot go back there anymore because someone has still anger left for me?I don?t want that life anymore, I want to live peacefully and fulfil my aspirations, you see: it is a matter of having little short-term goals, once you have achieved one you go onto the next, and so on. Always think you can do it, don?t give up, go for it again. I was running in dark corners, there was no way out, I did not have a goal, I had no dreams. You need to believe that you are worthwhile. Life is hard, it depends on you on how you want to make your life. Make everyday your day."
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  • Youngsters on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Francis, a woman living in the area from 40 years is on the back; she has witnessed and has been threatened by the wave of violence affecting these communities. Her grandson, who was part of a gang in the area has been shot three times in front of her house by the common drive-by-shootings carried on by rival gangs in the neighbouring areas. Being in so close contact with members of gangs and criminal activity, youngsters are those who are most tempted to join a gang, which most of the time is also probably composed by friends and others living in the community. Making errands or favours to gang members is also common to the younger kids in these areas which are lured by the apparently easy gains deriving from the activity.  With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the 'dirty job', gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. 'Coloured' communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these communities are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught. Drug abuse between kids as young as 12 is not uncommon, especially crystal meth, mandrax and marijuana.
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  • Marvin, 20 years old, former gangster, by a wall of a school close to the impoverished area of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Marvin was a hit-man, working also for different gangs such as 'The Americans' and the 'Junior Mafia' between the age of 15 and 19. He grow up in the mainly 'coloured' area of  Heideveld, where unemployment is rife and gangs are flourishing. He was also addicted by Crystal Meth (aka 'tik'), a dangerous chemical drug very common in South Africa's poorest neighbourhoods. Thanks to his family he was helped to get out of the gangs and to join a free academy for skills development aimed at empowering troubled youths through training and discipline, called Chrysalis (www.chrysalisacademy.org.za). He finished a three month course there and he is now about to  start working in the tourism industry; he know the wrongs has done and he does not want to go back to that life anymore. Chrysalis aim at reducing the levels of crime and violence in the Western Cape by transforming 'youth at risk' into strong, positive community leaders of the future through intensive continuous training. Marvin is actually heading life orientation lessons to institutes as the School of Hope, in Athlone, Cape Town, where troubled young kids at risk are getting education (run by Thembalitsha.org.za a local NGO).
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  • Francis, 76 years old, a woman living since 40 years in the impoverished area of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. She thinks the situation is getting slowly better in the area compared with the lawlessness experienced during the 1980s. Her grandson, who was part of a gang in the area has been shot three times in front of her house by the common drive-by-shootings carried on by rival gangs in the neighbouring areas. She is scared to walk to the shops in Heideveld because she could find herself in the middle of a gunfight on the streets, but she also acquired some confidence after the government decided to build a large police station just on the area's outskirts. She laments the increasing problems due to drug dealing and abuse amongst the youngs and, like most of the people I spoke to, the soaring rate of unemployment. "If the government helps us with jobs then the situation would b better" she believes. The US style 'war on gangs' protracted since a few years by the government of South Africa is not showing its fruits; on the contrary, critics has been made to it for the excessive penalties suffered by alleged gang members that overburden an already instable prison system, whether in many advocate a better development and education policy and programmes, rather that an open fight, clarly ineffectual on the long-term. In the mainly 'coloured' area of  Heideveld, where unemployment is rife, gangs are flourishing.
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  • Marvin, 20 years old, former gangster, teaching a life orientation lesson to young neglected youngsters in the School of Hope in Athlone, Cape Town, RSA, where troubled young kids at risk are getting education (run by Thembalitsha.org.za a local NGO). Marvin was a hit-man, working also for different gang such as 'The Americans' and the 'Junior Mafia' between the age of 15 and 19. He grow up in the mainly 'coloured' area of  Heideveld, where unemployment is rife and gangs are flourishing. He was also addicted by crystal meth (aka 'tik'), a dangerous chemical drug very common in South Africa's poorest neighbourhoods. Thanks to his family, after having been to reformatory, he was helped to get out of the gangs and to join a free academy for skills development aimed at empowering troubled youths through training and discipline, called Chrysalis (www.chrysalisacademy.org.za). He finished a three month course there and he is now about to  start working in the tourism industry; he know the wrongs has done and he does not want to go back to that life anymore. Chrysalis aim at reducing the levels of crime and violence in the Western Cape by transforming 'youth at risk' into strong, positive community leaders of the future through intensive continuous training. ?After I left the gang I was working for in the Woodstock area of Cape Town I have made myself some enemies; I cannot go back there anymore because someone has still anger left for me?I don?t want that life anymore, I want to live peacefully and fulfil my aspirations, you see: it is a matter of having little short-term goals, once you have achieved one you go onto the next, and so on. Always think you can do it, don?t give up, go for it again. I was running in dark corners, there was no way out, I did not have a goal, I had no dreams. You need to believe that you are worthwhile. Life is hard, it depends on you on how you want to make your life. Make everyday your day."
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  • Youngsters on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Here in front of their house. Being in so close contact with members of gangs and criminal activity, youngsters are those who are most tempted to join a gang, which most of the time is also probably composed by friends and others living in the community. Making errands or favours to gang members is also common to the younger kids in these areas which are lured by the apparently easy gains deriving from the activity.  With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the 'dirty job', gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. 'Coloured' communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these communities are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught. Drug abuse between kids as young as 12 is not uncommon, especially crystal meth, mandrax and marijuana.
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  • Youngsters on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Here in front of their house. (Marvin in the middle and former gangster Fuad on the right). Being in so close contact with members of gangs and criminal activity, youngsters are those who are most tempted to join a gang, which most of the time is also probably composed by friends and others living in the community. Making errands or favours to gang members is also common to the younger kids (?wannabes?) in these areas which are lured by the apparently easy gains deriving from the activity.  With extremely high rates of unemployment, poor resources and too little authority control, ghettos as Heideveld are the best places for gangs to grow in activity and businesses. Targeting mostly young people from their area to carry on the ?dirty job?, gangs in the Western Cape, and South Africa are an endemic problem in continuous increase in the years after the radical apartheid governmental system. ?Coloured? communities have lost almost all their help from a government that now is concentrated on empowering black communities instead. Segregated into ghettos and without state grants or development activities, people in these communities are sometimes forced to join a gang or dealing drugs also to provide for their own family. Young gangster are also used for the worst crimes by the fact that, being still under 18 years old, they would face shorter sentences if caught. Drug abuse between kids as young as 12 is not uncommon, especially crystal meth, mandrax and marijuana.
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  • Children are roaming in the streets of Langa township, an impoverished area of Cape Town. Poverty and AIDS are collaborating in the creation of millions of orphans throughout the whole of Africa. Many of them will end up committing crimes, prostituting or living on the street. Numerous organisation provides now help for street children, but without an integral and reliable governmental response to the crises, it can't be solved. International donors should provide help targeted at developing poor areas and employment, in unison with fighting HIV/AIDS and carrying on education programmes.A greater distribution of ARVs and poverty alleviation would also enhance to chances of the parents to educate and love their children. Living with HIV means also not dying  prematurely, leaving young children where they were struggling to survive.
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  • The Guguletu cemetery, just off Guguletu township of Cape Town, is a place where many people who died because of HIV/AIDS have been buried. South Africa is also claiming to have no land left for the dead and many people are in fact buried on top of others.
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  • A woman is walking across the Guguletu cemetery, just off Guguletu township in Cape Town. Many of the people who died of AIDS in the nearby area are buried here. South Africa is also claiming to have no land left for the dead and many people are in fact buried on top of others.
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  • Axole, 15, is but one of millions of children neglected by their families or orphans living in South Africa.
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  • Youngsters exposing his 'East Coast Gang' tattoo on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Membership to a gang most of the times imply having their tattoo marked on the body, using hand signs and speaking particular slang, in accordance with the area and the different gang, apart from carrying on criminal activities and fight with rivals. Innocent people get killed every year by gangsters believing them to be part of rival gangs because of the language just learnt on the streets.
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  • A dealer is making portions of Crystal Meth (aka 'tik'), an highly addictive chemical drug commonly used in impoverished neighbourhoods in the Western Cape, RSA. Serc, 26 years old, and member of a gang in Heideveld, was shot twice in front of his house by rival gangsters. He has a wife, awaiting a third child, and two young children; with the growing unemployment in the area it has been impossible for him to provide for his family, joined a gang and started selling drugs. He is the 'main guy' in the neighbourhood and people go to him if they have a problem. "If I could find a reasonable job I would definitely quit, I know all this is not good, and it is harming our very community, but now I have to go on, I have no alternative" he says. Meth is becoming increasingly popular amongst schoolchildren and it is not difficult to find kids as young as 12 with addiction. Statistics say that over a six-month period, 94% of Meth users become addicted to it. Meth gives psychotic effects such as seeing or hearing things that are not there, and it is incline to induce violent behaviour. Meth is common between gang members, it is ideal to prepare a gun-man to hit, removing inhibitions, sharpening senses and fuelling aggression. It is easily smoked in pipes or bulbs, and it does not require a laboratory to be produced: in fact, having the right substances, it can be made even in a kitchen. High availability together with the really cheap price of 30-40 Rands per straw ( about 3-4 UK pounds) is helping to increase the abuse of this dangerous substance. Dealing Meth is also a very lucrative business which can turn a 2000 Rands (200 UK pounds) investment into 5000 Rands (500 UK pounds) in a short time. Tolerance develops quickly and higher doses are soon needed to obtain the same effect on the body.
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  • Youngsters exposing their tattoos ('STK Gang' and 'NOLA') on the streets of the impoverished neighbourhood of Heideveld, Cape Town, RSA. Membership to a gang most of the times imply having their tattoo marked on the body, using hand signs and speaking particular slang, in accordance with the area and the different gang, apart from carrying on criminal activities and fight with rivals. Innocent people get killed every year by gangsters believing them to be part of rival gangs because of the language just learnt on the streets.
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  • Crystal Meth (aka 'tik'), an highly addictive chemical drug commonly used in impoverished neighbourhoods in the Western Cape, RSA. Meth is becoming increasingly popular amongst schoolchildren and it is not difficult to find kids as young as 12 with addiction. Statistics say that over a six month period, 94% of Meth users become addicted to it. Meth gives psychotic effects such as seeing or hearing things that are not there, and it is incline to induce violent behaviour. Meth is common between gang members, it is ideal to prepare a gun-man to hit, removing inhibitions, sharpening senses and fuelling aggression. It is easily smoked in pipes or bulbs, and it does not require a laboratory to be produced: in fact, having the right substances, it can be made even in a kitchen. High availability together with the really cheap price of 30-40 Rands per straw ( about 3-4 UK pounds) is helping to increase the abuse of this dangerous substance. Dealing Meth is also a very lucrative business which can turn a 2000 Rands (200 UK pounds) investment into 5000 Rands (500 UK pounds) in a short time. Tolerance develops quickly and higher doses are soon needed to obtain the same effect on the body. Chronic abuse can lead to out-of-control rages, violence, anxiety, confusion and mood disturbances. Meth affects many parts of the central neurous system and if prolonged it does not only affects behaviour but literally changes the brain in fundamental and longstanding ways.
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  • A man is selling newspapers at a junction in central Cape Town.
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  • Bulelwa, a HIV+ woman, is standing in her house with Mxolisi, 2, (right) her HIV+ child in the impoverished area of Langa. Bulelwa is holding a new born baby who has not been tested yet.
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  • Anele,3, a HIV+ cihld is standing in Mama Ester's creche in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Mama Ester is playing with two of the children at her creche in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Pupils are attending to a lesson at the Tereo Mission School in Cape Town.
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  • Shacks are seen from a window of Mama Ester's creche in Khayelitsha township, Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Kholiswa, 2, a HIV+ girl is portrayed in her bad at Thembacare HIV+ children's care hospice in Athlone, Cape Town. Her skin marks the signs of Antiretroviral (ARVs) treatment against the HIV virus.
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  • Children at the Sijongephambili creche, in the impoverished area of Lwandle township, Somerset West, Cape Town, are posing for a group picture.
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  • On the outskirts of Khayelitsha township people are getting busy on the road. Table Mount and Lion's Head, two icons of Cape Town, are visible in the background.
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  • Nozuko, a HIV+ woman living with her son Thulani, 5, is standing in fron of the home in the township of Philippe, an impoverished area of Cape Town.
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  • Thulani, 5, a HIV positive child living in Philippe township, Cape Town, is standing on the side of the road. He is living with his mother and relatives in a small wooden shack.
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  • Houses are build in corrugated iron and wood in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Fundile, 30, a HIV+ woman, is praying the Lord in her home in Philippe township, Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty. Her son, Kunnele, 2, is also HIV+.
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  • Mxolisi, 2, a HIV positive child living in Langa township, Cape Town, is portrayed in his home.
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  • Children at a creche in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • A nurse is applying ear disinfectant to a young girl at the Thembacare HIV care hospice in Athlone, Cape Town.
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  • Working with clay at a non governmental centre is providing some revenue for the people living in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Houses are build in corrugated iron and wood in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • A child is sitting at a creche in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Mama Ester is playing with two of the children at her creche in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Houses are build in corrugated iron and wood in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • Sonja, a health worker, is compiling some forms at Thembacare HIV+ children's care hospice in Athlone, Cape Town.
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  • Nobuhle, 21, a HIV+ woman, is portrayed in her house inside the township of Philippe East, Cape Town.
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  • Sinethembe, 9, is standing by a store on the streets of Khayelitsha, a large township in Cape Town. After being abused by the uncle he contacted HIV. He cares for his two siblings of 3 and 5 years when their mum is away at work. Sinethembe will start school next year, at the age of 10.
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  • Zanoxolo, 9, a boy living with HIV, is sitting in his home in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town. He lives with the mum, also HIV+ and 2 brothers.
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  • Zukiswa (middle), 8 year old girl with HIV, is standing by her home in Philippe East, an impoverished area of Cape Town.
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  • A man is working with clay at a non governmental centre aimed at proving revenues for the people living in Khayelitsha township, in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • A child is walking inside a creche in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty.
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  • Masonwabe, 4, a HIV+ boy with cerebral palsy, is lying in his bed at Thembacare HIV+ children's care hospice in Athlone, Cape Town..
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  • Nonceba, 3, a HIV+ girl, is tanding in her bed at Thembacare HIV+ children's care hospice in Athlone, Cape Town.
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  • A Christian volunteer is talking to a young child affected by HIV/AIDS in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, where over a million people live in the extreme poverty..
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  • A man carrying an umbrella on his shoulder is walking near a market on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A young man is walking near an old Portuguese house in Claudio Corallo's Nova Moca plantation, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Children living in Roça Ribeira Funda are making and playing with wood carts, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Claudio Corallo is showing a handful of cocoa drying on a wood desiccator in the technical area of his plantation on the island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A woman is walking on the road leading to Pico Maria Fernandes, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • The priest of the local evangelical church ‘Assembly of God’ is talking to people attending Sunday morning mass on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • In the evening Claudio Corallo rests in his house and plantation on the island of Principe, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Claudio Corallo is following production orders of coffee and chocolate in his laboratory on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Workers are selecting raisins that Claudio Corallo uses for his varieties of chocolates with alcoholic distillates, while in his laboratory on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A worker is picking fresh coffee beans in the Nova Moca plantation of Claudio Corallo, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A local festival called ‘Tragedy’ is taking place in the village of Santo Amaro on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A local festival called ‘Tragedy’ is taking place in the village of Santo Amaro on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Children are playing inside the old hospital of Roça Agostinho Neto, where they now live with their families, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Fishermen are working near the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • The chocolate produced by Claudio Corallo is being spread on a tray in his laboratory on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Claudio Corallo is looking after one of the groups of tourists that every week visit his laboratory to taste his amazing products, and to learn more about his unique types of coffee and chocolate, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • The island of Principe is being overflown by a small plane that connects it with Sao Tome, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A fisherman is rowing on his boat near the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A girl is standing by near her home in Roça Agua Ize', on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A local festival called ‘Tragedy’ is taking place in the village of Santo Amaro on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A worker is selecting toasted cocoa, during the last process before it becomes chocolate, in the technical area of Claudio Corallo's Nova Moca plantation, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A fisherman is rowing on his boat near the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Fishermen are looking for banks of fish near the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Two workers, in charge of gathering the cocoa harvest, are walking next to a big shade tree, in the plantation of Claudio Corallo on the island of Principe, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • The island of Principe is being overflown by a small plane that connects it with Sao Tome, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • People living in the old hospital of Roça Agostinho Neto are walking down the stairs leading to their rooms, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A dog is walking next to a house of Roça Agostinho Neto, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Claudio Corallo is portrayed by the entrance of his house on the island of Principe, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Workers are turning cocoa that is drying on a wood desiccator in the technical area of Claudio Corallo’s plantation on the island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Workers are selecting and bagging fresh coffee beans in the Nova Moca plantation of Claudio Corallo, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A man is wearing a Barack Obama t-shirt while standing around a fish market in Praia Cruz, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • At sunrise, fishermen are preparing their nets before venturing into the sea with their boat in Praia Cruz, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Different stamps used for the products of Claudio Corallo are exposed in his laboratory on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A worker is turning cocoa beans brewing in the technical area of the Claudio Corallo’s plantation on the island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • One of the cocoa varieties that are growing in Claudio Corallo’s plantation on the island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A worker is picking cocoa in the plantation of Claudio Corallo on the island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Youngsters are diving into the sea near Claudio Corallo’s home on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Sitting next to an open beer, a mother is tying her draught’s braids in a small market area on the island of Principe, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Children living in Roça Ribeira Funda are standing around at sunset, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A worker is picking cocoa in the plantation of Claudio Corallo on the island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Claudio Corallo is feeling the aromas released from a handful of cocoa that is drying on a wood desiccator in the technical area of his plantation on the island of Principe, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • In the evening Claudio Corallo rests in his house and plantation on the island of Principe, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
    001_King_of_Chocolate_Corallo.JPG
  • A worker is selecting toasted cocoa, during the last process before it becomes chocolate, in the technical area of Claudio Corallo's Nova Moca plantation, on the island of Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Claudio Corallo is feeling the aromas released from a handful of cocoa that is drying on a wood desiccator in the technical area of his plantation on the island of Principe, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • Claudio Corallo is pruning a Liberian-quality coffee plant in his plantation on the island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • The island of Principe is being overflown by a small plane that connects it with Sao Tome, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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  • A Ngembu bat is flying between trees in the plantation of Claudio Corallo on the island of Principe, in Sao Tome and Principe, (STP) a former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.
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