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  • Mohammed Mohsin, 14, a boy suffering from severe cerebral palsy, is being fed water by his mother, a '1984 Gas Survivor', inside a public hospital in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Before being dressed up, Rachi, 7, a girl affected by microcephaly and myoclonic epilepsy, is being freed of a cord to her ankle, her mother Jyoti Yadav, 34, a '1984 Gas Survivor', use to keep her from wandering off on her own, and being at risk of abuse and danger, while inside their home near Saifiya College, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre right) is participating to a Skills Development class led by Mr Anil Gulati, (right) Unicef Communication Specialist for Madhya Pradesh, inside the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ravi, 11, Poonam's older brother, is relaxing on a bed, while eating biscuits inside his family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Ashia, 31, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is lifting her disabled son Anas, 11, a boy affected by severe cerebral palsy, while inside their home in Aishbag Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Aadite, 10, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder and malnutrition, is being held by his mother, Lakshmi, 30, while inside their home in Kabit Pura, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. Aadite's father, Raju, a '1984 Gas Survivor', died in March 2013 at the age of 32, due to lungs failure. Aadite now lives in a small room with his mother, who works six days a week as a cleaner, his two sisters Mayuri, 13, Mahag, 8, and his younger brother Anuj, 6. None of the siblings in this family are attending school or any kind of practical education.
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  • Parveen Khan, 34, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is holding her disabled daughter Misba Khan, 10, a girl affected by cerebral palsy, while in the garden of Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Poona Bai, a '1984 Gas Survivor',  40, is holding her son Raj, 7, a boy affected by a severe neurological disorder, while making Indian chai tea for her family in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Ravi, 11, (right) Poonam's older brother, is helping his father Suresh Jatevm, 42, to carry and sell papayas on their wheeled cart along the streets of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Shabana, 30, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is deep in thoughts while looking after her severely disabled young daughter, Sufiya, one and a half years old, while lying on a bed inside their home in Kabar Kana, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. Sufiya is Shabana's first child and she is now scared of considering further pregnancies. Sufiya is affected by a neurological disorder causing severe seizures and slow brain development. She is not able to eat or swallow food naturally, and is living exclusively on water and milk.
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  • Poonam, 9, is standing in the front-yard of her newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Arti, 15, Poonam's eldest sister, (front) is taking stitching lessons in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Sharma Khan, 31, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is applying some talco on the face and neck of her disabled daughter Sufiya, 7, a girl affected by severe cerebral palsy, while in their home in Shajahanbad, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • A smiling Suraj Pratap Singh, 18, a boy affected by severe cerebral palsy, is being lifted by his mother, Kaser Bai, 40, a '1984 Gas Survivor', to be washed in front of their home in Chola, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • With great effort, Farida Sultan, 44, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is lifting Azhar, 16, one of her two severely disabled sons affected by severe muscular dystrophy, while inside their home in Shahjahanbad, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • (left to right) Ravi, 14, Sanjita, 41, Poonam, 12, Arti, 18, and Jyoti, 13, are sitting together watching television inside their newly built home in Oriya Basti, a water-affected urban colony of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • After having washed her hair, Poonam, 13, (left) is waiting for chai tea to be served by her oldest sister Arti, 19, while sitting on the floor of their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (front right) is praying in the early hours of the morning with other pupils and Sushila Chourasiya, 53, the assistant warden of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Pupils are having breakfast in the early hours of the morning inside the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu lives in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel by her school, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre) is playing Ball Relay with other pupils in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Jyoti, 14, (left) and her younger sister Poonam, 13, (right) are meditating next to one another before starting lessons inside a classroom of the small, private school they regularly attend since 2011, located close to their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. The two girls are studying in Year 6, out of 12, in 2015-16.
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  • Sachin, 18, (centre) Poonam's oldest brother, is cooking corn the family is now selling, while sitting on his father's trolley, bought with part of the money donated by 'The Photographers Giving Back Awards' in 2011, in order to improve the family's quality of life, near their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • While having an afternoon chai tea, Poonam, 13, (right) is reviewing school homework with her older sister Jyoti, 14, sitting with their older brother Ravi, 15, on the floor of their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Before attending Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre, Rupa Raiqwa, 44, is tying the belt of her disabled daughter Sanjena, 11, a girl affected by severe cerebral palsy, while inside their home in Chola, one of the water-affected colonies near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Sanjena's father, 44, is a '1984 Gas Survivor'.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, is talking to other pupils during a Skills Development class in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, is kicking a soccer ball in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre) is praying in the early hours of the morning with other pupils in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (right) is holding the hand of her best friend, Aruna, 13, while standing inside the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, is sitting in her family home in Chittawaliya village, rural Sehore, while her mother Mohini, 37, is caressing her hair. Ritu lives in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel by her school, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Poonam, 11, (left) is discussing her homework with Jyoti, 12, (right) while standing in the front yard of their family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • (left to right) Poonam's sister Jyoti, 13, their mother Sanjita, 41, Poonam, 12, and their aunt - visiting today - are checking accessories on sale from a wheeled cart passing in front of the family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Poonam's older sister Jyoti, 14, (right) is reaching for electrical wires in order to start the family's small fan while their mother is busy mending some clothes with a sewing machine inside their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Siddhesh, 12, a boy affected by severe cerebral palsy, is being fed lentils and soup by his mother, Meeta, 33, while inside their home in Nariyal Kheda, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. Siddhesh's father has abandoned them years ago. His mother, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is also suffering from a mild mental illness, and they now live with Siddhesh's maternal grandfather on the meagre pension he is earning after working as a civil servant.
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  • Before being dressed up, Rachi, 7, a girl affected by microcephaly and myoclonic epilepsy, is being dried with a towel by her mother Jyoti Jadav, 34, a '1984 Gas Survivor', while inside their home near Saifiya College, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Crying and sick with high fever, Firdaus Haneef, 16, a girl affected by severe cerebral palsy, is being comforted by her mother, Asma, 35, a '1984 Gas Survivor', while sitting on the floor of their home in Bapu Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Poona Bai, 40, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is holding her son Raj, 7, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder, while standing in front of their home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre/right) is sitting with her father, Sanjay, 45, (left) her younger brother, Pawan, 11, and her older sister, Malti, 17, (right) insider their home in Chittawaliya village, rural Sehore,  Ritu lives in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel by her school, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (left) is taking a pot of drinking water inside the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (fourth in the left line) is celebrating her team's victory in the game of Hurdle Race in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre right) is participating to a Skills Development class focusing on sawing, led by Sushila Chourasiya, 53, the assistant warden of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu lives in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel by her school, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (second from left) is talking to her roommates inside their dorm in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, is smiling to her teacher during a class on the roof of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, is reading a text while standing in a classroom of the MS Jamoniya Tank Schhol, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Ritu lives in the adjacent Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre) is throwing a ball towards her classmates while playing Circle Dodgeball in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Disabled children are playing on a slide and on a swing during an afternoon at Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives. The trust, funded by The Bhopal Medical Appeal, a British-based NGO, offers counselling, education, physiotherapy and love to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or fed highly contaminated water since an early age, when the body is more likely to be affected, and to suffer irreparable damage to health and wellbeing.
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  • Poonam, 11, is arguing with her mother Sangita, 40, while standing inside the kitchen area of their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Ahead of morning lessons, Jyoti, 14, (left) and her younger sister Poonam, 13, (right) are walking towards the small, private school they regularly attend since 2011, located close to their newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-contaminated colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. The two girls are studying in Year 6, out of 12, in 2015-16.
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  • Arti, 16, Poonam's eldest sister, is cooking some chapattis, the typical flat India bread, while sitting next to the fireplace inside her family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Poonam, 10, (left) and her older sister Jyoti, 11, (right) are studying together inside their family's newly built home in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Firdaus Haneef, 13, a girl affected by severe cerebral palsy, is being helped to colour a drawing by her mother, Asma, 35, a '1984 Gas Survivor', while sitting on the floor of Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Bharti Gupta, 32, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is looking at the correct way to fit the lower legs' supports used daily by her disabled son Unnati, 6, a boy affected by a severe neurological disorder, before leaving their home in Pashpa Nagar, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, in order to attend Chingari Trust Rehabilitation Centre, located near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Suraj Pratap Singh, 18, a boy affected by severe cerebral palsy, is being fed by his mother, Kaser Bai, 40, a '1984 Gas Survivor', while inside their home in Chola, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Shazia, 24, is administering medicines to her daughter Humera, 2, a girl affected by a severe neurological disorder, while sitting on a bed inside their home in Nawab, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. All four grandparents of Humera are '1984 Gas Survivors', and her parents have been drinking contaminated underground water until 2011, when the local government started to provide regular pipelines to parts of this colony.
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  • Samir, 14, a severely disabled boy, is having his teeth brushed by his mother, Wahida Bee, 32, a '1984 Gas Survivor', using her finger, while inside their home in Kasi Camp, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Saba, 31, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is being helped by her husband (left) when washing their disabled son Aman Qureshi, 14, a boy affected by severe cerebral palsy, while sitting inside their bathroom in Aishbag Colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India.
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  • Lata Demade, 34, a '1984 Gas Survivor', is about to lift her daughter Mahima, 10, a girl affected by severe cerebral palsy, while in their bathroom in Navjeevan, one of the water-affected colonies in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, is sitting in her family home in Chittawaliya village, rural Sehore. Ritu lives in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel by her school, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (left) is walking with her older sister, Malti, 17, (centre) and her younger sister, Shalu, 12, (right) on a road of her village, Chittawaliya, in rural Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Ritu lives in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (left) is participating to a Skills Development class focusing on drawing, in the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Two girls studying at the MS Jamoniya Tank Schhol, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, are preparing a welcoming Hindu 'rangoli' in the early hours of the morning, in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre) is smiling while consuming a meal inside the MS Jamoniya Tank Schhol, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Ritu lives in the adjacent Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (bottom left) is studying on her bed inside a dorm of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (top left near ball) is playing in a circle with other pupils in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre) is stretching in the early hours of the morning with other pupils in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre) is playing the game of Kabaddi in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Sachin, 16, a boy suffering from a severe physical disorder affecting his bone structure and legs, is being helped washing by his grandmother, inside their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • On a rainy day, a girl is playing with an umbrella along the railway tracks passing through New Arif Nagar, one of the water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • An injured dog is sitting on the pavement in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Children are playing on a cart, while crossing a small flooded road in Oriya Basti, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, a water-affected colony located near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Aliyar, 18 months, a boy suffering severe hydrocephalus, is being held by his mother, Roxana, 31, a '1984 Gas Survivor', while inside the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, (centre) is praying before receiving a meal inside the MS Jamoniya Tank Schhol, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Ritu lives in the adjacent Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • Ritu Gaur, 13, is Skipping Rope in front of the Jamoniya Tank Girls Hostel, near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Unicef India Sport For Development Project has started in 2012. Covering 313 state-run girls’ hostels and 207 mixed hostels in Madhya Pradesh, the project ensures that children from Scheduled Tribes (ST) and others amongst the poorest people in India, can easily access education and be introduced to sports. Field workers from Unicef also oversee their nutrition and monitor the overall conditions of each pupil.
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  • A girl is being examined by a member of The Bhopal Medical Appeal during a community meeting near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • A disabled child is receiving speech therapy inside Chingari Trust, the local NGO caring for disabled  children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Apesha, 4, a child presenting a severe physical and mental disability, is participating to a physiotherapy session inside Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • Children are being assisted at the Chingari Trust in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, located only minutes away from the former Union Carbide factory. Chingari Trust offers assistance, education, physiotherapy and advice to hundreds of children born from gas-affected parents or being fed highly contaminated water since a very early age, when the body is more likely to be affected and suffer irreparable damage.
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, a girl is adjusting her headscarf while walking in line in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A girl is busy collecting potable drinking water delivered by a government truck in Oriya Basti, one of the water-affected colonies near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas tragedy. The poisonous cloud that enveloped Bhopal left everlasting consequences that today continue to consume people's lives.
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  • Raj, 7, a child suffering from a severe neurological disorder is being held by his mother, Poona Bai, 40, in front of their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A woman is tending to the fire, in the late afternoon, on the streets of Oriya Basti, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the 1984 Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) gas disaster.
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  • A young boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder is taking part to a community meeting organised by The Bhopal Medical Appeal near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) factory in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • Children's toys are laying inside the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • A young girl is standing near her home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, located near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, two Muslim boys are walking under the rain inside the Taj-ul-Masajid, one of Asia's largest mosques, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, blind Muslim beggars are waling in line in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Raj, 7, a boy suffering from a severe neurological disorder is being kissed by his mother, Poona Bai, 40, in front of their home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Getty Grant for Good
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  • A .Puja. (worship) for good auspices is taking place inside a newly opened tailor shop in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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  • Children are playing with raindrops during a storm in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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  • The contorted legs of Faizan, 14, are a clear example of the dangers faced by the children and their families living in Arif Nagar, one of the many impoverished colonies of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, located dangerously near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Faizan has recently deceased.
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  • Children are sitting around a Ganesha shrine during the Gampati Festival, dedicated to the famous Indian God with an elephant's head, in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Sachin, 18, a boy suffering from a severe leg paralysis due to the consumption of contaminated water in early age, is sitting inside his home in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the former Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Teacher Usha Tilwana, 39, is assisting Arman Parwez, 6, a young boy suffering from a neurological disorder inside the Chingari Rehabilitation Centre in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex Copyright: Alex Masi
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  • During the holy month of Ramadan, two Muslim brothers selling bread and sweets are embracing inside their stall in Kasi Camp, one of the nineteen water-affected colonies surrounding the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • Rusty metal pipes have been abandoned inside the Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, site of the infamous 1984 gas disaster.
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  • Meenakshi, 7, a child born with mental and physical disabilities from a gas-affected mother is kissing her only doll while inside her home in the impoverished Oriya Basti Colony, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, near the abandoned Union Carbide industrial complex.
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  • A woman is walking next to Bollywood movie posters of the film 'Gangs of Wasseypur II', affixed on a pedestrian crossing over a  junction in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A disabled child is awaiting therapy inside Chingari Trust, the local NGO caring for disabled  children in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • A boy is eating .Panipuri. form a local street vendor in the impoverished Oriya Basti colony in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex. Copyright: Alex Masi / Focus For Humanity
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