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  • A leprosy patient is talking to a doctor at the clinic supported by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_18.jpg
  • Children are about to leave class after a day spent a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.A leprosy patient is talking to a doctor at the clinic supported by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_12.jpg
  • 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 mother is feeding breast milk to her malnourished child (right) while lying on the floor of a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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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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  • A malnourished child is lying on a bed inside a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A malnourished child is sitting on the floor of a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
    Acute_Child_Malnutrition_India_02.JPG
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is lost in thoughts during the celebrations for the Hindu festival of Durga Puja by the entrance of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_19.jpg
  • Girls student are following a computer lesson at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_11.jpg
  • .A teacher is taking care of a child just arrived in the morning to the school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India..
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_02.jpg
  • A mother is cleaning and oiling her malnourished child while sitting on the floor of a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A malnourished child is sleeping in a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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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 man is selling newspapers at a junction in central Cape Town.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Children are talking to their teacher after the end of the lessons at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_17.jpg
  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is talking to a child and his mother at a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_15.jpg
  • A child is leaving classes after a day spent a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_13.jpg
  • .A child has been called with his mother in the teacher's office to discuss some matters over his studies at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India..
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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is overseeing a lesson at a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_07.jpg
  • A small band is playing during the Durga Puja festival celebrations in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_04.jpg
  • Medical staff is checking the weight of a malnourished child admitted to a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • A mother is holding her malnourished child while laying on their bed inside a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Nobuhle, 21, a HIV+ woman, is portrayed in her house inside the township of Philippe East, Cape Town.
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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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  • Children at a 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Children are drinking purified water at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_16.jpg
  • A mother has come to pick up her child from a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_14.jpg
  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is playing with a child in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_06.jpg
  • Medical staff is checking the weight of a malnourished child admitted to a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
    Acute_Child_Malnutrition_India_10.JPG
  • A mother is holding her malnourished child while sitting on their bed inside a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
    Acute_Child_Malnutrition_India_06.JPG
  • A malnourished child is lying on the floor of a feeding centre run by UNICEF in the town Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India.
    Acute_Child_Malnutrition_India_04.JPG
  • 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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  • Pupils are attending to a lesson at the Tereo Mission School in 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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  • Children are following a lesson at a school run by Sonrisas de Bombay, a fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_10.jpg
  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is celebrating the Hindu festival of Durga Puja with a teacher and some young student in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_05.jpg
  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is receiving a blessing and a garland by a community member during the celebrations for the Hindu festival of Durga Puja in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_01.jpg
  • 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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  • 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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  • Jaume Sanllorente, the director general of Sonrisas de Bombay is overseeing a lesson at a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_09.jpg
  • Children are playing during the Durga Puja festival celebrations in the courtyard of a school run by the fast-growing Spanish NGO in Mumbai, India.
    Sonrisas_De_Bombay_Ngo_Alex_Masi_03.jpg
  • Doctors at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are trying to reanimate Marhazu Sa'adu, 9 days old, a child suffering from blood lead level of 49.6 micrograms per decilitre, tetanus and septicaemia, inside the MSF clinic in Anka, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Marhazu passed away within the day. The MSF facility handles serious cases of lead poisoning referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • A mother is sitting with her children inside the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) clinic in Anka, Zamfara State, Nigeria, handling serious cases of lead poisoning referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
    17_Zamfara_Gold_Lead.JPG
  • Women with their children are sitting on the floor of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) clinic in Anka, Zamfara State, Nigeria, handling serious cases of lead poisoning referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
    15_Zamfara_Gold_Lead.JPG
  • The doctor of the only unofficial clinic in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, is sitting at his desk. The village, located close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel, sits near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
    Bedouin_Negev_Israel_38.JPG
  • Women with their children are sitting on the floor of the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) clinic in Anka, Zamfara State, Nigeria, handling serious cases of lead poisoning referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • Lukman Maigoro, 6, (right) a young boy suffering from blindness, is having breakfast with two of his siblings in Bagega, pop. 9000, a large village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. At the age of 4, Lukman became blind due to lead poisoning. He was cured at the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) clinic in Anka, handling serious cases of lead poisoning referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • Doctors at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are trying to reanimate Marhazu Sa'adu, 9 days old, a child suffering from blood lead level of 49.6 micrograms per decilitre, tetanus and septicaemia, inside the MSF clinic in Anka, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Marhazu passed away within the day. The MSF facility handles serious cases of lead poisoning referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • Almas, 5 year-old-girl, and Bilal, 3, her brother, are portrayed while in their house in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure nor electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel.
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  • Patients are awaiting to receive Ayurvedic medicines in Sambhavna Clinic, the local NGO caring for the victims of gas and contaminated water in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex.
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  • Bakar, 2, is crying at dawn in front of his home  in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. ..
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  • Khandra, a 55-year-old Bedouin woman, is making the bread in her house in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. ..
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  • Randa, a 5-year-old girl is standing by a solar panel in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. ..
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  • A boy is overlooking the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel.
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  • The shadow of a Bedouin girl is casted on the door of her family house in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am (pop. 4000), close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, has no infrastructure nor electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel.
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  • The unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, is located in close proximity to the Israel Electric Company, in BeerSheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel. Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
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  • Women are lining up to be visited at the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Sambhavna offers free medical services to the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Industrial Disaster and has more than 30.000 registered patients.
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  • Doctors at M√©decins Sans Fronti√®res (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are trying to reanimate Marhazu Sa'adu, 9 days old, a child suffering from blood lead level of 49.6 micrograms per decilitre, tetanus and septicaemia, inside the MSF clinic in Anka, Zamfara State, Nigeria. Marhazu passed away within the day. The MSF facility handles serious cases of lead poisoning referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 ?g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, alimented by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • Women with their children are sitting on the floor of the MÈdecins Sans FrontiËres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) clinic in Anka, Zamfara State, Nigeria, handling serious cases of lead poisoning referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 ?g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, alimented by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • Khandra, a 55-year-old Bedouin woman, is making the bread in her house in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel.
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  • Nabil, 4-year-old boy living in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel.
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  • Bedouins are watching black and white television in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel.
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  • Faysal, 14-year-old boy, sitting at night around the fire, in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
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  • A Bedouin family is spending the afternoon in front of their home in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
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  • A Bedouin man is walking near the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. ..
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  • A patient is waiting for a medicinal Ayurvedic mix to be prepared by a physician at the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Sambhavna offers free medical services to the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Industrial Disaster and has more than 30.000 registered patients.
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  • On September 29, 2014, the day of former Union Carbide Warren Anderson’s death in Vero Beach, Florida, at the age of 92 and still absconding from India courts wanting him in relation to the ‘1984 Gas Disaster’, Sathyu Sarangi, founder of ‘Sambhavna’ a free clinic for ‘Gas Survivors’, is giving a TV interview in front of the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex, in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, central India, next to an image of the deceased, reputed the man mostly responsible for the catastrophe that changed Bhopal forever.
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  • Electrical apparels are stripped and its usable parts recycled for other needs in unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel. Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
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  • Electric power lines are running near the village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel.  Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
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  • Women are attending a local government clinic in Bagega, pop. 9000, a large village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. It is mainly caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities.
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  • Bedouin family homes stand in unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel. Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
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  • A partially blind Bedouin man is portrayed in the unrecognised village of Wadi el Na'am, pop. 4000, close to Beer Sheva, the capital of the Negev, a large deserted area in the south of Israel. Wadi el Na'am is located near a large industrial site, Ramat Hovav, and has no infrastructure or electric energy. Water is provided only via storage tanks. It has no health services as the only clinic is deemed illegal and bound to be demolished, as the rest of the structures in the area. Numbering around 200.000 in Israel, the Bedouins constitute the native ethnic group of these areas, they farm, grow wheat, olives and live in complete self sufficiency. Many of them were in these lands long before the Israeli State was created and their traditional lifestyle is now threatened by subtle Governmental policies. The seven Bedouin towns already built are all between the 10 more impoverished towns in Israel. .
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  • Mohammed Surajo, 30, is holding his only daughter, Naimaatu Surajo, 4, a girl suffering from permanent brain damage and blindness, in Abare, a village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. His wife Asnya lost six children: two miscarriages, and four while very young. Only her daughter Surajo was saved, but she survives as a suffering victim of lead pollution in the area. It is caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. Nearby, in Anka, doctors from M√©decins Sans Fronti√®res (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are treating serious cases of lead poisoning, referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 ?g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, alimented by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • A young mother, Asnya Surajo , 25, is holding her daughter, Naimaatu Surajo, 4, a girl suffering from permanent brain damage and blindness, in Abare, a village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Asnya lost six children: two miscarriages, and four while very young. Only her daughter Surajo was saved, but she survives as a suffering victim of lead pollution in the area. It is caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. Nearby, in Anka, doctors from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are treating serious cases of lead poisoning, referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
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  • A young mother, Asnya Surajo , 25, is holding her daughter, Naimaatu Surajo, 4, a girl suffering from permanent brain damage and blindness, in Abare, a village affected by lead poisoning due to the unsafe techniques employed for extracting gold, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Asnya lost six children: two miscarriages, and four while very young. Only her daughter Surajo was saved, but she survives as a suffering victim of lead pollution in the area. It is caused by ingestion and breathing of lead particles released in the steps to isolate the gold from other metals. This type of lead is soluble in stomach acid and children under-5 are most affected, as they tend to ingest more through their hands by touching the ground, and are developing symptoms often leading to death or serious disabilities. Nearby, in Anka, doctors from Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) are treating serious cases of lead poisoning, referred to them by local clinics in the surrounding villages. The treatment with MSF starts when blood lead level (BLL) samples reach 45 micrograms per decilitre. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that a BLL of 5 micro-g/dL or above is a cause for concern. The cycle of medicines lasts for 20 days. After that, the child's blood is tested and a new round of treatment is provided. Treatment can last years, as lead is reduced in the blood, but it persists noticeably within the bones, especially if the patients return to the same polluted environment. Remediation of the affected villages, a campaign of awareness, and the introduction of safer mining techniques are pivotal to the long-term solution of a hazardous trend that has already killed over 460 children, and it is bound to grow in size, fostered by the ever-rising price of gold.
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