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  • The oldest lady of the house takes care of the youngest child. She usually does this all day, while the people of that house are at work. Cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the youngest children is a normal and typical day's work for her. They call her Maa, which means "mother" in Thai.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • a woman waits for the passage of the Madonna of the snow. Is custom to consecrate the child to the Virgin Mary.
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  • The polluted river in front of a house in the slum. A young boy points at a faraway airplane. These children have the chance to start school, but various issues, particularly child labor, make their education difficult.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Each child gets a certain number of flowers to sell. If they don´t sell all the flowers, they risk getting beaten. They walk the city until so late that they are exhausted the following day at school.??On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people?s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • A woman hold a child dressed as an angel at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 13 May 2004. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Inside a house in the Lahu village. The kitchen is on the left side and the right serves as the washing area, where the inhabitants of the house both shower and do the dishes.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Daily life in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India.  The Dharbi slum is one of the largest in India and contains an entire ecosystem that offers residents the ability to never leave.
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  • Daily life in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India.  The Dharbi slum is one of the largest in India and contains an entire ecosystem that offers residents the ability to never leave.
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  • A stone statue.<br />
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The protagonist of this work it is, at the same time, the main absent: the man.<br />
The man in his social and communal dimension.<br />
The contexts designed and arranged to encourage communication, play, participation, respect, sharing, skills development, become no  - places unable to perform their function. <br />
The silent nature appears the only creature really and irreducibly faithful to the vocation involved in its essence.<br />
Their state of neglect, decay times, recalls the waiver insane man / citizen called, by its nature, to express themselves and build.<br />
The only faces represented are those mediated by the eye of the artist: a film, a stone statue .. as if to say that the true humanity still exists only in the eyes of those who seek beauty.
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  • A father strolls his son on an empty street in the center of La Paz. During elections period in  Bolivia, the country faces several restrictions, like no alcohol for sale 48 hours before and 12 after the election; no public gatherings, shows of any kind until the political parties made their speeches on the election night; its completely forbidden the circulation of any vehicles, private or governmental except with the permit from the Electoral Tribunal, which means it would be basically no cars, buses or anything circulating in the city; no long distance buses, the terminal will be close from Saturday until Monday and even flights will not be allowed except the ones leaving the country or the international ones doing stop-over. It is a completely shut down of the country.
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  • In Marandallah, a village 500 kilometers from the capital Abidjan, in the northern interior of the Ivory Coast, home to about 2,500 inhabitants and at about eight hours by car from the sea. This majority Muslim population, although living in a village far from the sea and with many difficulties of transport, eat at least once a week fried fish that arrives from the capital and fresh fish caught in the river from town of Bouaké two hours away.
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  • In Marandallah, a village 500 kilometers from the capital Abidjan, in the northern interior of the Ivory Coast, home to about 2,500 inhabitants and at about eight hours by car from the sea. This majority Muslim population, although living in a village far from the sea and with many difficulties of transport, eat at least once a week fried fish that arrives from the capital and fresh fish caught in the river from town of Bouaké two hours away.<br />
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Timité Nani cooks a dish with the river fish "Sadin", the grilling is done in the patio of her home and she will later sell the grilled fish to working men seeking lunch, the price varies from 500 to 1000 XOF (? 0.80, ? 1.50), in Ivory Coast.
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  • In Marandallah, a village 500 kilometers from the capital Abidjan, in the northern interior of the Ivory Coast, home to about 2,500 inhabitants and at about eight hours by car from the sea. This majority Muslim population, although living in a village far from the sea and with many difficulties of transport, eat at least once a week fried fish that arrives from the capital and fresh fish caught in the river from town of Bouaké two hours away.<br />
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Seven year old Timité Auá, seller of coal and fried fish "Main" which comes from the capital Abidjan, 491 kilometers away from the village Marandala in Ivory Coast. This fish is used to make sauce and join with maize and rice. The fish costs  between 500 and 1500 XOF (Between ? 0.80 and ? 2.30), in Ivory Coast
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  • Juana Ruiz Garcia and her two daughter twins, Brenda Marivel Garcia and Lidia Yanette Garcia, 8.  Mrs. Garcia's husband Victor Garcia was one of the illegal immigrants detained in the Bianco raid and has since been deported to his hometown of Xicalcal, Guatemala.
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  • Life in Chichiquastenango, Guatemala.  A family of two parents 12 children and 2 grandchildren struggle to survive in the forest area where living is simply existing.  The women of the family weave hats to sell at the market.  The children play with their puppies and with sticks.  They climb trees and chase the dogs.  The smile and laugh, but their existence is on the fringe.
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  • Ciriaco Alberto Garcia Chingo cries after falling while playing .
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  • Life in Chichiquastenango, Guatemala. A family of two parents 12 children and 2 grandchildren struggle to survive in the forest area where living is simply existing.  The women of the family weave hats to sell at the market.  The children play with their puppies and with sticks.  They climb trees and chase the dogs.  The smile and laugh, but their existence is on the fringe.
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  • Young boy stands on a machete.  A family of two parents 12 children and 2 grandchildren struggle to survive in the forest area where living is simply existing.  The women of the family weave hats to sell at the market.  The children play with their puppies and with sticks.  They climb trees and chase the dogs.  The smile and laugh, but their existence is on the fringe.
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  • Mother tries to comfort one of her girls after she starts crying in the bedroom.  A family of two parents 12 children and 2 grandchildren struggle to survive in the forest area where living is simply existing.  The women of the family weave hats to sell at the market.  The children play with their puppies and with sticks.  They climb trees and chase the dogs.  The smile and laugh, but their existence is on the fringe.
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  • Cesar Daniel Garcia and brother Marvin Estuardo Garcia, 12 living in poverty in Xicalal, Guatemala their father in a Texas jail after being detained in the US.
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  • Newborn Erik Orlando Hernandez Ruiz, 2 months, hangs from the rafters in a crib made from wire and a bag of corn, his father, Adam Hernandez Ruiz, stands at the door. Xicalcal, Guatemala.
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  • Youngsters sift through the garbage at the dump in Crematorio, Honduras looking for things they can sell, eat or wear.  Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • Luis Garcia, 18, talks to his students about St. Francisco in the small room in the back of the church. Youngsters begin attending church at an early age and their faith is supposed to play a part in their daily lives.  Saint Rose Lima church in Guaimaca, Honduras.  Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • A youngsters looks out the window of his classroom a the Escuela Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodrigues in Guaimaca, Honduras. Even though Honduras has 94% school enrolment, only 40% complete their schooling.   Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • A family gets a visit from some neighboors as their son sits to watch tv in the only common room in their home.  Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • A mother uses a respirator to give medicine to her daughter who suffers from asthma at the hospital in Guaimaca, Honduras.  The baptist hospital is pretty much empty because no one of the villagers can afford to get services from the hospital and opt instead to attend the health care center.  Eventhough its called a hospital the facility is devoid of even the most basic instumentation like oxygen. Hounduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • A woman comforts her 9 month old lying in crib made from a car tire in her simple home in Agua Catilho, Honduras.  Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • A woman holds her newborn outside the entrance to their home on the mountainside above Carrefour, Haiti.  With no health care or car, pregnant mothers are forced to walk for hours to visit the hospital, and many decide to give birth in their homes.
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  • Secundino Martins and Alcides Rainho (L) pickin up  sharcoal to a basket. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins clean her face dirty by the sharcoal dust. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • A pile of sharcoal burning in the stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Litle Andre has is face dirt by sharcoal dust, during his vacations he's helping the grandmother, Idalina Moita, to catch the sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina's hands catch the hot sharcoal, she's doing this job has a second one, to help her with the family finances . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • The couple Joao Paulo and Sandra Martins covering the wood pile with straw, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Joao Paulo covers the wood pile with straw, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita dismantle the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins (R), Secundino Martins (c) and Alcides Rainho cover the wood pile with straw and then with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins lights the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins's hand hold a spade she used to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins shows her dark hands  of charcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins (L), Secundino Martins  dismantle the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins pick up the warm sharcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins shows her dark hands  of charcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, charcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins hold a piece of sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins (R), Secundino Martins (c) and Alcides Rainho picking up the coal to baskets. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Bags with charcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Martins (R), Secundino Martins (c) and Alcides Rainho picking up the coal to baskets. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins take a break as she covers the pile off wood with sand to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia  Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita puts the sharcoal from the basket  in bags. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins uses a spade to cover with sand the pile of wood to make the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita and her grandson Andre picks up the sharcoal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Coal in a bascket. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita picks up the sharcoal from a dismantle stove as another  (R) one his still burning the wood to make the coal . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Joao Paulo and Sandra Martins dismantle and picking the sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita's  son Ricardo (R) and grandson Andre take some of the vacations time to help her to pick up the sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see.
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  • Idalina Moita dismantle the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins (R), Secundino Martins put the wood pile, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins pick up the sharcoal to a basket. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita dismantle the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita dismantle the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins and Alcides Rainho (L) cover the wood pile with with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Secundino Martins  cover the wood pile with with sand, it's a old techenique to make the sharcoal stove. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins blow to light the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins blow to light the sharcoal stove . In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Maria Emilia Martins load two bags of sharcoal. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Idalina Moita picks up the sharcoal to baskets. In the village of Pilado in the county of Marinha Grande, sharcoal production goes back to the sixth century, always executed by women, today due to unemployment, men are taking the responsability for this handicraft industry. Sharcoal is used as an alternative  power, most of all to grill.Paulo Cunha/4see
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  • Houses built on the banks of a small polluted river. This is one of several slums where the Lahu people live in Chiang Mai, Thailand. During heavy rains the roads flood, and the children get infections on their feet and legs. Several families live in one house, which is usually made of wood, bamboo, or bricks, with a sheet metal roof.

They learn life the hard way, and every day can be a struggle. It is a life with a visible contrast between care and discipline, where beatings and punishment do occur, but the love and compassion of family members are essential for survival.
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  • A young girl playing princess in the Lahu slum. In a rather poor neighborhood, this is not a common sight.??On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people?s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Punishment and beatings do occur in the village, but not in every home. The contrast between discipline and care is very visible.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • A portrait of King Rama IV hangs on the wall in a house. While the wall seems solid, the second floor could collapse at any minute. The quality of the houses differs, but normally it is very poor. When it rains, water seeps through cracks in the roof, and the walls and floors can have big holes.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • A man walks through a room inside a house in the Lahu village. Although many of the male villagers are dominant, the women and men make many decisions together. It is also very common that the men take part in daily chores such as cooking or cleaning.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • A boy attempts to scare a younger boy while playing inside a house in the Lahu slum in Chiang Mai.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.

Despite this harsh reality, they are a civilized and caring community: they share with each other, families help other families, and if there is an important decision to be made, then it is made together. <br />
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They learn life the hard way, and every day can be a struggle. It is a life with a visible contrast between care and discipline, where beatings and punishment do occur, but the love and compassion of family members are essential for survival.
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  • Cooking with fire. The village also has electricity, but it is very expensive. Electricity is mostly used to power lights and fans, or a television set if the household has one.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.<br />
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Some of the people work in construction, while others clean roads or restaurants. Although some of them find work on occasion, they remain poor. Lack of education makes a normal way of life with a stable income almost impossible.
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  • A boy relaxes and watches the rain from a house in the slum during the rainy season.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.

The children grow up in conditions that are very hard on them both mentally and physically. Many of the children have to sell flowers and are punished if they don't sell enough. They wander around for many hours during the day and night, trying to sell flowers in the roads, markets, restaurants, and bars of Chiang Mai.
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  • Family and friends gather to talk and play after sunset. Although they live in a difficult situation, they remain civilized. Their love and care for each other is essential for survival.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • A boy takes care of his brother.??On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people?s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Early morning in the slum. A young girl sleeps beneath a mosquito net.??On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people?s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.??Despite this harsh reality, they are a civilized and caring community: they share with each other, families help other families, and if there is an important decision to be made, then it is made together. <br />
<br />
They learn life the hard way, and every day can be a struggle. It is a life with a visible contrast between care and discipline, where beatings and punishment do occur, but the love and compassion of family members are essential for survival.
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  • A house by the river at night.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.

Some of the people work in construction, while others clean roads or restaurants. Although some of them find work on occasion, they remain poor. Lack of education makes a normal way of life with a stable income almost impossible.
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  • Kids out during the night trying to sell flowers in the areas with many foreigners in Chiang Mai City. Places with restaurants, markets, and bars are good places to sell, but the middle of highways are also popular spots. When the lights turn red, the children walk from car to car trying to sell flowers. One usually costs 20 baht, the equivalent of US$ 0.70.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Children getting some rest and something to drink in the area where they sell flowers during the evening and night. They start selling flowers at a very young age, as young as 6 years old.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Early morning. A girl sleeps before it´s time for the day care center.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Maa and a young boy in the kitchen doorway.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Preparing food for the family. Rice and water are the basic foods in the village as they are nutritious and cheap. Fish, noodles, and vegetables are also part of their diet. Pork and chicken are not as common because they are more expensive, but they are sometimes on the menu when the villagers have a little money to spare.??On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people?s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Friends play inside a house in the Lahu village in Chiang Mai. The village consists of altogether 22 houses.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Lahu people outside their home in a village in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.

They learn life the hard way, and every day can be a struggle. It is a life with a visible contrast between care and discipline, where beatings and punishment do occur, but the love and compassion of family members are essential for survival.
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  • A young boy sleeps in the arms of his "mother" during the day in the Lahu village.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Two children outside one of the houses in the village. Soon they will both start in a day care center for the Lahu children. The day care is only available because of financial aid provided by people in different parts of the world. Without this support most of the children would stay in the village or start working at a very young age.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Almost every house in the village has this kind of bamboo floor. This is a normal way to build houses amongst the Lahu people, who in their original way of life would get all their resources from the forest.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Christianity is one of several religions among the Lahu people. The traditional religion is polytheistic. Buddhism is also common. In this village they have a small church that they use for meetings and religious events.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • A stray dog under a house in the Lahu village, with the polluted river in the background.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • Clothes hanging out to dry by the polluted river. During heavy rain the water rises above this level and almost all the way into the houses.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.
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  • A sick man rests during the daytime. Nobody knows why he is sick, and going to the hospital is too expensive and risky because he has no Thai papers. Those without Thai papers face many problems. It's more difficult to get a job, and they are targeted for harassment more easily.

On the banks of a polluted river, in poorly-built houses, live more than a hundred people from the Lahu tribe. They live in a slum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, away from the Lahu people’s original way of life. Usually, the Lahu people get their resources from the forest. The slum has been there for decades.

Despite this harsh reality, they are a civilized and caring community: they share with each other, families help other families, and if there is an important decision to be made, then it is made together. <br />
<br />
They learn life the hard way, and every day can be a struggle. It is a life with a visible contrast between care and discipline, where beatings and punishment do occur, but the love and compassion of family members are essential for survival.
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  • David Martins stands in his shoe repair shop. Mr. Martins started working at eight years old on October the 5th, the anniversary of the Implementation of the Republic after the overthrow of monarchic rule. At the time of Mr. Martins' first working day, still a child, the date was a normal business day. The date would later be established as a national holiday, one of the most important ones to be celebrated, rejecting absolutism and celebrating democracy. In 2013 the date will no longer be a holiday once again, a government measure to cut deficit by reducing public holidays. Mr. Martins, now 78, earns a pension of a couple hundred euros which doesn't allow him to stop working. For him, who since his eight years old never stopped working, this is a circle that now closes, back to days when the date was a normal labour day with no celebrations of revolution, popular sovereignty or democracy and when nothing was illegal in face of a rising world of capitalism. Not even child labor.
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  • A child watches the Carnival Parade in Mindelo, the capital city of Sao Vicente island.
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  • We stumble. We pack. We returne to stumble, we go back to pack. Sometimes we stumble but do not even care. Before you know it, every day we stumble and pack up again and again parts of stories of love and wonderful imaginary trips.<br />
The power of imaginagy worlds and infinite dreams, live  scattered over a entire house. They came from any supermarket shelf or high street store and immediately become part of everyday's life of a child. Discovered by tearing the wrapping paper or simply when given in hand , they come to life. Some have been given a name, others have come with one. Some will be treated well, others less so. Dolls that will delight any child.<br />
Together they will make a sucessful team by creating love stories, friendship, monsters, pirates and happy marriages forever. Current adaptations to future experiences in a present under construction. There are no bedroom, living room, bathroom or kitchen that wont received these pieces of life. <br />
No matter the warnings that parents do, in a gentle or rougher way, however songs imported from school (it´ssss tiimmmeeee to pack, ♫ to pack, to paackk ♫...) it never seems to work, nothing  will make them stay in order.  But what does it matter? nothing will make a house more beautiful than decorated with dolls and toys all together gathered  with children sharing the same rest, when the evening runs longer and quiet ?
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  • We stumble. We pack. We returne to stumble, we go back to pack. Sometimes we stumble but do not even care. Before you know it, every day we stumble and pack up again and again parts of stories of love and wonderful imaginary trips.<br />
The power of imaginagy worlds and infinite dreams, live  scattered over a entire house. They came from any supermarket shelf or high street store and immediately become part of everyday's life of a child. Discovered by tearing the wrapping paper or simply when given in hand , they come to life. Some have been given a name, others have come with one. Some will be treated well, others less so. Dolls that will delight any child.<br />
Together they will make a sucessful team by creating love stories, friendship, monsters, pirates and happy marriages forever. Current adaptations to future experiences in a present under construction. There are no bedroom, living room, bathroom or kitchen that wont received these pieces of life. <br />
No matter the warnings that parents do, in a gentle or rougher way, however songs imported from school (it´ssss tiimmmeeee to pack, ♫ to pack, to paackk ♫...) it never seems to work, nothing  will make them stay in order.  But what does it matter? nothing will make a house more beautiful than decorated with dolls and toys all together gathered  with children sharing the same rest, when the evening runs longer and quiet ?
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