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Over 10,000 children and young adults spend protracted lives on the streets of Guatemala.

Text to accompany images (approx. 900 words) is available in English and Spanish.
  • A street child, dressed as a clown, performs for money in Zone 11 in Guatemala City, Guatemala on Friday, March 9, 2007. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • A street child, dressed as a clown, performs for money in Zone 11 in Guatemala City, Guatemala on Friday, March 9, 2007. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Crypts of street children occupy a mausoleum in a cemetery in Ciudad Vieja, near Antigua. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • A child finds slight refuge on the stoop of a store as he sleeps in Guatemala City's Zone 8. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Kevin, 11 years old, shines shoes in Chimaltenango, far from his parents and home in Quetzaltenango. Poor Guatemalan children are often sent off to bring in money for families that cannot afford to feed them. Kevin said he has never been to school. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Kevin, 11 years old, shines shoes in Chimaltenango, far from his parents and home in Quetzaltenango. Poor Guatemalan children are often sent off to bring in money for families that cannot afford to feed them. Kevin said he has never been to school. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Crypts of street children occupy a mausoleum in a cemetery in Ciudad Vieja, near Antigua. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Crypts of street children occupy a mausoleum in a cemetery in Ciudad Vieja, near Antigua. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Crypts of street children occupy a mausoleum in a cemetery in Ciudad Vieja, near Antigua. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • A child finds slight refuge on the stoop of a store as he sleeps in Guatemala City's Zone 8. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • A child finds slight refuge on the stoop of a store as he sleeps in Guatemala City's Zone 8. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Jorge, 15, huffs solvent from a soaked ball of cloth. Guatemala's street kids mainly use paint thinner instead of glue, as it is cheaper and gives them a sense of relief from hunger pains and cold nights. A small bottle of paint thinner costs less than a dollar. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Kevin, 11 years old, shines shoes in Chimaltenango, far from his parents and home in Quetzaltenango. Poor Guatemalan children are often sent off to bring in money for families that cannot afford to feed them. Kevin said he has never been to school. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • A young girl juggles at an intersection in hopes of a few Quetzales from drivers. Poor Guatemalan children are often sent off to bring in money for families that cannot afford to feed them. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • About 20 teenagers and young adults live at an abandoned gas station in Guatemala City's Zone 4. Human waste litters the grounds.. About 20 otherwise homeless people live inside the station, and most are addicted to huffing paint thinner to numb the cold and their hunger pains. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Guatemalan youth hang out on a corner in Zona 8 of Guatemala City, Guatemala on Monday, June 13, 2005. Many of "los niños de la calle,"--the children of the streets--are addicted to paint thinner, soaking balls of cloth with it and holding the toxic rags to their mouths. The children and young adults prefer solvent to glue because it is cheaper and helps them forget their hunger pains and cold. Carlos Toledo, director and founder of Nuestros Derechos--Our Rights- a Guatemalan non-governmental organization that tries to help the children off the streets and into society, said there are about 10,000 children living without homes or stable lives in Guatemala. "These children are illegal in their own country," Toledo said, since most have no legal documentation and are not recognized as existing by the government. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • About 20 teenagers and young adults live at an abandoned gas station in Guatemala City's Zone 4. Human waste litters the grounds.. About 20 otherwise homeless people live inside the station, and most are addicted to huffing paint thinner to numb the cold and their hunger pains. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • About 20 teenagers and young adults live at an abandoned gas station in Guatemala City's Zone 4. Human waste litters the grounds.. About 20 otherwise homeless people live inside the station, and most are addicted to huffing paint thinner to numb the cold and their hunger pains. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • About 20 teenagers and young adults live at an abandoned gas station in Guatemala City's Zone 4. Human waste litters the grounds.. About 20 otherwise homeless people live inside the station, and most are addicted to huffing paint thinner to numb the cold and their hunger pains. The NGO Nuestros Derechos was visiting on this night. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • About 20 teenagers and young adults live at an abandoned gas station in Guatemala City's Zone 4. Human waste litters the grounds.. About 20 otherwise homeless people live inside the station, and most are addicted to huffing paint thinner to numb the cold and their hunger pains. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Sandra Guamux, 21, sits with her five-month-old son, Alfredo, at an abandoned gas station in Zone 4 of Guatemala City, Guatemala. About 20 otherwise homeless people live inside the station, and most are addicted to huffing paint thinner to numb the cold and their hunger pains. Guamux said a baby was stolen from her five days after it was born last year, and she is convinced the baby went into an illegal adoption system. She added that the police told her they would not investigate the situation since she had no photograph of the child. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Sandra Guamux, 21, sits with her five-month-old son, Alfredo, at an abandoned gas station in Zone 4 of Guatemala City, Guatemala. About 20 otherwise homeless people live inside the station, and most are addicted to huffing paint thinner to numb the cold and their hunger pains. Guamux said a baby was stolen from her five days after it was born last year, and she is convinced the baby went into an illegal adoption system. She added that the police told her they would not investigate the situation since she had no photograph of the child. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Juan Carlos Figueroa spends his nights on a corner in Gautemala City's Zone 8. In his cupped hand he holds a ball of cloth soaked with paint thinner for huffing. Many of "los niños de la calle,"--the children of the streets--are addicted to paint thinner, soaking balls of cloth with it and holding the toxic rags to their mouths. The children and young adults prefer solvent to glue because it is cheaper and helps them forget their hunger pains and cold. Carlos Toledo, director and founder of Nuestros Derechos--Our Rights- a Guatemalan non-governmental organization that tries to help the children off the streets and into society, said there are about 10,000 children living without homes or stable lives in Guatemala. "These children are illegal in their own country," Toledo said, since most have no legal documentation and are not recognized as existing by the government. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • A view of Guatemala City, Guatemala. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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  • Guatemalan youth hang out on a corner in Zona 8 of Guatemala City, Guatemala on Monday, June 13, 2005. Many of "los niños de la calle,"--the children of the streets--are addicted to paint thinner, soaking balls of cloth with it and holding the toxic rags to their mouths. The children and young adults prefer solvent to glue because it is cheaper and helps them forget their hunger pains and cold. Carlos Toledo, director and founder of Nuestros Derechos--Our Rights- a Guatemalan non-governmental organization that tries to help the children off the streets and into society, said there are about 10,000 children living without homes or stable lives in Guatemala. "These children are illegal in their own country," Toledo said, since most have no legal documentation and are not recognized as existing by the government. By photographer Allen Sullivan
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