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David Gillanders

Freelance

ODESSA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 27 2004, A 'family' or group of street kids in Odessa, Ukraine. They spend every conscious moment craving an injection of home made Trifed or Effidrine. There are about 20 kids in the group who's ages range from 6 to 17 years. A small local organisation called the Way Home has been trying to have the kids tested for HIV. Alarmingly of those tested 75% are +ve. The kids pictured are squating in a small concrete enclosure in Pioneer Park. A short time after taking this image the enclosure was destroyed by a petrol bomb. Yulia who is 14 receives her injection. She is HIV +ve and died of pneumonia in June 2005.

David Gillanders, "No title," in POYi Archive, Item #36702, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/36702 (accessed June 3, 2025).