Ten miles outside of Bogota, children, regardless of age or size, learn responsibility very quickly. As the oldest brother takes charge of the wheelbarrow, his other two siblings help load the bricks.
Nine-year-old Michael Hammond is the victim of a rare and painful skin disease, epidermolysis bullosa. The disease is characterized by blistering sores, provoked by the slightest touch, and webbed hands and feet.
Penny Vantine at 5 years is suffering the ravages of old age. She needs eye glasses because of cataracts and glaucoma. She suffers from arthritis, high blood pressure, receding gums, blue mottled skin, thinning hair, some deafness and progressive…
In the intensive-care ward of the refugee camp at Khao-I-Dang, the face of a badly malnourished Cambodian child reflects the sorrow felt by the thousands of homeless refugees.
Sara Peck, two years old, has been visiting this Fort Lauderdale park since she was a tiny baby. On this occasion, however, some of her old acquaintances became a little over friendly.