The front door of the children's home. It was a very beautiful building recently restored with private funding from a Swiss organization.

San Gil...Hogar de Ninos...crazy little ones! :)

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October 24th 2008
Here are some photos of the children that I worked with for the last few weeks. I volunteered for a few hours a day during the week at a children's home where these children are currently living. Some of them live at the home full time because their parents have abused, neglected, or abondoned them, or have passed away. Ot Then there are a few children whose parents are not able to take care of th ... read more

South America » Colombia » San Gil

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Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A 40-year insurgent campaign to overthrow the Colombian Government escalated during the 1990s, undergirded in part... ... read more