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Children coping with tragedy caused by mudslides in north and central Nicaragua

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© UNICEF Nicaragua/2004/O. Moraga

Thirty-year-old Leoncia Loáisiga and her eight-year-old son Francisco, in the Río Blanco shelter.  Leoncia lost both her husband and her four-month-old daughter. Franciso broke his arm while escaping from the mudslide.