Bolivia
Real lives
Carla’s story: Getting off the street and back into school
EL ALTO, Bolivia, 9 November 2004 – Carla, 11, is a cheerful and talkative fourth grader who attends the 6 de Junio school. Carla feels fortunate to be able to go to school – just a year ago she was working all day selling cigarettes and candy in the streets and bars of El Alto.
Working wonders for kids
The Municipal Defender's Office for Children and Adolescents, an institution set up, with UNICEF support, in 1997 to protect the rights of children.
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