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Bloated with parasites, this girl has never seen a doctor
Paradise is not so idyllic for the natives. This child has third degree malnutrition and only a 50% chance of survival.
Elders begged us for pain killers. We gave everything we had.
Florence Agarpao, 27 and seven months pregnant is severely ill. But there are no doctors on the island
Cross-eyed children
Night blindness due to vitamin deficiencies
Children that are blind
Infected tear ducts and other childhood ailments are visible across the island
Magadaleno holds his 2 year old daughter Alona. His wife and two week old boy were just buried. Unfortunately the child in his arms does not survive either.
The grave of two year old Alona Agarpao.
Clutching at the straws of survival
The grave of one of Violeta's young cousins Irene Agarpao. She was 18 years old and six months pregnant. Child bearing women and infants are the most vulnerable. Hence the need for the Refuge and Clinic in Clavera.
Alona Agarpao, age 2, blind and malnourished since birth. When we returned the next year she was already dead.
Jason Cruzado, age 5 died three hours before we reached his village
