Bob wanted to film a "day in a life of Maria Magdelena" and while he focused mostly on the video portion, he took some still shots and some are here. Maria, is a quiet and reserved young of lady of the age of 8 and has 7 siblings. She attends the 2nd grade in school and hopes to be a teacher when she grows up. When she gets up in the morning she helps her mother by going out and picking chilli peppers which her mother sells in the afternoon while the children are in school (kids go for only half a day in Nicaragua). The walk is long to find these peppers and the amount of money her mother makes is extremely low. Maria also helps with household chores since her mother is on her own (no father in the picture). They live in a house made of plastic and it amazes me how they manage to keep the kids so clean, especially for school.
The road to Maria's house.
Maria and four of her siblings
Maria on her walk to get chilli peppers
Maria picking the peppers.
Maria getting her school uniform off the clothes line.
Maria and her brother.
Maria's little sister getting a bucket bath.
While Her mother cooks lunch Maria get's ready for school, as well as her brother and sister.
Maria gets ready for school.
She eats her lunch
Then off to school!
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