Life is so very hard in the villages in Northern Thailand. The people are poor and work very hard to have enough food for the family.Children often die from diseases and ailments that would be cured here in the US or at least treated.
The little girl in the orange shirt, Boa, has to drag herself around, pulling her body along with her hands. She had malaria when she was very young. It is believed that the medicine may have caused her condition.
The little Downs baby also has a bad heart and will not live.
The baby below died six months after this picture was taken. She was born with several ailments. Though she did receive more medical attention than most Hmong children, she did not make it. We first saw her in August 2005 and were in her village, Huai Khu, when she died in February 2006.
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