Celebration Colloquium - Powell - Off Campus Studies

A short documentary film entitled Esperanza entre los muertos (Hope among the dead) is about children who work in the local cemetery in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Filmed in Fall 2007 by four students (Dana Meyer, Rene Romig, Amy Robandt, and Jackie Powell) while studying in Cochabamba through the School for International Training (SIT). We concluded that although we are against child labor, the children who work at the cemetery seem to have a better and more hopeful situation. Not only is the cemetery a safe place, but through the support of a local NGO the children are participating in events and the local media to get their voice heard and gain rights and respect. Overall, the children in the cemetery have a worthy and unique story to tell.

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