D.I.S.A. CAMPAIGN
ECUADOR
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Ada Medina
Allyn Caravaglia
Anjana Basu
Annette Marie Hyder
Brian d'Arcy
César M. Morales
Claude Chuzel
Craig MacFarlane
Debjani Chatterjee
Durlabh Singh
Evelyn Cortez-Davis
Gene Keller
Gino D'Artali
Job Degenaar
Liza Di Georgina
Michaela A. Gabriel
Susan V. d'Artali
Tamara Lai
Usha Kishore
Zaida Lysle


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WORK FOR CHANGE
By Dr Debjani Chatterjee © - India-UK


He squats by the roadside in the sun,
    breaking bricks and stones.
Dust clouds and sharp chips imprison him,
    scarring face and lungs.
Grey pallor and sunken eyes can't hide
    the stunted child inside.

She perches on a rubbish mountain,
    picking cans and rags.
The stinking dump oozes rottenness
    rising to heaven.
Garbage, plastics, dirt and grime can't hide
the stunted child inside.

    Let us work for change;
we must break this cycle of abuse.
    Children are our hope
and the only future we must choose.