LAND MINES HAVE BECOME ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS IN THE COLOMBIAN INTERNAL WAR, AS ITS USUAL, CIVILIANS ARE THE ONES THAT SUFFER THE MOST. IN THE YEAR 2008, A LITTLE GIRL WAS PLAYING WITH HER COUSINS, AND ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON A LAND MINE, SHE LOST HER LEG AND HAD BURNS IN OTHER PARTS OF HER BODY, SHE WAS 9 YEARS OLD.
IN THE NORTHERN NEIGHBORHOOD OF BUCARAMANGA, COLOMBIA, THE HOSPITAL OF THE AREA, HAS THE MOST HIGH RATES OF VIOLENCE RELATED VICTIMS, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, NO VIOLENCE RELATED VICTIM WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, THE OTHER PACIENTS, ELDER CITIZENS AND KIDS HAVE MANY PROBLEMS AS WELL, DUE TO THE LACK OF HOSPITAL STAFF AND RESOURCES, THE ATTENTION TO PACIENTS IS DIFFICULT.
A TRAINING DAY OF HANDICAPPED YOUTH IN BUCARAMANGA, COLOMBIA. WITH THE SPECIAL VISIT OF THE FIRST WINNER FOR COLOMBIA OF A PARAOLYMPIC MEDAL, HE TRAINED IN THIS SAME SPORT CENTER, HIS VICTORY IN CHINA GIVES HOPE TO THIS KIDS.
