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Daily life in a shantytown by train tracks Jakarta, Indonesia
By: needmagazine
Posted: Feb 13 09
Witnessed: 3087 times
Regions: Indonesia
Issues: Housing, Humanitarian, Poverty
Tags: charity, Humanitarian Aid, indonesia, jakarta, NEED magazine, Poverty, shantytown, street families, street kids, train tracks
Families live crowded together and kids play beside train tracks. This is a glimpse of daily life in an Indonesian shantytown. Photographer Paul Corbit Brown hands out prints to intrigued residents. www.needmagazine.com
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