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Ukraine's Lost Generation

For many former communist countries, the painful transition to a free market economy can be seen in the explosion of its homeless children. In Ukraine, a staggering 10% of the population consists of abandoned children. Many of these 800,000 children face abuse by the system, the mafia or each other. Artyom, 9, has been living in this sewer in Kiev for over three years and has never attended school. His emotionally and physically scared brother refuses to contemplate returning home to their abusive alcoholic father.

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