Students gather in Potosi's main square, Plaza de 10 de Noviembre, for a fair promoting health and washing hands. Each girl had a speech prepared to explain a certain element of why clean water is important for healthy living. Too cute. Read: Potosi, Bolivia: Through Children's Eyes © www.uncorneredmarket.com
A miner has a large wad of coca leaves in his cheek. The coca leaves give energy and curb hunger, helping miners get through the day. Taken in a mine at Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia. Read: Potosi, Bolivia: Through Children's Eyes © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Miners manually have to push wagons full of rock, rubble and dirt out of the mines at Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia. The materials get taken to a processing center where chemicals help to extract the minerals from the materials. Difficult work. Read: Potosi, Bolivia: Through Children's Eyes © www.uncorneredmarket.com