Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The MIES has identified gangs in Ecuador that are dedicated to capturing children and adolescents to force them to beg or work in the streets. The Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) has identified 374,000 people who live on the streets of the country in a situation of begging; many […]
374,000 people live in poverty or are child laborers
Published on November 14, 2022
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A simple box of food
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