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BURUNDI

​On a trip through East Africa in 1980, I spent a few days in Burundi.

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                             Bujumburu, Burundi, 1980*
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On the outskirts of Lima, I noticed small groups of boys flying kites made from ordinary scraps of notebook paper folded at the edges.  In Delhi, discarded wheel rims occupied the time of youngsters who pushed them about with the sweeping action of a stick.  A small girl in Quito, used the steering wheel of a neighbour's car as a substitute for a rocking horse.  In Bujumburu, a small boy fashioned an extraordinary toy truck from a jumble of old rusty coat-hangers.
​               The initiative shared by the world's poor boggles the mind.+
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*This photo is from Under One Sun, A Photographic Tribute to People.  
+​Please see Under One Sun under Introduction: Published Works.