Without help, this young girl in El Alto, Bolivia would face a bleak future.
Families living in squatter homes or shantytowns struggle daily to meet their most basic needs.
Clean water and sanitation, health care, education, adequate housing and food are often unavailable. And the number of poor people living in urban slums is growing at an alarming rate. CARE helps poor people living in urban slums of the developing world meet the challenges of their daily lives and replace discouragement with hope. Our special report begins on page 3.