Using a steel bar, Claudia Nunez, 7, searches for food and paper, which is sold to recyclers. Claudia, her mother and younger sister make their home in the dump in a dirt-floor shack constructed of cardboard, sheets of plastic and discarded wood.

Julio is addicted to cobbler's glue. He spends his time playing marbles in the dump. He scavenges for food in the garbage, but he does't need much: The glue takes away the pangs of hunger. Glue addiction is rampant among Guatemala's homeless children.

Maria Chavez, 6, attends a Bible school on Sundays -- the only education she will probably ever receive.