Children in Africa work hard, preparing food.....
....caring for younger brothers....
....and carrying young children as they work.
Little children everywhere want to be big helpers.
Small children can have fun while watching their parents work.
Boys on Niger River: Catching fish for dinner doesn't seem like work.
Other children beg for money or food.
Life is not always easy for Malian children.
Lucky children go to school. These boys study the Koran during summer break.
Play time is best of all! Children of Djenne enjoy their free time.
And football (soccer) is played everywhere. Djenne boys kicking it around.
Bigger kids play their own football game.
City boys enjoy summer football game in traditional clothes.
Well cared for boys in Bamako have plenty of play time!
This boy invited us to kick with him as we walked the streets of Bamako.
Young faces of poverty in Dogon village.
Dean enjoying the children in Dogon village.
Beauty and poverty in village life.
How can you feel poor when you are rich in friendship?
Children all over want to be in the photos.
And some kids love to clown for the camera
Everybody pushing towards the camera
THUMBS UP! for Dogon children
Malian girls are less forward than the boys and need more encouragement to be photographed, or......
...you have to push the boys out of the way!
Solemn young Bamako girl with friends.
Shy child who still wanted to be in a photo.
This girl was proud of her pretty dress.
Babies are held or carried always
Fulani mother and child, in Dogon village
Susan gets to hold the baby...wonderful until he peed.
Faces of the future of Mali
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