ODESSA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 27 2004: A 'family' or group
of street kids in Odessa, Ukraine. They spend every conscious moment craving
an injection of home made Trifed or Effidrine. There are about 20 kids in the
group who's ages range from 6 to 17 years. A small local organisation called
the Way Home has been trying to have the kids tested for HIV. Alarmingly of
those tested 75% are +ve. The kids pictured are squating in a small concrete
enclosure in Pioneer Park. A short time after taking this image the enclosure
was destroyed by a petrol bomb.
