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Geography | Surface | 496,222 sq.m.
8 x smaller than the USA (3,787,315 sq.m.) | Inhabitants | 26.4 mill.
11 x less than in the USA (285.3 mill.) | Population density | 53 Inhabitants/sq.m.
1.4 x smaller than in the USA (75) | Gross national product | 1,980 $
17 x below that of the USA (34,280 $) | Religious affiliation | Christian | 92% | Catholic | 89% | Protestant | 3% | Animist | 8% | Human rights | Religious liberty | Some violations of basic religious liberties |
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Help for street children: Intergracion y Solidaridad (Intsol)
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There are an estimated 400,000 street children and child laborers in Lima alone.
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Two children of INTSOL. CSI
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Many such children come from refugee families who have had to leave their homes in the mountain regions of Huancavelica and Ayacucho in order to escape the bloody conflicts between the military and the terrorist rebel organization Shining Path. Some children have even lost their families in the fighting.
CSI has established a center called "Intergracion y Solidaridad" for the street children. They get a primary education with workshops in handicraft sewing and knitting. The Street Children Center takes care of about 270 children.
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Huancavelica
