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This article from the Guardian shines a light on the "nearly one million 'left-behind' Venezuelan children whose parents have been forced to migrate, leaving their offspring in the care of grandparents, aunts, siblings, neighbours or sometimes even completely alone." The articles shares the story of two young girls whose mother left Venezuela for Guyana in search of opportunities to earn enough money to support her family.
And the impacts of family separation on these left-behind children is often detrimental, says the article. Elvis, "a broken-toothed 12-year-old who…
Two sisters in Colombia who were separated when they were children after an avalanche destroyed their town have been reunited 30 years later. The sisters, Jaqueline and Lorena Sanchez, were separated in 1985 when a volcano in Tolima erupted, killing at least 20,000 people. The two sisters were adopted by separate families and spent years looking for each other. The two were reunited after DNA tests, a social media campaign and with help from the Armando Armero Foundation which was set up to help victims of the disaster in Tolima.