COMMISSIONS: #NosFaltan41: Recalling the Guatemala Orphanage Fire - coming soon: 06-20180210orphanagefire024

GUATEMALA CITY - FEB. 10, 2018 The Virgen de la Asuncion youth shelter where a fire broke out on 8 March 2017, in San José Pinula, Guatemala, that killed 41 girls, aged between 14 and 17 years old. 15 survived.Intended to house a maximum of 350 youths, around 700 girls and boys of different ages were living in the overcrowded shelter. The children end up there through a state institution responsible for investigating cases of missing children or child neglect, and also legally represents at-risk youth in family courts, as wards of the state.

GUATEMALA CITY - FEB. 10, 2018

The Virgen de la Asuncion youth shelter where a fire broke out on 8 March 2017, in San José Pinula, Guatemala, that killed 41 girls, aged between 14 and 17 years old. 15 survived.

Intended to house a maximum of 350 youths, around 700 girls and boys of different ages were living in the overcrowded shelter. The children end up there through a state institution responsible for investigating cases of missing children or child neglect, and also legally represents at-risk youth in family courts, as wards of the state.