More Photo Essays: Medellin: Fragile Future for the Miracle City: 20_20150227medellin0217

City employees work on adding water pipes in the poorest region of Medellin where hundreds of families do not have access to clean drinking water despite the city having the best water treatment plant in South America. Construction began when community protested for clean drinking water seven years ago, but the project has yet to finish. Many residents are displaced victims from the half-century long conflict.

City employees work on adding water pipes in the poorest region of Medellin where hundreds of families do not have access to clean drinking water despite the city having the best water treatment plant in South America. Construction began when community protested for clean drinking water seven years ago, but the project has yet to finish. Many residents are displaced victims from the half-century long conflict.