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Campo Alegre de Lourdes, Brazil. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.Severiana Maria de Jesus, 75, and her husband Pedro Jesus dos Santos, 89, who struggles with his painful glaucoma, in their home near Campo Alegre de Lourdes, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Although farming families receive a national anti-poverty cash welfare program, Bolsa Familia, they still suffer from chronic malnutrition, food shortages, and limited access to water due to extreme poverty conditions. Their sitio, or homestead, received electricity five-years-ago from the federal program, Luz Para Todos.

Campo Alegre de Lourdes, Brazil. Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015.

Severiana Maria de Jesus, 75, and her husband Pedro Jesus dos Santos, 89, who struggles with his painful glaucoma, in their home near Campo Alegre de Lourdes, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. Although farming families receive a national anti-poverty cash welfare program, Bolsa Familia, they still suffer from chronic malnutrition, food shortages, and limited access to water due to extreme poverty conditions. Their sitio, or homestead, received electricity five-years-ago from the federal program, Luz Para Todos.