![Any, 17, at an immigration post in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, said she struggled to find work or education in Venezuela before deciding on a whim to travel by herself through the Darien jungle, hoping to reach an aunt in the U.S.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/e4a1d111-0ba2-4aaa-b7a2-a5390248eeb3_rw_1920.jpg?h=480ec409302a63559e230d3c2552eb7e)
Any, 17, at an immigration post in Bajo Chiquito, Panama, said she struggled to find work or education in Venezuela before deciding on a whim to travel by herself through the Darien jungle, hoping to reach an aunt in the U.S.
![Rosa, 16, a Venezuelan migrant, at an immigration post in the hamlet of Bajo Chiquito, Panama waited for her parents who she was separated from during their journey through the Darien jungle.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/88b26e7b-449b-4f6c-92cb-eeb4b488c713_rw_3840.jpg?h=26640b329d7c27db119aae629e251c71)
Rosa, 16, a Venezuelan migrant, at an immigration post in the hamlet of Bajo Chiquito, Panama waited for her parents who she was separated from during their journey through the Darien jungle.
![Mari 17, at a safe house in Panama for unaccompanied minors, said she left behind gang violence and domestic abuse in her native southern Colombia to start anew in the US.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/70fe8220-2e65-4c97-8e35-ffa625fffe1c_rw_1920.jpg?h=05f4f7877187825f792e9c1b9dd22dfa)
Mari 17, at a safe house in Panama for unaccompanied minors, said she left behind gang violence and domestic abuse in her native southern Colombia to start anew in the US.
![Mari 17, at a safe house in Panama for unaccompanied minors, said she left behind gang violence and domestic abuse in her native southern Colombia to start anew in the US.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/fa9d1bb6-ef94-4faa-9922-bcc1ca24bf63_rw_3840.jpg?h=1b5ff9e19f1003a5e1d619d5b5f43829)
Mari 17, at a safe house in Panama for unaccompanied minors, said she left behind gang violence and domestic abuse in her native southern Colombia to start anew in the US.
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![Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama. April 27, 2023.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/936c3e87-b0a1-4ac6-ab51-507d2de96745_rw_1920.jpg?h=78c8c884789523cdd7e2cda76d89a34f)
Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama. April 27, 2023.
![Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/88893d58-409c-4a16-8004-79a59c5ffd05_rw_1920.jpg?h=a263de3fe852286651138c2f5ce615e5)
Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.
![Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/768754e9-e1b9-4e64-a4e8-b9bc9eb54574_rw_1920.jpg?h=a343c64acd494dd5f06022e2dc4fd892)
Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.
![Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/aa6107f8-1fde-4fb9-a09e-31d14c3c0bd7_rw_3840.jpg?h=39e7220e629db148101c9d5136ee4f3c)
Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.
![Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/06b55afc-92d5-41c1-929a-5a1ceed1e771_rw_3840.jpg?h=18e0430164b3f70c9f03f5b34da34313)
Friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.
!["Hi boy or girl, I love you, you are brave and your mother loves you."](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/f03aae9c-a542-4ce8-8d14-ed1066de76cd_rw_1920.jpg?h=0118ae77ffc3b3d2193d4867e92e87db)
"Hi boy or girl, I love you, you are brave and your mother loves you."
![Letter written at friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/2f051300-c40a-4f9f-b458-34c739c4d8ae_rw_1920.jpg?h=3cf5e66ad9e95643c482280496d2f5a3)
Letter written at friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.
![Drawing at friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/311ff2bf-3144-4a37-bd58-6099b4e91e80_rw_1920.jpg?h=119af60e074aca2cdaec262e8e1f558d)
Drawing at friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.
![Drawing at friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/8057f9b0-f0e7-4227-ac77-fe56974d8142_rw_3840.jpg?h=b8f770c975521786f6bb410121ba8317)
Drawing at friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.
![Drawing at friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/7b9ab51c-d84f-4f93-9ad3-bc7df11db2e8_rw_3840.jpg?h=b463544fc498066fab75e4a1b28625ca)
Drawing at friendly space to entertain children at San Vicente camp, Province of Darien, Panama.
![Self care area for teens at at San Vicente camp, province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/c9a88fa9-d27a-4121-a049-0ccabc015a28_rw_1920.jpg?h=e51d012a0bfb6adf6004bb6d2dccf361)
Self care area for teens at at San Vicente camp, province of Darien, Panama.
![Self care area for teens at at San Vicente camp, province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/16523efd-a600-46ce-8499-573c132f74c4_rw_3840.jpg?h=b8633256d6c2dc0b2310e4a94938ac7e)
Self care area for teens at at San Vicente camp, province of Darien, Panama.
![A young couple, seven-months pregnant, both Ecuadorians, at a migrant camp in San Vicente, Panama after walking across the Darien jungle. Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/da32d532-7a57-49fd-8b65-eb5f905c3e00_rw_3840.jpg?h=623f7d6483474950bfe24ff0e1a93c61)
A young couple, seven-months pregnant, both Ecuadorians, at a migrant camp in San Vicente, Panama after walking across the Darien jungle. Darien, Panama.
![Young girl, seven-months pregnant, Ecuadorian, at Red Cross tent at a migrant camp in San Vicente, Panama after walking across the Darien jungle. Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/ab789d9d-9baa-454e-a710-fb9ca71ebb76_rw_3840.jpg?h=1884229f0fb49de09685d43fc18eb5fa)
Young girl, seven-months pregnant, Ecuadorian, at Red Cross tent at a migrant camp in San Vicente, Panama after walking across the Darien jungle. Darien, Panama.
![Alejandra Roja, 23, a Venezuelan migrant that struggled to make ends meet in Peru, rests at a U.N. camp for migrants after she trekked for days through the jungle with her 3-month-old daughter trying to get to the U.S. Lajas Blancas, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/fd4687b9-4fef-45b2-a0f6-a26e7a1f71c1_rw_1920.jpg?h=db17cd39dab26a8cf23974856fff48f2)
Alejandra Roja, 23, a Venezuelan migrant that struggled to make ends meet in Peru, rests at a U.N. camp for migrants after she trekked for days through the jungle with her 3-month-old daughter trying to get to the U.S. Lajas Blancas, Province of Darien, Panama.
![Alejandra Roja, 23, a Venezuelan migrant that struggled to make ends meet in Peru, rests at a U.N. camp for migrants after she trekked for days through the jungle with her 3-month-old daughter trying to get to the U.S. Lajas Blancas, Province of Darien, Panama.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/2f2db2a1-eb39-4b9c-b8d3-140ffc6fd500/a8ffaf85-21d8-4cd3-89d1-f06101a195e5_rw_3840.jpg?h=a053e367753a879348bf4867f2bfa765)
Alejandra Roja, 23, a Venezuelan migrant that struggled to make ends meet in Peru, rests at a U.N. camp for migrants after she trekked for days through the jungle with her 3-month-old daughter trying to get to the U.S. Lajas Blancas, Province of Darien, Panama.
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