Orphaned: Vasco’s story

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Orphaned: Vasco’s story

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Jun 23, 2022

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‘I was scared of the night’: When Vasco's parents died in a car accident, his childhood was transformed into a struggle to survive. He started as a young child sleeping at his father's grave, but ended up in a spiral of gangland crime and violence on the streets. Why are more children in Zambia ending up on the streets?
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Jun 23, 2022

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