Girls and Children Who Stay (and Take Care of Themselves)

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Ownership

Every day, Pascal (12 years old) hopes that the clock will mark four o’clock in the afternoon. It is summer: he can wake up later and the hours pass without rush. But while his mom works, he stays home alone with his seven-year-old brother. When she arrives, at four o’clock, she just opens the doors of Patio Don Bosco Punitaqui de La Florida, a community space, located several blocks from Pascal’s house, which throughout the year welcomes childr…