Inspirational portraits of music bringing kids out of poverty

From the slums of Venezuela to the Inuit community in Greenland, the El Sistema music program is breaking cycles of poverty and despair.
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Image: An exhibition paying homage to the achievements of El Sistema in Venezuela was shown by Leica at the Salzberg Festival in 2013.

‘Poverty is not just a lack of a roof or bread. It is also a spiritual lack—a loneliness and lack of recognition. The vicious cycle of poverty can be broken when a child poor in material possessions acquires spiritual wealth through music.’

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