Eric Kayne

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His Location: Houston, TX, US
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An orphanage in Agua Prieta, Mexico takes care of children whose parents have perished while they attempted to cross into the United States. The parents sometimes expire from the desert heat and give the last of the water to the children. Other times, families are separated when they encounter the Border Patrol and the group the children are traveling with scatter.

Lorena and Evan Rios watch their son Sergio, 7, play during a visitation day. The Rios family has been separated because of parental drug use. Lorena holds her youngest son, Nathanaiel. Another orphan, Raymundo Ávila, watches.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_002KAYNE_ORPHANED_002 | Armando Bermudez installs barbed wire at Casa Pepito. The orphanage houses children returned to Mexico by the U.S. Border Patrol after attempted border crossings. Some parents die during the journey, having given the last of their water to their children. Other children become separated from their parents during the crossing. The wire is used to keep the children inside the orphanage for their own safety.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_001KAYNE_ORPHANED_001 | The border fence between Agua Prieta, Mexico and Douglas, Arizona. Crosses on the fence signify people who have died attempting to enter the United States.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_003KAYNE_ORPHANED_003 | From left, Eulogio Felix, 9, Sergio Valesquez, 6, caregiver Lourdes Martinez, and Jennifer Hernandez, 7, play in the courtyard of the orphanage. Despite their situation, the children find ways to have fun.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_004KAYNE_ORPHANED_004 | Raymundo Ávila, 8, cries after not being allowed to follow a group of visitors that left the orphanage. Raymundo often has to be distracted when visitors leave to keep him from becoming upset.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_005KAYNE_ORPHANED_005 | Lorena and Evan Rios watch their son Sergio, 7, play during a visitation day. The Rios family has been separated because of parental drug use. Lorena holds her youngest son, Nathanaiel. Another orphan, Raymundo Ávila, watches.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_006KAYNE_ORPHANED_006 | Settling arguments is part of the daily routine. One of the tías, or “aunts” who work at the orphanage said children placed there are “agressivo, pelenciero y ambicioso,” - aggressive, contentious, and stingy.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_007KAYNE_ORPHANED_007 | Sergio Valesquez, 6, showers with other children before the eight o’clock bedtime. Out of modesty, the children always shower in their underwear.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_008KAYNE_ORPHANED_008 | “Tía” Ana Rosales carries Hector Galvez, 2, and J. J. Hernandez, 19 months, to bed. The number of children can fluctuate, depending on the time of year.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_009KAYNE_ORPHANED_009 | Fernando Figueroa, 10, Sergio Valesquez, 6, Rigo Montaño, 9, and Eulogio Felix, 9, watch Lucha Libre, Mexican-style wrestling on television.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_010KAYNE_ORPHANED_010 | Miriam and Jose Herrera wave goodbye to Hector Galvez, 21 months, who they are in the process of adopting. The adoption process can take up to two years.
KAYNE_ORPHANED_011KAYNE_ORPHANED_011 | Sergio Valesquez, 6, and Eulogio Felix, 9, play with a rope and a football, tossing it over the wall and pulling it back over and over again.

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