Physicians in Honduras
work to reconstruct the face of Maria, a little girl who had became
yet another innocent victim of the "maras" or street gangs that roam
the dangerous streets of Tegucigalpa. A stray bullet, likely meant for
a drug dealer, gang-banger or convicted criminal, entered Maria's face
just below her nose and excited near her right ear. It is now the task
of volunteer doctors and their Honduran counterpart, Dr. Juan Carlos
Funes Aleman, to repair her face. Although Maria's face will never be
as it was before the shooting, the result will be a vast improvement
over the large scar that had formed since here injury.