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FilmFather Gabriel MejiaFairfield, Iowa 7 Apr 2010
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Saving the Disposable Ones by Claudia Petrick Comment (0)

“I’m convinced a child is not a problem. A child is an oportunity. A child has infinite potential. A child is like a shrine,” says Father Gabriel Mejia, who is the subject of a deeply moving new film, Saving the Disposable Ones.


 In the mid-80s, learning that 50 milllion homeless children live in South America, Father Gabriel Mejia devoted his life to helping these kids. He says it felt like an