boxing is the only class that 14—year—old gilbenis goes to now.ing his mum and siblings became the priority. this training is one of the few opportunities open to him, growing up in maracaibo's poorest and most dangerous neighbourhood. "my mum wants me to go back to school to get out of this place." he tells me he's got into trouble picking up guns, robbing from people to provide his family with food. "often we eat just once a day," he says, "sometimes not at all." this is a neighbourhood where life is cheap and violence the norm. but it's hunger that's the biggest obstacle to studying. according to unicef, nearly 120,000 children in venezuela could suffer from extreme malnutrition in the coming year. gilbenis�*s little sister giovanna is one of them. her hairfalling out from a lack of protein. their mother chiara is also severely underweight. the irony is that when nicolas maduro's predecessor hugo chavez came to power more than 20 years ago he promised a socialist revolution that would change the lives of millions in this deeply unequal country.

boxing is the only class that 14—year—old gilbenis goes to now.blings became the priority. this training is one of the few opportunities open to him, growing up in maracaibo's poorest and most dangerous neighbourhood. "my mum wants me to go back to school to get out of this place." he tells me he's got into trouble picking up guns, robbing from people to provide his family with food. "often we eat just once a day," he says. "sometimes not at all." this is a neighbourhood where life is cheap and violence the norm. but it's hunger that's the biggest obstacle to studying. according to unicef, nearly 120,000 children in venezuela could suffer from extreme malnutrition in the coming year. gilbenis's little sister giovanna is one of them. her hairfalling out from a lack of protein. their mother chiara is also severely underweight. the irony is that when nicolas maduro's predecessor hugo chavez came to power more than 20 years ago he promised a socialist revolution that would change the lives of millions in this deeply unequal country. and free education