What chance of education for Guatemala's street children? In pictures

People scavenging in the biggest rubbish dumb in Guatemala City
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

A woman points to a baby in a box in Guatemala City rubbish dump. This baby had no parents, or none I could see; it might have been dumped there Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

A boy holds a ball in a Guatemala rubbish dump Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

A primary school in the north of the city Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Girls in their smart uniform attend a primary school in the north of Guatemala City Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Happy faces all round in a primary school in the north of the city Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Street children stand in the doorway of their home in Guatemala City Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Guatemala City rubbish dump, where street children live and eat the rotting food Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Hugo and Eddy with Lola (in pink) Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Street worker José, 13, who works selling fruit on buses Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Rosita in her home in Guatemala City Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

A child plays in the street Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

The outskirts of Guatemala City Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Toothbrushes hang in a little pouch – a touching image amid the poverty of the shanty town Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Yasir Yeahia (left) and Navdeep Bual (centre), pupil ambassadors for the Global Campaign for Education, see where street children live in the poor areas of Guatemala City Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian