Jaime Jaramillo is the founder of a Colombian organization Ninos de los Andes (Children of the Sewers)  and a Nobel Peace Prize nominee.  He has helped over 30,000 children from the streets in Columbia.

His life was changed one day when he was walking down the street and saw a homeless girl run out in the street to grab a doll box that had dropped off a passing truck.  This poor, dirty little girl who was living in the streets picked up the box and smiled broadly, catching Jaime’s eye as she had found this wonderful treasure. But just then a truck came barreling over the crest of a hill and struck and killed her.  Jaime then picked up the doll box only to find that it was empty.  He later helped a girl who he found on the street with massive burns. When he took her home, she led him into the sewer system under the city – where Jaime realized thousands of parentless children were living in the filth and squalor.  He and his organization provide food, medical attention and clothing for these children of the under world.  Thank goodness for people like Jaime.