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View of the CCH 6 community through a torn, plastic window from the third story of the main facility The complex is not far from the Cabeza de Juarez landmark.
David Mendoza-Arellano, an active member of the Mexican House of Representatives, explains the various ongoing initiatives to reform the community at CCH6.
Hundreds of families occupy the CCH6 campus. During the daytime, men are rarely seen on the premises. Women keep themselves busy with work around their home, and children roam about.
Clotheslines are everywhere throughout the community. All clothes are washed by hand using buckets of water obtained from a central water source.
A boy carried potable water to his residence from the communal water source.
A child explores the labyrinth of tunnels, corridors, and stairwells that connect various parts of the CCH6 campus.
Every year members of the community gather to decide what color to paint their walls. Most of the decisions in the community are made democratically.
