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Nicaraguan girls suffering from cancer dance during a quinceanera party in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Sept. 21, 2013. (AP)![Nicaragua_Swe_5]()
Mayerling Rivera, a Nicaraguan girl suffering from leukemia, looks through a window during preparations for a party in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Sept. 21, 2013. (AP)![Nicaragua_Swe_4]()
Nicaraguan girls suffering from cancer prepare for a quinceanera party in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Sept. 21, 2013. (AP)![Nicaragua_Swe_2]()
Yamileth Barrera, left, a 16-year-old from San Jose de Bocay, on a wheelchair she uses because of bone cancer. ties the shoe of her friend Keyling Kenry, suffering from a Hodgkin's lymphoma, as they prepare for a quinceanera party in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Sept. 21, 2013. (AP)![Nicaragua_Swe_1]()
Nicaraguan girls suffering from cancer dance with army cadets during a quinceanera party in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Sept. 21, 2013. (AP)![Nicaragua_Swe_3]()
Nicaraguan girls suffering from cancer wait for a car to leave after a quinceanera party in Managua, Nicaragua, Saturday Sept. 21, 2013. (AP)Teens With Cancer Get Their 'Quinceañera' in Nicaragua
For the past five years, Nicaragua's Association of Mothers and Fathers of Children with Cancer and Leukemia has put on a quinceañera for girls from poor, rural families — teens who have the added burden of dealing with cancer.
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- Teens With Cancer Get Their 'Quinceañera' in Nicaragua
