Signs of poverty

What signs can students gather from watching Innocent Voices to suggest that for villagers, El Salvador is a tough place to live without having to cope with daily fighting?

What do students feel about the aspects of poverty on show in the film?

Despite this, what evidence is there that Chava’s family are rich in many ways – what core needs does Chava’s mother Kella, his grandmother and the other people around him manage to meet?