43 – Aboubacar – Conakry, Guinea 2001
Africa
Aboubacar loves to laugh. Not an hour passes without him not making a joke. That’s why his friends read the story
41 – Suhrob – Duschanbe, Tadjikistan 2004
Asia
Suhrob wants to be a photographer one day, capturing on film everything going on around him. He also read the story
40 – Alejandro & Romario – Havanna, Cuba 2007
South America
Since birth Alejandro and Romario have both lived in the same house on the outskirts of Havanna’s city read the story
39 – Chan – Rattanakiri, Cambodge 2001
Asia
In only a few places of the world are there so few bicycles as in the province read the story
38 – Chance – Goma, D.R. Kongo 2010
Africa
The rebels came when she was 12. They were armed and threatened to kill anyone who resisted. They read the story
37 – Fatima – Koumba, Niger 2003
Africa
Fatima is used to feeling the hot sun on her skin. The big tree in the centre of read the story
36 – School-rickshaw – Allappuzha, India 2000
Asia
These children are especially lucky, because they belong to a small few, whose parents can afford the financial read the story
34 – Geslin & Aimé – Goma, D.R. Congo 2010
Africa
Geslin and Aimé have never been on the other side of the gate. Aimé looks away when I ask read the story
33 – Joseph & Friends – Freetown, Sierra Leone 2001
Africa
I come across Joseph and his friends in a refugee camp not far from Sierra Leon’s capital city. read the story
31 – Shaken – Almaty, Kazakhstan 2004
Asia
Only on second look is it clear that the apparent climbing pole from which Shaken is hanging, read the story
30 – Miguel – Mexico-City, Mexico 2008
South America
Miguel is proud. Even the hard years this 14 year old kid spent as a street child surviving read the story
29 – Legei – Endamagnay, Tanzania 2000
Africa
Legei is a warrior. “A real one”, he explains to me, showing me his spear. A couple of read the story
28 – Jean – Jacmel, Haiti 2008
South America
Jean is priveleged. He can go to school. Something that should be the most natural thing in the world, read the story
27- Mohamed – Conakry, Guinea 2001
Africa
Conakry, the capital of Guinea, belongs to those cities where the traffic is so congested that it is read the story
26 – Dhiya – Jakarta, Indonesia 2010
Pacific
A concrete bridge girder separates Dhiya from the heavy traffic above. It seems to bury her family, and any read the story
25 – Hassana & Balkissa – Koumba, Niger 2003
Africa
Niger is one of the world’s poorest countries. It’s also one of countries in which the traditional rituals read the story