Don't Turn Your Eyes Away

India, the seventh largest country in the world and the second largest in terms of population, with over 1.2 billion residents. A country of contrasts where poverty meets great wealth. Where illiterates can often be found next to great scientists. In this country, next to the glass skyscrapers, in which a large number of world corporations are operated, there are adjacent slums where there is a poor everyday life. These places are filled with houses made of metal sheets, paper and rags. The sidewalks become the home of thousands of vulnerable children. They spend most of their lives here, that is, born, live and die. However, their childhood is not free and it ends very quickly. Children often work in the field or at home and when they are 11 or 12 years old, they start to earn money. In some drastic case, it also happens when parents sell their new-born children, so that they can pay their debts. Here, not many people are in despair if a child dies as a result of starving or inhuman treatment. However, every day, the sun awakens in the slums, the hope that the world will eventually bend over these children and they will also go to school someday. And the memory of a happy childhood will remain with them forever.