24 hours with Rakesh (Work in progress) **7:52 am.**
July 1, 2008 | Filed Under 24 hours with Rakesh | Leave a Comment
7.52 am.
Rakesh is going to school.
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24 hours with Rakesh (Work in progress) **7:48 am.**
March 30, 2008 | Filed Under 24 hours with Rakesh | 1 Comment
7:48 am.
Rakesh and his clasmates are taking a taxi to the school as every morning. Usually there are 6 children in one taxi (plus one teacher form New Light and the taxi driver). New Light pay the taxi every morning and send a van to pick up the children from school at the end of the morning.
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I´m here again
March 30, 2008 | Filed Under Taiwan, Travels | 1 Comment
You will see a new photographic work about Taiwan, the people, China, the democracy and the elections. Soon.
Some days in Taiwan
March 20, 2008 | Filed Under Travels | Leave a Comment
I´m in taiwan taking some photos. I´ll come back soon.
24 hours with Rakesh (Work in progress) **7:42 am.**
March 3, 2008 | Filed Under 24 hours with Rakesh | 1 Comment
7:42 am.
Kolkata awoke 3 hours before. Now the streets are crowded. People are working, cooking, walking or doing nothing on the streets. Everybody is on the street. Rakesh and his friend walk among people to take a car to the school.
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24 hours with Rakesh (Work in progress) **7:41 am.**
March 1, 2008 | Filed Under 24 hours with Rakesh | 1 Comment
7:41 am.
This is the alley to New Light. This is the place where the women work as prostitutes. Rakesh and his classmates take this way every day. And every day a lot of women (sometimes their mothers) are waiting for clients.
Here you can see a video of the alley to New Light: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3eyGaU6jJA
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24 hours with Rakesh (Work in progress) **7:38 am.**
February 26, 2008 | Filed Under 24 hours with Rakesh | 1 Comment
7:38 am.
Rakesh and his friends go to the street to take a car to the school. This is the door to the upstairs to New Light. New Light installed here a free comdom vending machine. Kalighat is one of the biggest red light areas in India. A lot of men came everyday to have sex with the mothers. HIV/AIDS is one of the biggest problems here.
New Light provides awareness programs Includes counseling, intervention and rehabilitation, regular meetings with mothers regarding the danger of HIV, distribution of free condoms and home based palliative care for HIV positive patients.
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24 hours with Rakesh (Work in progress) **7:28 am.**
February 25, 2008 | Filed Under 24 hours with Rakesh | 1 Comment
7:28 am.
This is Raja´s hand. Raja is a social worker of New Light. He wakes up very early every day to take the children to the school. They live in Kalighat. This is one of the oldest red light areas of Kolkata housing sex workers from the city, the districts and neighbouring countries like Nepal and Bangladesh.
The social workers of New Light are completely accepted by the community. They work whith the consent and colaboration of the fathers and mothers. The families know that the people of New Light love this children. And the families love the people of New Light.
The boy is one of the best friends of Rakesh. He lives in front of his house.
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24 hours with Rakesh (Work in progress) **7:20 am.**
February 18, 2008 | Filed Under 24 hours with Rakesh | 6 Comments
7:20 am.
Rakesh is waiting for his classmates in front of his house. It´s 7.20 am and he is asleep.
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24 hours with Rakesh (Work in progress) **7:12 am.**
February 9, 2008 | Filed Under 24 hours with Rakesh | 2 Comments
7:12 am.
Rakesh´s mother awaits the moment to say goodbay to her son. It´s time to take a taxi to the school.
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