http://www.albertolizaralde.com Alberto Lizaralde | Photographer Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:04:36 +0000 http://www.albertolizaralde.com en http://www.albertolizaralde.com/Frail-2010-2011 http://www.albertolizaralde.com/following/albertolizaralde.com/Frail-2010-2011 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:04:36 +0000 Alberto Lizaralde | Photographer 784161 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_01_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_01_o.jpg" data-mid="3881175" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_02_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_02_o.jpg" data-mid="3881177" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_03_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_03_o.jpg" data-mid="3881178" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_04_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_04_o.jpg" data-mid="3881180" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_05_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_05_o.jpg" data-mid="3881184" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_06_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_06_o.jpg" data-mid="3881187" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_07_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_07_o.jpg" data-mid="3881192" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_08_905.jpg" width="905" height="590" width_o="1200" height_o="783" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_08_o.jpg" data-mid="3881194" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_09_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_09_o.jpg" data-mid="3881197" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_10_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_10_o.jpg" data-mid="3881199" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_11_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_11_o.jpg" data-mid="3881203" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_12_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_12_o.jpg" data-mid="3881205" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_13_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_13_o.jpg" data-mid="3881207" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_14_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_14_o.jpg" data-mid="3881211" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_15_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_15_o.jpg" data-mid="3881212" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_16_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_16_o.jpg" data-mid="3881213" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_17_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_17_o.jpg" data-mid="3881214" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_18_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_18_o.jpg" data-mid="3881216" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_19_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_19_o.jpg" data-mid="3881217" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_20_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1200" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_20_o.jpg" data-mid="3881218" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_21_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/Alberto_Lizaralde_Frail_21_o.jpg" data-mid="3881219" border="0" align="left"/> Frail (2010 - 2011) ‘Frail’ is about those everyday moments when everything collapses. Small instants where our life changes, spins and breaks. Suspended moments in which something has just happened or is about to. Situations in which time, objects and places lose their physical nature and are full of us. Tiny fragments of life which, when put together, redefine our idea of control of ourselves and the world around us. We are vulnerable in the everyday. ______________________________ Frágiles (2010) ‘Frágiles’ habla de aquellos momentos cotidianos en los que todo se desmorona. Pequeños instantes en los que nuestra vida cambia, gira y se rompe. Momentos suspendidos en los que algo acaba de ocurrir o está a punto de suceder. Situaciones en las que el tiempo, el objeto y el espacio pierden su condición física y se llenan de nosotros. Minúsculos fragmentos de vida que, unidos, buscan un replanteamiento de nuestras riendas y del control sobre nosotros mismos y lo que nos rodea. Somos vulnerables en lo cotidiano. ______________________________ <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/logo-ministerio2.jpg" width="193" height="90" width_o="193" height_o="90" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/784161/logo-ministerio2_o.jpg" data-mid="6794152" border="0" align="left"/> http://www.albertolizaralde.com/Through-the-looking-glass-2008 http://www.albertolizaralde.com/following/albertolizaralde.com/Through-the-looking-glass-2008 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:55:20 +0000 Alberto Lizaralde | Photographer 768074 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_00_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_00_o.jpg" data-mid="3881536" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_01_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_01_o.jpg" data-mid="3881537" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_02_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_02_o.jpg" data-mid="3881539" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_03_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_03_o.jpg" data-mid="3881543" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_04_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_04_o.jpg" data-mid="3881550" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_05_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_05_o.jpg" data-mid="3881554" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_06_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_06_o.jpg" data-mid="3881558" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_07_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_07_o.jpg" data-mid="3881561" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_08_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_08_o.jpg" data-mid="3881564" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_09_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_09_o.jpg" data-mid="3881569" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_10_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_10_o.jpg" data-mid="3881574" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_11_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_11_o.jpg" data-mid="3881576" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_12_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_12_o.jpg" data-mid="3881580" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_13_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_13_o.jpg" data-mid="3881584" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_14_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_14_o.jpg" data-mid="3881589" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_15_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_15_o.jpg" data-mid="3881593" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_16_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_16_o.jpg" data-mid="3881597" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_17_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/768074/Alberto_Lizaralde-Taiwan_17_o.jpg" data-mid="3881603" border="0" align="left"/> Through the looking-glass. Taiwan. (2008) Since the Chinese Nationalist Party found refuge in Taiwan and the proclamation of the People's Republic China in 1949, the island has swum between two stools. Every day, people move between chinese tradition and american modernity. Between communism and capitalism. Between day and night. In this personal and subjective journey, Taiwan sunrise every morning to see his image in the mirror and to cross it. An image that, as in the story of Alice, is opposite but strangely complementary. ______________________________ A través del espejo. Taiwan. (2008) Desde que en 1949 se proclamara la República Popular China y el Partido Nacionalista Chino encontrara refugio en Taiwán, la isla ha nadado entre dos aguas. Cada día, sus habitantes se mueven entre la tradición china y la modernidad norteamericana. Entre el comunismo y el capitalismo. Entre el día y la noche. En este viaje personal y subjetivo, cada mañana Taiwán amanece para ver su imagen en el espejo y cruzarlo. Una imagen que, como en el cuento de Alicia, es opuesta pero extrañamente complementaria. http://www.albertolizaralde.com/24-Hours-With-Rakesh-2006 http://www.albertolizaralde.com/following/albertolizaralde.com/24-Hours-With-Rakesh-2006 Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:35:59 +0000 Alberto Lizaralde | Photographer 765634 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_000_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_000_o.jpg" data-mid="4109780" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_001_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_001_o.jpg" data-mid="4109782" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_002_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_002_o.jpg" data-mid="4109783" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_003_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_003_o.jpg" data-mid="4109786" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_004_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_004_o.jpg" data-mid="4109787" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_005_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_005_o.jpg" data-mid="4109789" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_006_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_006_o.jpg" data-mid="4109790" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_007_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_007_o.jpg" data-mid="4109791" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_008_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_008_o.jpg" data-mid="4109794" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_009_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_009_o.jpg" data-mid="4109797" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_010_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_010_o.jpg" data-mid="4109800" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_011_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_011_o.jpg" data-mid="4109803" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_012_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_012_o.jpg" data-mid="4109808" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_013_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_013_o.jpg" data-mid="4109813" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_014_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_014_o.jpg" data-mid="4109816" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_015_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_015_o.jpg" data-mid="4109819" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_016_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_016_o.jpg" data-mid="4109821" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_017_905.jpg" width="905" height="603" width_o="1700" height_o="1133" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/23066/765634/Alberto_Lizaralde_Rakesh_017_o.jpg" data-mid="4109825" border="0" align="left"/> 24 Hours With Rakesh (2006) Kalighat red district in Kolkata is one of the world’s biggest brothels. There, hundreds of women prostitute themselves in order to escape from extreme poverty. The area is one of the city’s main focuses of AIDS infection. Men go there every day to have sex with prostitutes. Many of them also go there to have sex with boys and girls, aged up to 9. They believe that going to bed with a girl or a virgin not only protects them from getting sexually transmitted diseases, but also heal existing illnesses. Due to economic needs, many prostitutes let their children enter prostitution networks. Other children beg, steal or take drugs in the neighborhood. Many were born already infected with AIDS. Rakesh is not one of them. Rakesh is staying at New Light, a small shelter for prostitutes’ children open 24 hrs a day in the middle of the red district. This shelter provides children with food, education and sanitary and emotional assistance. They believe that it is not only about giving a less painful everyday life. They firmly believe that education is vital for changing one country’s social structure. For only if future generations have freedom, education and information, the vicious circle of poverty, violence, prostitution and drug addiction in which the children in this neighborhood are trapped will be broken. This photography project documents 24 actual hours of Rakesh’s real life. Each picture is labeled with hours, minutes and seconds, to represent how a child’s life can change when he escapes from the street, begging and drugs. 24 photographed hours in order to show that education is, besides a right, a weapon to change the world. This project has been realized thanks to the incredible collaboration of New Light and Mundo Cooperante​ ______________________________ 24 Horas con Rakesh (2006) El barrio de Kalighat en Calcuta, India, es uno de los mayores burdeles del mundo. Allí cada día miles de mujeres practican la prostitución para salir de una situación de extrema pobreza. El area es uno de los mayores focos de infección de SIDA. Los hombres acuden allí cada día para acostarse con prostitutas. Muchos de ellos también lo hacen con niños y niñas que pueden llegar a tener nueve años. Algunos creen que acostarse con una niña virgen no solo les protege de enfermedades de transmisión sexual, sino que, incluso las cura. Debido a las carencias económicas, muchas prostitutas permiten que sus hijos entren en las redes de prostitución. Otros niños se dedican a mendigar, robar o drogarse en las inmediaciones del barrio. Muchos ya nacieron infectados de sida. Rakesh no es uno de ellos. Rakesh pertenece a New Light, un centro de acogida abierto 24 horas. Hay unos 102 niños hijos de prostitutas en el centro a los que se les proporciona comida gratis y educación. Unos 25 de ellos residen permanentemente en el centro. La misión de New Light es promover la igualdad de sexo a través de la educación y aprendizaje vital para reducir el dolor causado por la violencia y el abuso a las mujeres y los niños. El trabajo ha sido posible gracias a la increíble colaboración de New Light y Mundo Cooperante​