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  • Sarah Nasimiyu is 45 years old and is pictured with her two-year-old Joshua. She has four other children ranging in age from three to thirteen years old. They all work on the dumpsite. She separated from her husband in 2008 because he was always drunk and couldn’t be responsible. She brings Joshua with her to the dumpsite – where she sorts through rubbish in the morning and then sells snacks to the other workers in the afternoon. The Mothers who work on Eldoret’s main dump nick named by the locals,  ironically, as ‘California’ raise their children in Extreme poverty. The consequences for these children and their parents are tough; with disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence an everyday reality.
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  • Florence Khalumbia (46) With daughter Alice (7 ) lives just 50 metres from the “California” dumpsite in a one-bedroom hut with her five children. None of the children go to school – she feels that it’s better that they stay home and help their family to earn a living. Alice, the youngest, is seven years old, and she spends her days sorting through rubbish with her 14-year-old brother Allan Karani. They’ve never had any formal education and neither can read or write. Florence does want her children to improve their situation, but so that they can look after her. The family manages to earn just over a dollar a day from sorting rubbish at the dumpsite but that is not enough to buy food for the family.
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  • Sarah Wanjiru, 10yrs with mother Jane Wajira , and Jane’s grandchild pose for pictures next a small tip where they have been picking rubbish to make some money. They recycle mainly plastic; on average they can make up to 150-200 Ksh a day ( $1-2). The dump here is smaller with less pickings but safer than the main dump in Eldoret. <br />
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Jane had her first baby when she was as young as 12-13; she now has four children which she cares for her self . Her husband was killed in the Kenyan riots of 2007/8. Her 10-year-old daughter Sarah comes to help her sort rubbish when she’s not at school. Sarah was lucky enough to find a sponsor to pay her admission fees and cover her uniform and books – barriers that prohibit many of Kenya’s poorest children from attending the country’s free primary schools.
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  • Sarah Wanjiru, 10yrs with mother Jane Wajira , and Jane’s grandchild pose for pictures next a small tip where they have been picking rubbish to make some money. They recycle mainly plastic; on average they can make up to 150-200 Ksh a day ( $1-2). The dump here is smaller with less pickings but safer than the main dump in Eldoret. <br />
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Jane had her first baby when she was as young as 12-13; she now has four children which she cares for her self . Her husband was killed in the Kenyan riots of 2007/8. Her 10-year-old daughter Sarah comes to help her sort rubbish when she’s not at school. Sarah was lucky enough to find a sponsor to pay her admission fees and cover her uniform and books – barriers that prohibit many of Kenya’s poorest children from attending the country’s free primary schools.
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  • Noor Akor, with his children. Lailee, 7, Almos, 5 Jawat, 1.5, Javed, 3, (Farid 12 years old and  Parvees, 10,  his other children and wife are not in the picture )<br />
 Noor is not untypical of the average Afghan he has to support his family  on 2-4 dollars a day; he lives on the side of a mountain with no running water, sanitary facilities or schools ( 2.5 hours to the nearest school) it takes him one hour to walk down the hill to his work as a hairdresser.
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  • Vera Atieno,( 18) with her daughter ; Vera fell pregnant when she was 15; the child is looked after by her mother mainly in the rural areas after the father tried to snatch him. Vera makes her living scavenging at the local dump for plastics.  she hasn’t been able to afford to visit the child much and hasn’t seen her since she was a few months old  but is pleased when the child comes to her the day this picture was taken. She is trying to reconnect with the child and is hopeful that she will be able to see more of her. <br />
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 The consequences for those who work here on a regular basis including woman and children as young as 7 is  tough; with disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence an everyday reality.
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  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed unprecedented restrictions of movement for millions of Britons who were told to stay at home unless their key jobs or journeys were essential. Told to take a single exercise session per day, south Londoners use their local green space for daily activities in Brockwell Park in Herne Hill SE24, on 24th March 2020.
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  • As the Coronovirus pandemic takes hold across the UK, with health authorities reporting cases rising from 25 to 87 in a single day, and resulting in the UKs chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty announcing that an epidemic in the UK was highly likely, Londoners pass-by Evening Standard headlines at Charing Cross in central London, on 4th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • A portrait of a mother in her 41st year has been gathering heather in handfuls and holds up her young child who grins towards his father who is taking the picture at a park near the Essex seaside town of Southend. It is the summer of 1960 and the mum's dress is styled from the previous decade: blue with white spots and pearl necklace. She too is smiling as she grasps the flowers and her child on a warm day. Oddly, the boy looks as though he is wearing a girl's dress which may have been a hand-me-down from an older sibling or just the trend then.
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  • "One candle." A family are gathered to celebrate the first birthday of a young child, the back garden of her parent's south London home. The birthday girl reaches out to touch the single lit candle on a chocolate log cake while her grandmother and mother both show her how to blow and extinguish the flame instead. Friends and relatives are sat around the garden on a perfect late-summer afternoon, drinking and laughing on this joyous occasion, a milestone in the first year of any young life. This is from a documentary series of pictures about the first year of the photographer's first child Ella. Accompanied by personal reflections and references from various nursery rhymes, this work describes his wife Lynda's journey from expectant to actual motherhood and for Ella - from new-born to one year-old.
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  • Zhou Chun Ying 60 is retired. She looks after her grand-daughter Han Lin, 2 in Quixa, Shandong province whilst her parents work in the factories 70 km away. Yan Wei ( Ying's son)  works in a chemical factory whilst her mother, Lin Chun Mei, the daughter-in-law works in a factory producing medical curtains. Despite the policy, there are still too many people and not enough jobs in China which means couples often have to work away and children are looked after by their grandparents. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • Zhou Chun Ying 60 is retired. She looks after her grand-daughter Han Lin, 2 in Quixa, Shandong province whilst her parents work in the factories 70 km away. Yan Wei ( Ying's son)  works in a chemical factory whilst her mother, Lin Chun Mei, the daughter-in-law works in a factory producing medical curtains. Despite the policy, there are still too many people and not enough jobs in China which means couples often have to work away and children are looked after by their grandparents. ..Its over thirty years (1978) since the Mao's Chinese government brought in the One Child Policy in a bid to control the world's biggest, growing population. It has been successful, in controlling growth, but has led to other problems. E.G. a gender in-balance with a projected 30 million to many boys babies; Labour shortages and a lack of care for the elderly.
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  • A rather eccentric-looking man is seated on a bench on Blackpool's North Pier. This northern seaside resort in the north-west of England is diverse in its transient holiday population whose behaviour can be routinely odd. The pier has intricate cast ironwork seat backs dating from 1863 and the man sits with ankles crossed, wearing a suit and trilby hat on a warm summer's day. In the background we see families - parents and children - playing and walking on the beach at low-tide - the golden sands a much-visited aspect of Blackpool, the largest resort in the north of England and visited traditionally by working people from industrial towns and cities during the industrial revolution.
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  • Fish vendor, Imelda Esgana washes her youngest son at home in Talisay, Santa Fe, Bantayan Island, The Philippines. Every morning at 7 am Imelda meets the fishermen as they return from the sea with their catch. After sorting and weighing, Imelda sells the fish locally by going house to house which as a single parent gives her time to take care of her family. On November 6 2013 Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines and was one of the most powerful storms to ever make landfall.  Three-quarters of the island’s population of about 136,000 depend on fishing as their main source of income. Thousands lost their boats and equipment in the storm. Oxfam is working to support the immediate and long-term needs of affected communities on Bantayan Island.
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  • As another woman walks past on a path, a father minds a baby who is taking interest in a pet dog standing seated on a park bench, on 18th November 2016, in Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, Lambeth SE24 south London, England.
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  • A heavily pregnant mother-to-be with her doting partner stands at the bus stop opposite St. Thomass Hospital, on 5th June 2019, in London, England.
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  • Mustafa, aged 19 (although he is unsure of exact age) is a labourer on the Turquoise Mountain project rebuilding the old town centre, Murad khane. He is single and lives with his parents. The monkey is called Shadi. <br />
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“Before Turquoise Mountain came here it was very bad. Everywhere smelt, it was full of rubbish and the sewage – people just threw it out in front of their houses-   it was two or three metres high, you could reach the top floor of the houses by standing on the garbage.  During the war, there was nobody to clean up the rubbish, then buildings would collapse and then rubbish would go on rubbish. <br />
Before working with Turquoise Mountain I was just polishing shoes, now I get $5 dollars a day.”
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  • Mustafa, aged 19 (although he is unsure of exact age) is a labourer on the Turquoise Mountain project rebuilding the old town centre, Murad khane. He is single and lives with his parents. The monkey is called Shadi. <br />
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 “Before Turquoise Mountain came here it was very bad. Everywhere smelt, it was full of rubbish and the sewage – people just threw it out in front of their houses - Before I was just polishing shoes, now I get $5 dollars a day.”<br />
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 The charity was set up by Rory Stewart. He was asked personally by Prince Charles to take on the task of rebuilding the ancient heart of Kabul. His charity using local labour and the goodwill of the community is substantially into the task and has also set up a school training Afghans in traditional crafts. The area had literally been turned into a rubbish dump, now though using ancient skills the buildings are being restored to their former glory, Stewart is hopeful that he can contribute significantly to the local economy.
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  • Young men in drag perform to an audience as part of their Club 18-30 holiday experience to Ibiza, Spain. A tour rep encourages the men to push their inibitions to the limit but with a reputation for 'Sun, Sand and Sex' the 18-30 holiday formula has been labelled as parents' worth nightmare. From from the company's web site however the fantasy sounds less riotous: "There comes a time in life when you need to do it for yourself. A time to break free and break the mould. To explore, leave the map at home and find yourself. To find that one moment and make it last a lifetime. That time is now. Sunrise to sunset. Sunset to sunrise. This is the time of your life. Love every single second of it."
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  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
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  • Before finalists take part in their last exercises at a gymkhana pony competition, these rosettes prizes seen here in close-up detail wait to be claimed by young winners and losers. From the top we see prizes for Reserve Champions then those for 1st prize, then second, third and runners-up at the very bottom. Such accolades are won and lost by fractions of a second but their importance is remembered for years afterwards as young girls desperately practice to improve their equestrian skills. A huge commitment is needed by the girls and their parents who spend great deals of money and time for these treasured prizes which can be won or lost by fractions of seconds or single points. Those that fail to win go home feeling empty-handed or perhaps cheated out of victory and glory. Those who win hang them on bedroom walls for years to come.
    crufts_rosettes03-16-1987_1.jpg
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