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Photographer:
Tomas Halasz
Title:
House of Family - orphanage for children with HIV
Location:
Cambodia
Sok Lin (on the right) used to live with her father in a shack. She lost her mother when she was one. Her father didn`t dose her drugs correctly. She was often left alone at home or taken to his work. She finally started walking and speaking (with many errors) when she was three.
Srey Nith and her mother are both HIV positive. Her mother is a gambler and a prostitute to pay for her debts. She would take care of her daughters depending on her current mental state. She was going to sell the older daughter at one point.
The orphanage for Cambodian children with HIV was set up in 2003 with the goal to save the orphans from dying of AIDS. At that time the medical treatment of HIV was not accessible for poor population. The first house for thirty orphans who lost their parents due to AIDS and found themselves out in the street was established in Phnom Penh.The children receive permanent medical treatment from the doctors. Given the large number of abandoned HIV orphans the St. Elisabeth College gradually opened more and more houses of this type.
Photo story ,,House of Family” is full of ordinary, perhaps, even banal situations such as sleeping, playing games, studying or having fun at a birthday party.
Nothing special at a first glance. Only upon deeper examination of the photographs the observer starts to understand the underlying stories. They force you to think; think about how precious random moments such as child’s afternoon sleep, soccer game with friends or a birthday cake are.
Filip VanĨo, The exhibition curator
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St. Elisabeth College of Health service and Social work
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