Where Do Children Nap

"Where children sleep» (Where Children Sleep) - draft journalist Chris Booth (Chris Boot) and photographer James Mollison (James Mollison) of the United States.Four-year-Jasmine (Jazzy) lives in a big house in the countryside of Kentucky, USA, with his parents and three brothers. The bedroom is full of Jasmine crowns and belts, which she won a beauty contest. She has participated in more than 100 competitions. Jazzy wants to become a rock star.

Four-year-Kay lives with his parents in a small apartment in Tokyo, Japan. Her bedroom from floor to ceiling furnished with dolls and clothes. All clothing Kai - 30 dresses and coats, 30 pairs of shoes, many wigs - makes her mother. But when Kay goes to school - she has to wear a school uniform. Favorite products girls - meat, potatoes, strawberries and peaches. When he grows up, Kai wants to draw cartoons.

Home for this boy and his family became a mattress in the field on the outskirts of Rome, Italy. To purchase bus tickets to Italy from Romania, they beg. Arriving in Rome, they camped on private land, and the police threw them out. These people have no documents, so they can not get a legal job. The boy's parents wash the windows of cars at traffic lights. None of the family never went to school.

Nine-year-Dong lives in Yunnan Province in southwest China with my parents, sister and grandfather. He sleeps in the same room with her sister and parents. The family has a plot of land on which they grow rice and sugar cane. Dong School is located 20 minutes from home. He loves to write and sing. In the evening, Dong normally spends one hour on homework, while another spends watching television. Dong would like to become a police officer.

Seven Years Indira lives with his parents, brother and sister in Kathmandu, Nepal. In their house only one room with one bed and one mattress. Children sleep on a mattress on the floor. The family is very poor - everyone must work. With three years of Indira works at the local granite quarries with the other 150 children. Indira works six hours a day, then - it helps the mother with the housework. She also goes to school - to her from the house for 30 minutes. Her favorite food - noodles. Indira dreams of becoming a dancer.

An eight-year Roasi lives on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. His house is located on a huge dump, where they live and work five thousand people. The mattress on which the sleeping boy, made of old tires. Every morning at six o'clock Roasi and hundreds of other children take a shower at a local charity center before you start collecting cans and plastic bottles, which then will be recycled. Roasi often eat only once a day.

Eleven-year-Thais living with his parents and sister on the third floor of an apartment building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bedroom she shares with her sister. They live in a certain area of crime and drugs - Cidade de Deus, «City of God", a situation in which improved slightly after the release of the same movie. Thais love pop singer Philip Dillon. She would be a model.

Fifteen-year-Nantes - a member of the tribe Rendille in northern Kenya. She has two brothers and two sisters. Her home - a hut of plastic and straw. At the heart of the home fire burning, which sleeps a family. Duties of Nantes - watch goats, chop wood and carry water. For several years, the girl went to a village school, but decided not to continue. Nanto wants to marry a soldier. Now she has a boyfriend, but for the women of the tribe Rendille normally meet with several men before marriage. Also, before her marriage, circumcision - it is a tradition.

Ten-year Spirit lives with his parents and eleven brothers and sisters in a Palestinian refugee camp in Hebron. She shares a bedroom with five sisters. Spirit goes to school 10 minutes away from "home", and dreams of becoming a pediatrician. Her brother Mohammed had killed himself and 23 civilians in a suicide attack against izralityan in 1996. After that, the Israeli military destroyed the family home. On the wall near the Spirits - picture of Mohammed.

Nine-year Zwick lives in an apartment building in Betar Illit, Israeli settlements in the West Bank. This settlement - the house 36,000 Orthodox Jews. Televisions and newspapers are banned. On average, each family of nine children, but Zwicky only one sister and two brothers, with whom he shares a bedroom. The school boy transported by car, it is two minutes away from home. Sports prohibited curriculum. Every day, Zwick goes to the library and reading religious literature. His favorite food - steak and potatoes. He wants to become a rabbi.

Eleven Joey lives in Kentucky with his parents and older sister. He always walks with his father on hunting. Joey first deer killed in seven years. He loves to be outdoors and hopes to continue to hunt and when he grows up. Joey goes to school and loves to watch TV in the company of their pets - lizards, Lily.