Voices from the field

Ahmed is 13 years old. He has been working on the streets of Iraq since 2003. For many years he had just one wish…

Anne-Marie is fourteen. She is responsible for feeding and caring for two younger brothers and two sisters.

Bahar was forced into an arranged marriage at the age of 13.

Batol is a widow from Al Bu Subat village.

Beni was conscripted into a militia group when he was eleven.

After years of conlifct, the very structure of society in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been unravelled, leaving behind it extreme poverty and millions unable to feed themselves.

Dariush is 17 years old. He will soon leave the rehabilitation center and be reunited with his family.

Faheema is a 12 year old girl who collected old bits of plastic and papers from rubbish bins on the streets of Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan girls are not as highly valued as boys and as a result, killing or hurting girls is more acceptable.

Jean-Marc was abducted by rebel forces from the streets of Kisangani at the age of 13 and recruited as a child soldier.