born into brothels

born into brothels. this is a brilliant documentary about a photographer who began photographing Calcutta prostitutes in 1998 and quickly became involved in the lives of children from the red light district. by living in the brothels for months at a time, she quickly developed a relationship with many of the kids who were often terrorized and abused. she started teaching these children photography and building relationships with kids who would most likely follow in their parents steps. by reaching out to these children, they saw hope for the future with some even breaking through the red light districts bondage by starting to walk towards a future rather than falling into the life of prostitution in their early teens.

Please check this film out and if you feel lead, support the cause. here are some links…the first is about the movie and kids. the second is all about the project which is now in haiti, jerusalem and cairo.

http://www.thinkfilmcompany.com/brothels/

http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/mission/

here is an excerpt from Kids with Camera's web-site.

'Kids with Cameras' upcoming priority is to further empower the children of Calcutta's red light district by creating a school and campus specifically for them. Existing schools in Calcutta are hesitant to admit children like those featured in Born into Brothels, simply because of where they are born and raised. In the rare cases that schools do accept them, the children are often further stigmatized and limited in reaching their full potential. Our mission is to create a safe and nurturing environment, to provide the highest quality education available in the world and to support the children all the way through to university.

We are working with internationally renowned architect, professor and founder of Architecture for Humanity, Cameron Sinclair to develop and construct a design for the school's campus that reflects our vision of a holistic, loving and innovative approach to education with an emphasis on leadership and the arts. We hope to promote unity, social inclusion, and environmental responsibility, and provide an educational and cultural framework for children to change their own circumstances.

We believe that every child deserves the right to an outstanding education. By ignoring one child's potential, we have missed yet another chance of witnessing greatness.'