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  • The communal room in the hostel is hardly ever visited by anyone.<br />
Nikkunj.
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  • "I don't have enough money. Everything is on top of you, you do the best you can, face the causes, and plead your case" Linda.
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  • Dave is waiting for a bedsit to move into. He is now thinking he will pass away in the hostel as he is very ill. Dave,June.
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  • J. has been living in and out of hostels in the last year. When he has no where to go, he takes refuge in a cemetery, where he sleeps outside its gates during the night.
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  • "I don't have enough money. Everything is on top of you, you do the best you can, face the causes, and plead your case" Linda 2012
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they just shut and covered as if nothing ever was running there..A coal miner outside the cave working on the coal extracted.
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  • Roma camp in the outskirt of Mitrovice, Kosovo. The camp lies in the vicinity of the rubbish dumps of the area and in between the Serbian and the Kosovan part of the city.  Both sides do not want the Roma gypsies.
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  • B. S. was attacked by a group of people belonging to the far right party called Golden Dawn whilst he was disembarking a bus in central Athens. He was left for dead on the pavement before the police was called six hours later. The police station was 2 minutes away. I met B.S. whilst receiving treatment from an NGO in Athens for anxiety and stress disorder. His well-being has been negatively affected following the atrocious attack. It happened one evening around 9pm while B. was descending from a bus. He had been all day at a hospital because his child was ill and had just taken relief from his wife who remained behind with their child. Suddenly, as he was leaving the bus he heard people behind him shouting 'Malaka...' and immediately after someone started to slap him. He asked 'Why?' but they carried on attacking him. This time throwing him back and forth like a football ball. Then a knife was taken out and he was knifed. He collapsed. When he woke up he was in a hospital. He asked who brought him there? Someone answered the police. He cried.
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  • Amir is one of the many refugees from Sudan living in Greece  living in a limbo for years. Without a permit to stay he can only wait that he will have one the 'pink' residency permit. He has been in a detention camp for months and  he is constantly afraid of being randomly stopped by the police and taken to custody or back to detention.- Sudanese refugee centre, Athens, Greece
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  • What can you do to survive? This country feels like a father that is slapping its own son/daughter. The son/daughter wants to go right or left but he is not given a choice. He is slapped constantly to go left and enter the wrong path. He/she is not given a choice. You are forced to go on one direction, which is to do things illegally for survival.  If you don't have money, cannot find work or place to live, some end up working illegally or doing crimes like stealing or even selling drugs. ' M., Athens, 2015.
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  • China is one of the largest producers of coal in the world, but it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions claiming thousands of lives every year.  To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years putting the coal miners' lives at greater risks.  Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountain is an example of one of the many illegal coal mines.  Safety measures are no-existing; broken rails, only one exit and entry point and no protective clothing or equipment to name a few.
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  • Rubber boots on coal mine. China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world and it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions. And to make matter worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. ..
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain, an illegal coal mine. China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world, but it has also one of the  worse recorded mining conditions. To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. The safety measures in the illegal coal mines are almost no-existing. To name, some trolleys pushed by the miners often escape the broken rails, there is only one exit and entry point...
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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world, but it has also one of the  worse recorded mining conditions. To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. The safety measures in the illegal coal mines are almost no-existing.
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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world, but it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions. To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. The health and safety measures in the illegal coal mines are almost no-existing.
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  • The school in Kyustendil roma ghetto so called segregated school where only roma children go to. This is one of the big challenges that Bulgaria is facing in that segregation is present even in education. .Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
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  • Boxhagener markt in Boxhagener Platz in Berlin is the local market where many squatters sell their things or exchange them without money involved.  The concept behind is that one can live without superflous things and buys or exchange for what one really needs. Normally the things that they sell are handmade objects like bracelets, drawing, printed shirts and so forth.
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  • Kosoli family, missing brothers ( from left, Kastriot, Kriste, Simon,Gjerg,Filip). One night the Serbian military invaded many homes in the Meje village. All the men were taken away and since then are missing. Their bodies have never been found.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo. After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left. Many widows have no means of sustainment. Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes. However, the Ngos support has diminished to null after they have been moved to Iraq and Afghanistan. This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • The school in Kyustendil roma ghetto so called segregated school where only roma children go to. This is one of the big challenges that Bulgaria is facing in that segregation is present even in education. The head mistress of the school..Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
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  • The school in Kyustendil roma ghetto so called segregated school where only roma children go to. This is one of the big challenges that Bulgaria is facing in that segregation is present even in education. The school has over 600 pupils. .Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
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  • The school in Kyustendil roma ghetto so called segregated school where only roma children go to. This is one of the big challenges that Bulgaria is facing in that segregation is present even in education. T.Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • During my time in Kosovo, one of the widows invited me to live with her and her children. This is M. who lives with her children in Mitrovice. Her husband was killed during the war.
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  • The young people recognise that the way they dresses will influence their chances of being stopped, one young boy explained to me “wearing a ‘hoodie’ is a call for being stopped. People judge you for the way you dress. I have been stopped wearing these clothes.”
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  • “My friend started to wear the hijab. One day she went to the post office. At the counter the clerk serving her began speaking to her loudly and very slowly.. continuously asking her if she was understanding. My friend said there is not need to speak to me in this way. My friend was born and has lived in the UK for 30 years and ever since she has began wearing the hijab people has been treating her as if she doesn't know anything, does not speak the language.  In terms of terrorism, I am more wary of certain areas I am going to. I wouldn't feel very safe in areas of predominantly white working class like the Docklands for instance or certain areas in Hounslow. I wouldn't feel comfortable if it is late at night or I am on my own because  maybe it is just in my head but I hear of what is happening to muslim women being stripped of their scarves  off on the street, being shouted at, called names I just wouldn't feel same.  It happens frequently, I heard one lady was beaten up in Fulham and that's very west London and she was walking and a guy was very aggressive to her. She was wearing jilbab, the full cover, and he started to pull off her clothes and being shouting to go back to her country, effing terrorist, it is more like people are encouraged to come out and feel hatred towards others.” A., October 2016.
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  • One time at school, one of my friends we were playing football and after we went outside the pitch. Another person came up and said: “What do you want to fight?”and he answered: “No, I am just trying to go home.”. And this person said: “Oh, sure whatever. You are a nigger.” June 2016.
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  • On the day I took this photograph, these two girls were at the the Harrow Club. I have in more than one occasion talked to them about the project and this time they agreed to work with photographs and audio. I gave them a camera and an audio recorder to interview people outside the club (or among each other) to voice their experiences and thoughts around prejudice. Following this  photo/audio session, they became more relaxed around me and asked to have their photographs taken. This photograph is one of this sequence and it allowed me to start a more in-depth conversation with the girls. After this session in fact we have often sat down and talked about prejudice.  Some of their thoughts: “It does not matter what colour you are, whether black , white or mixed race. We are all human.” “Every community, not matter what, one should be able to join in. Not matter what colour you are. Everybody should have fun together.  It shouldn't be that if you are black you cannot do this or that. Everybody should be together. It think that's how it should be.” May, 2016.
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  • The construction of Karahnjukar is one of the most ambitious project ever being made in Iceland. The dam is one of the largest in the world.
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  • Workers coming out from one of the tunnels in the construction of the Karahnjukar dam. Karahnjukar, Iceland.
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  • Kolaportið, the weekend flea market next to Reykjavik harbour.  It is really the alternative to the shopping street trades. Kolaportið is a mix between a car boot sale and a flea market, between people looking to clear their load of storage stuff and those that have serious stalls. Kolaportid has also a fish market where one can buy some Icelandic specialities like Harðfiskur (dried fish), whale meat and rotten shark.
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  • Kolaportið, the weekend flea market next to Reykjavik harbour.  It is really the alternative to the shopping street trades. Kolaportið is a mix between a car boot sale and a flea market, between people looking to clear their load of storage stuff and those that have serious stalls. Kolaportid has also a fish market where one can buy some Icelandic specialities like Harðfiskur (dried fish), whale meat and rotten shark.
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  • Sarajevo is divided in the serbian part and the bosnian one. The people still have open wounds and many refer to ngos for aid. This is in the serbian part of the city, where a ngo organised by Save the Children has play time with children with psychological and/or physical disabilities.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo. After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left. Many widows have no means of sustainment. Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes. However, the Ngos support has diminished to null after they have been moved to Iraq and Afghanistan. This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Diletta is one of the key founders of la Murga in the town of Battipaglia.
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  • "Living in an overcrowding conditions is stressful. There is not enough room for my little one to play, there is not enough storage so you have lots of clutter." Vivienne, October 2012.
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  • "we have been living In this flat for 8 years. Ralph, my first child was one year old and Ollie was just two weeks old." Alison, July 2013
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  • We have been living in this flat for 8 years waiting to be moved into a larger home. At the time, Ralph was one year old and Ollie was just two weeks old...
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  • The school in Kyustendil roma ghetto so called segregated school where only roma children go to. This is one of the big challenges that Bulgaria is facing in that segregation is present even in education. The head mistress of the school..Kyustendil, Bulgaria.
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  • The main road that passes through the ghetto divides the two sides in one poorer than the other. Even in the ghetto there is a social hierarchy. This is the poorest part of the ghetto.Fakulteta roma ghetto, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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  • The main road that passes through the ghetto divides the two sides in one poorer than the other. Even in the ghetto there is a social hierarchy. This is the poorest part of the ghetto.Fakulteta roma ghetto, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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  • For Italians the main square of a city is the fulcrum. This is the place where to leisure, to host events and to proudly show off a work of art and so on. Today many of the squares like the one in Battipaglia has only signs of urban decay and neglect.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • Taschele staircase in Berlin. It used to be just a squat, today it is one of the most visited place to look at artists work. There are still some people that use the place as a home but less and less so.
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  • Boxhagener markt in Boxhagener Platz in Berlin is the local market where many squatters sell their things or exchange them without money involved.  The concept behind is that one can live without superflous things and buys or exchange for what one really needs. Normally the things that they sell are handmade objects like bracelets, drawing, printed shirts and so forth.
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  • Kosoli family, missing brothers ( from left, Kastriot, Kriste, Simon,Gjerg,Filip). One night the Serbian military invaded many homes in the Meje village. All the men were taken away and since then are missing. Their bodies have never been found.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • A UN medical center in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  This is the only health center providing for the serbian population in the enclave. The services provided are few and the equipment is outdated and primitive.  They only have one blood bank given by Russia.  It is supported by Greece and Russia funding under the wings of the UN.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine, an illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.   Illegal coal mines normally are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff.  They are generally small and situated in the inner parts of mountains.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In illegal coal mines accidents occur more frequently because even the basic health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous: if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • This photo belongs to a series that documents the life of Hawa, a mother of a 10 years old autistic child. This story highlights the pressure that women like Hawa are constantly under; being carers and seeing precious support curtailed through increasing cuts.   Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns have been particularly difficult. I took this photo on one of my visits to Hawa. She was explaining to her son, each step he had to take to complete his homework. <br />
"Having an autistic child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo. After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left. Many widows have no means of sustainment. Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes. However, the Ngos support has diminished to null after they have been moved to Iraq and Afghanistan. This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • "We have tried to cross the border many times and we have been pushed back. One time police with masks on, find us. We were inside a van. They beat the driver. Then they open the door of the van and punched me. I heard many stories of violence from the police. This was my first time." - Belgrade refugee camp.
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  • “One time I was in Westfield I walked in the Gucci and they stopped me and have made me leave my bag with them. I felt being a victim, a victim of racial abused.” Kaum, young person, Harrow Club, August 2016.
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  • "The children think that they will be going to a nice beautiful home. I cannot bear yet to tell them that we are going to a hostel room, One day, we will be living in a proper home" Francesca.
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  • Kathleen McCarthy is one of the Travellers resident at Dale Farm
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  • Workers in the early morning hours ending their night shift in one of the tunnels. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • A banner saying "New Iceland Now" in one of the demonstration against the corruption of the government that made the Iceland economy crumble.
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  • Following the economic downturn in Iceland many people found jobless from one day to another. Bing is an IT Consultant working for the Landsbanki in Iceland. Although in maternity leave she found herself with no job to go back.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho region, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
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  • One of Berlins homeless centers.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar035.jpg
  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in bombed homes and with no one to turn to for support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar03.jpg
  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • A widow of war in Kosovo. Many widows are left without any means of sustainment.  After the war,  ngos assisted some widows of war in rebuilding their homes however support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This policy has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for support.
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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world. Some areas where coal is abundant the whole population works around the coal from extracting, refining, selling and also employing it for cooking and heating. Many women are working in coal mining, although they are not allowed to work underground. . .
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simpy shut and covered as if they never existed..In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exist makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are generally situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In coal miners run illegally accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
    cinzia_chinacoal_miners09.jpg
  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • Meetings are spontaneous and created when there is a need for organising events. Eveyone shares skills, tasks for the movement to keep going.  One of the main criteria is to make a social impact without a financial gain. Money is not in the movement as the principle to return to human interactions without a financial gain and to make changes through the power of sharing.
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  • The town of Battipaglia in the South of Italy has been put on a standstill by police, military, security personnel because one of the leading figures of Forza Italia (right party) was having a meeting at Battipaglia's Town Hall. The local population has sent petitions for the meeting to be cancelled but their request denied.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simpy shut and covered as if they never existed..In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exist makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers02.jpg
  • One worker going back to his room after his work shift. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar013.jpg
  • Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end ever for a carer/mother. What is very difficult sometimes is not have a respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown it has been even more challenging. Hawa is mother of  a 10 years old child with autism. Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does not end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself.  During the lockdown this has been even more challenging. Hello, I am Cinzia D'Ambrosi @cinziadambrosi, a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London, UK. I took this image in April 2021 and it belongs to a photo story that documents the life of Hawa, mother of a 10 years old autist child and the increasing pressure to be carer amid the lockdowns as well as seeing deepened cuts and the impact of this in her life.I took this photo in one of my visits to Hawa's home when she was explaining to her son the homework that he had to do. <br />
"Having an autist child with autism needs is challenging because of the endless extra things you need to prepare yourself and your child for. Caring for an autist child requires constant caring and this obligation does never end. What is very difficult is having no respite and a space to be oneself. During the lockdown, without the support I clung on was very difficult and often I  felt physically and mentally exhausted" - Hawa.
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  • There are many examples I could give you, but there was one time I was walking down Hammersmith Broadway and a police officer stopped me to ask for my name and details. I answered why was he asking that.  I am not obliged to give you my details unless you suspect me of a crime. Most black people unfortunately don't know their rights. Anyhow, the police said that a woman had escaped the psychiatric ward and that I fitted the description. I asked in what way I did. On what account, is that because the woman is black? I am walking with my two year old, did this woman escaped with a child? How can I possible fit into that description. It sounds like you are using your power to gather information from me. He left. Sandra, September 2016.
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  • Harrow Club in North Kensington is one of the very few youth centres open for young people. Due to cuts, nationally many youth clubs have had to be closed or reducing their facilities.
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  • One of the largest group of workers come from China, hence buses going to the tunnel and back have the writing in chinese. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • PDS political party (democratic socialist party)during one of their outdoor party. Berlin, Germany.
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  • The Miao people in Guizho, south-west China. The Miao is one of the 55 recognized minority group in China.
    miao_china_ 06.jpg
  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar034.jpg
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