honorable mention
Lai Leng Lam singapore
title
Brick Factory Boys of Kratie
factory owner.
Often time, a little creaky wooden hut with no furnitures or the basic electricity supply houses the whole family. Children are not hired as child labourers but to get the job done faster, they help out with hauling the clay into the moulding machine manned by adults and lining up the hardened clay to sun it on a hot day.
Despite the heavy hard work their skinny body frame had to endure, they live a very happy life, oblivious of the hardship and poverty that life offers them. Ignorance is truly a bliss.
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entry description
Kratie, Cambodia - being one of the poorest provinces in Cambodia, children often help out their parents on their day job. This series documented the families working in brick factories in the province. Adults are paid a wage of USD1 per day and lodging is provided by thefactory owner.
Often time, a little creaky wooden hut with no furnitures or the basic electricity supply houses the whole family. Children are not hired as child labourers but to get the job done faster, they help out with hauling the clay into the moulding machine manned by adults and lining up the hardened clay to sun it on a hot day.
Despite the heavy hard work their skinny body frame had to endure, they live a very happy life, oblivious of the hardship and poverty that life offers them. Ignorance is truly a bliss.
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