honorable mention
Paula Jesus italy
title
Pollution and Childhood in Pakistan
Addressing this challenge requires a global and coordinated response to ensure a better future for Pakistan's children.
Air and water pollution have led to serious health problems among children, including respiratory diseases and dermatitis. Furthermore, the need to contribute to the family income forces many children to work from an early age, often in dangerous conditions and without adequate health protection. Dropping out of school is widespread, as education often loses priority to immediate survival.
The lack of national unity in combating environmental challenges has led to widespread disinterest in environmental protection, while religious and tribal divisions often take precedence over cooperation to address common issues.
The attempt is to show diversity, conceived however as the singularity of each of us that comes before any categorization: "disabled", "immigrant", "homosexual" and so on. Here we don't see categories, but people with names and distinctive traits.
This series is aimed at the able-bodied society, shifting the axis of the discourse: what is disability? Is it really a set of defects, a being less, being consequently less human? But first of all, what is diversity?
Diagnosis is needed when it can help people and families understand themselves and the reasons for certain difficulties. It serves to prevent the person from experiencing a life condition based on comparison with an ideal of physical or intellectual health that does not belong to him.
The diagnosis must serve as a tool for self-awareness, without this translating into a sense of inferiority.
Sit-Down Babies is about childhood as community development has its roots in children.
They are the foundations that need to be given the opportunity to discover one's abilities and potential, giving the tools, confidence and strength to face life.
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entry description
Pollution in Pakistan seriously threatens children. Increasing population density, religious and tribal divisions and emigration contribute to this problem. Uncontrolled population puts unsustainable pressure on the environment, creating poverty and pollution. Social and religious fragmentation hinders cooperation against pollution, while emigration leads to environmental neglect. This situation has a devastating impact on Pakistani children, with serious health problems, child labor and school dropouts widespread.Addressing this challenge requires a global and coordinated response to ensure a better future for Pakistan's children.
Air and water pollution have led to serious health problems among children, including respiratory diseases and dermatitis. Furthermore, the need to contribute to the family income forces many children to work from an early age, often in dangerous conditions and without adequate health protection. Dropping out of school is widespread, as education often loses priority to immediate survival.
The lack of national unity in combating environmental challenges has led to widespread disinterest in environmental protection, while religious and tribal divisions often take precedence over cooperation to address common issues.
about the photographer
Children under 7 with Down Syndrome from Brescia and its province were involved in this project.The attempt is to show diversity, conceived however as the singularity of each of us that comes before any categorization: "disabled", "immigrant", "homosexual" and so on. Here we don't see categories, but people with names and distinctive traits.
This series is aimed at the able-bodied society, shifting the axis of the discourse: what is disability? Is it really a set of defects, a being less, being consequently less human? But first of all, what is diversity?
Diagnosis is needed when it can help people and families understand themselves and the reasons for certain difficulties. It serves to prevent the person from experiencing a life condition based on comparison with an ideal of physical or intellectual health that does not belong to him.
The diagnosis must serve as a tool for self-awareness, without this translating into a sense of inferiority.
Sit-Down Babies is about childhood as community development has its roots in children.
They are the foundations that need to be given the opportunity to discover one's abilities and potential, giving the tools, confidence and strength to face life.
back to gallery
