The resilience of war children

I went to teach photography to Ukrainian war orphans who had taken refuge in NGOs with Moldovan social orphans, in the autonomous territory of Gagauzia, and in the capital Chisinau. It was an enriching and very moving experience. In this photo, 2 Ukrainian orphan brothers and 2 Moldovan orphans in Gagauzia. They live in a refugee camp.
In this work, I captured the essence of human resilience, and of children of war in particular.
The determined looks, the new-found smiles and the dynamic movement of young people running with hope and strength through the forest.
It's a celebration of the indomitable spirit in times of uncertainty, a window on courage in the face of adversity.
They are full of energy and the will to live, they don't speak the same language but they are friends.
A poignant reminder of the power of unity and perseverance.

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Enok Tsevi
Atakpamé
Les femmes en Afrique ont toujours démontré une force presque surhumaine et une résilience à toute épreuve, capable de supporter les réalités les plus grossières de notre continent. Dans mon enfance, j'ai vu ma mère élever seule ses trois garçons, contre vents et marées, jusqu'à l'obtention de nos…
Anastasia Fedotova
Port Louis
They sit in the quiet, carrying the weight of countless untold stories. They are the keepers of a strength that doesn’t shout, that doesn’t seek validation. Their silence is not emptiness; it is filled with the echoes of lives lived through struggle, love, loss, and endurance. In their eyes rests…
Aljohara Jeje
Huraymila
Tais-toi et sois belle (French for ‘shut up and be pretty’) was the adage that shaped my upbringing. The expectation was clear: to become a woman, one must be pleasing and appeasing. My mother, adhering to this doctrine, taught me that I must always be prepared to smile so that others would find me…
Mark Blickley
New York
A visual response I sent to a friend after we had a silly, heated July 4th discussion over why I prefer tea to coffee in the morning, because he reproached me as an un-American Anglophile.