Before The First Class: C

During the 2010-2011 Summer Holidays, I spent a week at an Indonesian orphanage (Yayasan Abas) that takes in ill, orphaned and disabled children, as well as elderly women. My time there was to teach the children drawing and painting, and to experience their everyday lives. This photo was taken during a soccer game at a nearby park using the soccer ball that we purchased for them. Whilst the older kids were engrossed in their game of ball, the younger children were playing with what they found around the park. Such as these three children playing with a discarded piece of plastic and string. The reason I find this photograph beautiful is how their happiness exudes in this photo. I am amazed that they are able to find such enjoyment in objects they find littering the park where we go through our day to day activities overlooking the things that we take for granted.