shadipur_slums Photo Gallery by Birte Person at pbase.com

Shadipur slum colony is in the middle of Delhi.These people are living in atrocious conditions,no running water,no electricity.Many are starving,sick with Leprosy and Tuberculosis,unable to afford medication.People sleeping on pieces of cardboard covered in flies.The sewers outside their hovels are filled with garbage and is also used as a toilet.There is no future for these poor children growing up here other than begging.What a world we live in when the rich can walk by and ignore this suffering.

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goelsamuel	PM reply	11-May-2011 18:52
Very touching gallery. Strong and powerful compositions. You very effectively portray the suffering and hardships of these people. I pray that your excellent work will in some way bring help to this community. V++

papa_lima	PM reply	12-Feb-2011 21:45
Fantastic set, well done.

Fernando Peres Rodrigues	PM reply	05-Feb-2011 08:44
Another excellent gallery. Congratulations.

moensja	PM reply	05-Oct-2010 10:03
excellent, touching, powerfull work.

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Mark Revill		03-Aug-2010 22:34
Great and powerful images, that other people dont seem to see. Only if you go to other war torn countries. Outstanding job, hope to see more new images very soon.

GeneWard	PM reply	29-Jul-2010 02:39
an outstanding, human series. VVV

Ser Pat	PM reply	18-Jul-2010 12:19
Meravigliosa galleria. Immagini incredibili. Grande arte e grande passione ovunque. Grandissimo talento. VVV

Inge Perrault		04-May-2010 18:50
Small volunteer organizations are much more cost-effective than large ones because there is no overhead and every cent goes to the benefit of the poor. Anyone who knows Birte also knows that local university students volunteer and those Indians on the post who complain or think they have better solutions - find some that do NOT go into the pockets of the wealthy who can walk by a sick or starving child. You are so defensive; why don't YOU roll-up your sleeves and get to work instead of growing fat and building McMansions. You have a wonderfulancient culture, cherish it but don't leave the poor behind and education is the best way to further empowering the poor, especially the ill-treated women in your culture. It seems they are worth NOTHING other than working them to death and/or use them as sex-objects. If you in India want to join the "civilized world" truly, cherish your women because the MEN as anyone knows are responsible for the sex of a child and for crying out loud, get the proper size of condoms Indian men so you don't sire more children than you can feed.

olderhvit	PM reply	03-May-2010 10:51
Absolutely wonderful gallery. BV.

alfredo camba jr.	PM reply	23-Mar-2010 10:12
Fantastic gallery! Interesting images!! V

Wendy O	PM reply	12-Feb-2010 02:16
Very powerful, heartbreaking images. I hope that your pictures bring an awareness of the conditions here, and some help for these children V

Kadir Cinoglu	PM reply	09-Feb-2010 07:59
very good colorful gallery...V.

Herbey Morales	PM reply	08-Feb-2010 19:32
Breathtaking and touching gallery. Beautiful human gallery. V

Yiannis Pavlis	PM reply	07-Feb-2010 14:03
A most interesting gallery that provokes an internal reaction not easily expressed in words.V

Richard Calmes	PM reply	06-Feb-2010 15:40
Touching, powerful images! V

philparis10	PM reply	04-Feb-2010 18:05
Magnifique galerie. braVo Phil

Marcio Cabral	PM reply	04-Feb-2010 14:19
Excellent portraits and light!!v

Jean-Luc Rollier	PM reply	03-Feb-2010 11:31
Outstanding work Birte! Beautiful portraits! JL Vote

Deniz Kilinc	PM reply	03-Feb-2010 08:31
excellent gallery with every details...

Dara Su	PM reply	03-Feb-2010 00:58
Great photos tell a story... V.

Kinga Chwalkowska Zadlak	PM reply	01-Feb-2010 07:08
Excellent gallery! - Amazing shots! ~V~ Congratulations! ;~}}}

barley23	PM reply	01-Feb-2010 05:15
Amazing photographs. I agree that you have not only shown the despair but also the dignity of those who have to live there. Wonderful job!!

mart s	PM reply	21-Jan-2010 17:35
the indian goverment is a disgrace... they are a very rich country. we all think its a poor country, but there goverment has spent so much money on space exploration its a joke... they have the money to look after there own people... its so sad.. the rest of the world tries to help there poor....

Lieve Snellings	PM reply	21-Jan-2010 03:21
A very powerful gallery ! What I like a lot here is that beside the poverty and harsh life of these children you not only show them as victims, but also as survivers, as the strong persons they also are ! BV I like to give you the link to my India photos of last summer http://www.pbase.com/lievesnellings/india_2009 and to the Indian Women's Court http://www.pbase.com/lievesnellings/daughters_of_fire

Zolt�n Balogh	PM reply	20-Jan-2010 00:06
Wonderful, but very sad portraits at the same time! Great job Birte! V

Mihai	PM reply	17-Jan-2010 06:11
Wonderful and sad portrait gallery.V

longbachnguyen	PM reply	17-Jan-2010 05:32
Excellent documentary, great composition, each image tells a story of life in this place. Keep up the wonderful works.

Buba Jafarli	PM reply	06-Jan-2010 22:15
I would suggest to donate the money to a reputable relief and development agency... Yes, NGO overheads can be high, but the use of funds is quite professional - they generally do well to ensure that their money is not eaten up by politicians, plus quite often they manage to address the root causes of poverty, not the symptoms. I also believe paying $1000 for airfare and then donating $100 at site is quite inefficient use of money.

Birte Person	PM reply	06-Jan-2010 05:29
No you are quite wrong.The whole lot of the money you donate goes into the pockets of the rich in India,you may be lucky if 1 cent on the $ goes to the actual people.The only way to help is to go there yourself and buy them medicine,food,clothes,tarps and school books for the few that get to go to school.Thats what we do,and if you are young enough adopt a child from one of the many orphanages.India has some 63% of the worlds poorest people.Western businesses are flocking to India,they outsource work to India and why,because of cheap labour.These big corporations could also help these people but they don,t.I show these photos in the hope that some of you out there may decide to pay $1000 for an airfare and live in a cheap $30 hotel,take what you can spare and go do something.

Guest		06-Jan-2010 04:34
It`s great work but it`s sad to see those pictures. No one wants to see a child in these living conditions. Unfortunately, this is the living conditions for all third-world contries. The one who suffers the most are the children. Seeing those pics, we all want to help them. But if we donate money, does it go to their hands??? Because in those contries, the government is so corrupted. They take everything from the citizens. So if we donate 5$, I bet 2$ will go to the foreign minister, 1$ will be taken by the political deputy, 1$ by the mayor, and 1$ by the local police office. At the end, the money that we donate serve to nourish the rich. The poor will get poorer. These poor poeple will never have a chance to touch a penny. It is a very sad reality but it's true in those countries.

Gian Piero Presazzi	PM reply	05-Jan-2010 18:29
Beautiful gallery

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