Lamine, age 12, lives in Senegal and attends a boys only pupil school. At six every morning him and the other boys start work in the field, digging holes and plowing the field. In the afternoon, the boys are to study the Koran. Lamine likes to play football with his friends in his free time.
Tzvika, nine years old, lives in an apartment in the West Bank. It is a gated community of 36,000 Jews. Televisions and newspapers are banned from the neighborhood. Tzvika has one sister and two brothers, with whom he shares his room. Sports are banned from schools. Tzvika goes to the library every day and enjoys reading the holy scriptures. He wants to be Rabbi when he grows up.
11 year old Thais, lives in the City of God, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She lives with her parents and sister on the third floor of a block of flats. She shares her bedroom with her sister. Ever since the award winning movie, City of God, the neighborhood has undergone major improvements. Thais is a fan of Felipe Dylon, a pop singer, and has posters of him on her wall. She would like to be a model when she is older.
Lamine, age 12, lives in Senegal and attends a boys only pupil school. At six every morning him and the other boys start work in the field, digging holes and plowing the field. In the afternoon, the boys are to study the Koran. Lamine likes to play football with his friends in his free time.