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My Photo Scholarship 2011 Entry

He is poor but happy; he goes to a learning center. He is camera-shy but I managed to have him trade his million dollar smile for a candy.

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He is poor but happy; he goes to a learning center. He is camera-shy but I managed to have him trade his million dollar smile for a candy.

Tags: street children, street, kids, underprivileged, underpriviledged, india, happy, kid, kids

He is below the poverty line and is picking up his mother's 'profession'. He is learning to beg. He and his sister look at tourists with hope in their eyes. I look at him and hope that India has a better future in store for hm.

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The two kids play at the children's park in Phnom Penh while their mother (in the background) sells refreshments outside. I wonder what their future holds; would they end up as hawkers too?

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