Most children in Afghanistan polish shoes for money. You will see in a street even 5 children setting up their own corner and competing to get customers. Polishing one pair of shoe gains then 10 to 20 afghani ( aprox. 20 to 40 US cents ) but that depends from place to place. These children should be in schools, but the conditions of their families force them to work under harsh environments. In hot summers, and in cold winters you will always find them there. Most of these children have lost one or both of their parents or they are the eldest of the family which in Afghanistan makes it compulsory on you to take care of the rest of the family. While these children work hard, All they actually want is a normal life and enjoy their childhood, go to school and play like any other children. While in kabul, i saw how these working children used to look at other children whom were fortunate enough to go to schools. Their looks were those of dreams and hope of some day they will also go to one. or at least of a normal life.
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Most children in Afghanistan polish shoes for money. You will see in a street even 5 children setting up their own corner and competing to get customers. Polishing one pair of shoe gains then 10 to 20 afghani ( aprox. 20 to 40 US cents ) but that depends from place to place. These children should be in schools, but the conditions of their families force them to work under harsh environments. In hot summers, and in cold winters you will always find them there. Most of these children have lost one or both of their parents or they are the eldest of the family which in Afghanistan makes it compulsory on you to take care of the rest of the family. While these children work hard, All they actually want is a normal life and enjoy their childhood, go to school and play like any other children.

While in kabul, i saw how these working children used to look at other children whom were fortunate enough to go to schools. Their looks were those of dreams and hope of some day they will also go to one. or at least of a normal life.

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