Prijut dla Sirot

The children’s home „Prijut dla Sirot” is situated in Nowodolinka in Kazakhstan. A tired place in a maltreated region. In former times this was the place where the feared Gulags stood. Even today the inhabitants are largely Russian, German and other non-Kazakh nationalities. The life at the orphanage reflects the dreariness of the area. The murky future prospects of the children disappear in the seemingly endless steppes, the homeland of the Kazakhs. However, the children´s home offers all children a warm bed and nobody has to starve, yet they have to work hard for their living. „The institution stands and falls with its kids and God“, say the carers and prays.