Silver / 2019 / Portraiture / Children

Special Children of Kattankudy

Prize

Silver in Portraiture/Children
Photographer

Kai Yokoyama, Japan

Located in eastern Sri Lanka is the city of Kattankudy.In a country that is 70% Buddhist,nearly all of the city's 40,000 residents believe in Islam.Forty students attend “Zahira Special School” a school for children with disabilities.In Sri Lanka,Muslims are considered minorities.
1:Ilma,deaf,prays at the school's mosque.
2:A group photo.
3:Milhan,Down's Syndrome,enjoys being photographed.
4:Rusaith,mental retardation,is looking over the glass.
5:Munshif,deaf,poses.
6:Ashra,Down's Syndrome,is playing with Ilma.
7:Ahshin,mental retardation,poses.
8:Simar,Down's Syndrome,takes a class.