Cholistan Hope촐리스탄의 희망

Photos

Pictures from the field

Photographs taken and uploaded by the pastor himself. The children's and families' names are never published.

The Cholistan Desert
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Where the children come from: villages deep in the desert, a ten-hour drive away.
The children who live with us
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Twelve children from eight villages, spring 2013, and the people they grew into.
Families out of the brick kilns
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Families who paid off their debt and left the kilns, and the days we visit and eat together.
Village schools
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Four small schools for village children who could not otherwise attend.
From tents to a village
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How a tent colony by the highway became a village of brick houses.

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Five desert village children seated in front of a mud wall — The day we first met.15 November 2012

Rev. Kim and nine children standing in a line on a desert dune — The Cholistan Desert, near the children's home villages.10 December 2015

Brick houses and a small chapel with a blue roof across the same canal — The same spot, 2020.29 June 2020

A row of tent dwellings across a canal — The tent colony by the highway, 2013.26 May 2013

Children seated at desks in a newly built classroom while a teacher stands — The new classroom.16 February 2023

Children singing with raised hands in an upstairs room with bare brick walls — The classroom for the kiln village children.24 November 2022

Six teachers and Rev. Kim seated side by side on a sofa — The teachers.23 February 2021

Children in blue uniforms seated at desks in a bright classroom — The classroom built above the chapel.23 February 2021

Students reading at the blackboard while a teacher looks on — In class.15 December 2020

Children with picture books open, studying with a teacher in a pink-walled classroom — The school that opened in a small rented house.29 August 2017

Villagers seated close together in a yard enclosed by mud walls — Once a month: the day we gather and eat together at the kiln.12 March 2021

An extended family of fifteen standing with Rev. Kim — A household of fifteen came out together.2 April 2021