LET THE CHILDREN PLAY


  • Photographer
    Lukas Maximilian Hüller
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    playfoundation
  • Date of Photograph
    FEB 2014
  • Technical Info
    real staged gigapixel images

LET THE CHILDREN PLAY initiative is a project in line with international human ethics and the United Nations mission to protect and promote fundamental Rights of the Child by the use of visual means. The aim was by composing iconic photographic and cinematographic images that highlight the plight of thousands of refugee children... The final visual results are achieved through different workshops – where there is a common experience of succeeding and creating together... The implement of the project started since January 2014 at the Zaatari Refugee camp in partnership with the UNHCR to foster sensitivity towards the rights of children and refugee children, especially the children of Syria... 2014 is the 25th anniversary of UN Children Rights…

Story

LET THE CHILDREN PLAY at Zaatari Refugee Camp
As the crisis in Syria rages on, an entire generation of children is being shaped by violence, displacement, and a persistent lack of opportunity.
UNHCR, together with leading international humanitarian organisations, has launched the „No Lost Generation“ campaign, which builds on the latest evidence of the impact the crisis is having on children, not least through diminished access to education and protection.
Previously a stretch of desert, Zaatari now accommodates displaced persons in what has become the second largest refugee camp in the world. Around 100,000 people are living in Zaatari Camp, with the majority of registered Syrian refugees in Jordan being children and youths under the age of 18.
The „No Lost Generation“ strategy aims to support the implementation of sustainable activities over the coming years that will provide millions of children affected by the conflict in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey with learning opportunities, a protective environment and opportunities to rebuild their future.
LET THE CHILDREN PLAY initiative is a project in line with these international human ethics and the United Nations mission to protect and promote fundamental Human Rights, including the Rights of the Child, by the use of visual means.
The young demographic and raw desert environment of the Zaatari refugee camp lends itself strongly to the purpose of composing iconic photographic and cinematographic images that highlight the plight of thousands of refugee children...
The methodology used to realise this project focuses on the child throughout the process – the children take part and actively participate in all the activities. PLAY, ACT, ENGAGE,... LEARN: the final visual results are achieved through different workshops – where there is a common experience of succeeding and creating together...
Those visual creations found its roots in the iconic symbol of the TREE, its philosophical meanings, its symbolical expression for growth and future but also in the matter no trees growing and offering shade in the dessert environment of Zaatari Refugee Camp…
This led to the realization of two real staged photographical compositions “LET THE CHILDREN OF SYRIA GROW HOPE” and “LET THE CHILDREN PLAY AT ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP” working with the children and youths living in the camp so that they became pivotal characters in the final making of the images – over 300 refugee children had been involved in this experience… - and with projects like this, a child experience can become a lifetime memory...

The implement of the project started since January 2014 at the Zaatari Refugee camp in partnership with the UNHCR and supported by SAVE THE CHILDREN an IRD produced by PLAY FOUNDATION to foster sensitivity towards the rights of children and refugee children, especially the children of Syria...

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