Show Navigation
back to search results
Info

MONGOLIA. Ulaan Baatar. “We have been living on the streets for 10 years and in this garage for 1 year”, said Battur,55, the grandfather of the family who, in his youth, studied Mongolian Language and Literature at one of the capital’s Universities. Divorcing from his wife in the 1990’s turned him to drink and hence onto the street. As the global financial crisis grips Asia, Mongolia is feeling the implications first hand as the country suffers from rising inflation pushing the price of food and fuel ever upwards. For the country’s homeless, who live in sewers and abandoned garages in the capital and already face extreme discrimination and are denied access to basic health and social care, their lives are hanging in the balance. 2008

Add to Lightbox Download
Filename
Mongolia_Homeless_29.JPG
Copyright
Sean Gallagher Visuals
Image Size
3504x2336 / 4.1MB
http://www.gallagher-photo.com
Contained in galleries
Mongolia - Homeless [2008]
MONGOLIA. Ulaan Baatar. “We have been living on the streets for 10 years and in this garage for 1 year”, said Battur,55, the grandfather of the family who, in his youth, studied Mongolian Language and Literature at one of the capital’s Universities. Divorcing from his wife in the 1990’s turned him to drink and hence onto the street. As the global financial crisis grips Asia, Mongolia is feeling the implications first hand as the country suffers from rising inflation pushing the price of food and fuel ever upwards. For the country’s homeless, who live in sewers and abandoned garages in the capital and already face extreme discrimination and are denied access to basic health and social care, their lives are hanging in the balance. 2008