A peak into African children’s dreams

August 23, 2016

The photographic exhibition ‘When I Grow Up’ will be held at the General Assembly Visitors’ Hall at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from August 8 to October 14,2016. Photo: Courtesy UN

Every day, humanitarian aid workers stand on the front lines of war and disaster, braving great dangers to deliver assistance to those in need. To pay tribute to these unsung heroes, 19 August has been designated as World Humanitarian Day (WHD).

As part this year’s commemoration, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs launched a photography exhibition in New York entitled “When I Grow Up.” By photographing African children aged six to 18 – whose young lives have already been beleaguered with hardships – photographer Vincent Tremeau documented their aspirations by capturing each dressed in the clothing of the adult they aspire to be.