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Dream: Children of Calcutta
"In my next life, I would like to be a butterfly." So begins this simple video montage depicting the paintings and dreams of young students at two informal schools in India run by the non-governmental organization Calcutta Rescue. Calcutta Rescue provides free education to nearly 300 slum children in that city and here, the impetus behind the lush series of water-color paintings on display is voiced by the artists themselves. "I imagined standing by a river like this. I have never seen a river, but I have seen pictures," says one. And another: "I live on the street with my parents, brother and one sister. I would like to have a big house so that we can all live there."
Learn more about Calcutta Rescue, which operates the two informal schools shown in this video.
Check out Kids with Cameras, another promising initiative that grew out of working with children in Calcutta, and harnesses the power of art to transform the lives of both artist and viewer.
"Every child born," wrote the poet Tagore, "brings with it the hope that God is not yet disappointed with man."  Remember this, and honor the potential in all children.