"Back there at the house I saw how people struggle to survive. There is no work. They are building houses to look for daily bread. Then they have to mix the cement like this.
In Nigeria there is no machine. We use hands to mix. This helps people who are working, so that at the end of the day they can pay their money so they can feed for themselves.
That is why I snapped this picture to remember how they used to work. I made cement—I was little, when I was in secondary school at the age of 14."
This image was taken as part of the Voice of Freedom workshop in Asti, Italy, working with ten Nigerian women trafficked through Libya to Italy. The title of the photograph refers to the name of the individual who took the photograph, and not the figure therein.
All images sole copyright the photographers. All rights reserved. Not to be reproduce in any format without the written permission of Leila Segal, Director, Voice of Freedom.
