A place that must never be romanticised with nostalgia. That was why deep bonds were forbidden. Attachment was dangerous.
She loves to draw, but she never kept her work. Her pictures drifted through the room like fallen leaves, mixed with abandon among school notices
Sahel’s story explores identity, absence of birthdays, and emotional struggles of foster children, revealing loneliness, resilience, and hidden truths of care homes.
Today, the number of children with foreign roots in the foster care system is notably higher than their proportion in the general population.
A volunteer bonds with a migrant child in Japan, revealing identity, language, belonging, and hidden emotional histories within institutional care.