Ernesto - Firenze, Italy
Gabriele Galimberti, an Italian photographer, traveled globally and photographed kids with their most prized possession. The text is taken from an interview with The Times Magazine.
Callum - Fairbanks, Alaska
Because I am so OCD and absolutely disgusted with the current state of affairs, I'm adding some stats. They are from a 1999 comparison so the discrepancy is greater.
Ragnar - Reykjavik, Iceland
I looked for more current data and oh honey, can I tell you stories but I'll save that for another time.
Fermina - Montevideo, Uruguay
With the exception of computer games, toys haven’t really changed over the past three decades or so. - The Times Magazine
Naya - Managua, Nicaragua
Amount of money needed each year (in addition to current expenditures) to provide reproductive health care for all women in developing countries: $12 billion
Amount of money spent annually on perfumes in Europe and the United States: $12 billion
Watcharapom - Bangkok, Thailand
At their age, they are pretty all much the same. They just want to play. - Galimberti
Maudy - Kalulushi, Zambia
Amount of money needed each year (in addition to current expenditures) to provide water and sanitation for all people in developing nations: $9 billion
Amount of money spent annually on cosmetics in the United States: $8 billion
Botlhe - Maun, Botswana
The richest children were more possessive. At the beginning, they wouldn’t want me to touch their toys. In poor countries, it was much easier. In Africa, the kids would mostly play with their friends outside. - Galimberti
Tangawizi - Keekorok, Kenya
Amount of money needed each year (in addition to current expenditures) to provide basic health an nutrition needs universally in the developing world: $13 billion
Amount of money spent each year on pet food in Europe and the United States: $17 billion
Abel - Nopaltepec, Mexico
The toys reflected the world each child was born into. The boy from an affluent Beijing family loves Monopoly, because he likes the idea of building houses and hotels, while the boy from rural Mexico loves trucks, because he sees them rumbling through his village to the nearby sugar plantation every day. - The Times Magazine
Pavel - Kiev, Ukraine
Amount of money needed each year (in addition to current expenditures) to provide basic education for all people in developing nations: $6 billion
Amount of money spent each year on militaries worldwide: $780 billion
Alessia - Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Doing this, I learnt more about the parents than I did about the kids. There was the Latvian mother who drove a taxi for a living, and who showered her son with miniature cars and the Italian farmer whose daughter proudly displayed her plastic rakes, hoes and spades. - Galimberti
Noel - Dallas, Texas
Combined wealth of the world's richest 225 people: $1 trillion
Combined annual income of the world's poorest 2.5 billion people: $1 trillion
Chiwa - Mchinji, Malawi
However, children worlds apart share similarities. . . a six-year-old boy in Texas and a four-year-old girl in Malawi both believed their plastic dinosaurs would protect them from dangers. - The Times Magazine
Virginia - American Fork, Utah
One more stat? This is a good one.
Bethsaida - Port au Prince, Haiti
According to Forbes, Americans give more to charities, per capita, than any other developed country and donated $200 billion dollars in 2011.
Puput - Bali, Indonesia
http://www.gabrielegalimberti.com/projects-2/toys-2/
http://www.worldwatch.org/node/764
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