Cold winter in Bulgaria

A child from Syria tries to start a fire on a cold winter’s day in Harmanli Refugee Reception Center. December 12, 2013 Photo:  Dobrin Kashavelov

A child from Syria tries to start a fire on a cold winter’s day in Harmanli Refugee Reception Center. December 12, 2013
Photo: Dobrin Kashavelov

Freelance photographer Dobrin Kashavelov met the boy while on assignment for UNHCR on his way out of the centre. “He was trying to get warm by starting a fire. The smoke from the smoldering tree leafs and gathered rubbish was rather choking the child than warming him. It made me think about his need to stay warm, but also his need for the warmth of a caring host.”


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