Dark Side of Toys

Entrance of one of the closed Lee Der toy factories in Foshan, Guangdong Province in China. The owner, 52 year old Zhang Shuhong, committed suicide after Mattel, the world's largest toy company,recalled one million toys made by his company, coated in toxic lead paint. Today in the New York Times by David Barboza.

© Kees Metselaar

World AIDS Day

Thailand, Lopburi, Aids hospice in the Phra Bat Nam Phu temple. Founded in 1992 by Buddhist monk Dr Alongkot Dikkapanyo. More than 100 HIV positive patients are living in the temple complex. The very sick are taken care of by Thai nurses and foreign volunteers. Here a 66 year old chinese man,trying to walk.

© Kees Metselaar 2004