We are living through the worst humanitarian crisis most of us have experienced. We may not be able to stop it but we can alleviate the distress of many around us My heart still breaks the most for women with small children.
I suppose my own years of having been a young mother have left an indelible empathy in me for the adult with babies to care for.
The vulnerability and the strength required to nurture and protect children. In one of the short films I edited with my team this week, a woman wearing a bright orange sari sits cross-legged on the pavement of a highway with a sleeping toddler in her lap.
Mother and child are surrounded by big and small bags —some are backpacks, some are just belongings tied tightly in a cloth.