About this project

Search the globe

Photographer Henny Boogert portrayed and interviewed students in Kenya, Russia, Moldova, Cuba, Bolivia, the Philippines, India and his homeland the Netherlands. His work, to been seen on this website, is part of an international project to monitor the resemblances and differences of student conditions in a global perspective.

Look at the portraits

Students throughout the world fight for the same ideal: to move forward, to make a career. As universal as this aim is, as universal is their housing. A bed, a small seating area, some posters on the wall and clutter on the ground. Another resemblance: parents in many countries put away any extra money to finance at least one of their children. They are often supported by siblings, uncles and aunts. And then that dream to move forward, to have a career, becomes a dream of more persons than just that one student on the photo.

Connect to the students

Visitors of this website can communicate easily with most of the portrayed students from other parts of the globe: just click the Facebook-button. It’s our aim to bring students all over the world together to get inspired by each other and to reflect on resemblances and differences. In this way we hope to broaden the horizons of students.

Discover local projects

Dutch students are challenged to read more about projects that improve opportunities and education for young people in developing countries. May be some of them get motivated to study abroad, follow an internship or to do volunteer work in a such countries. Ultimately this website will become a data base of local projects for better education all over the globe. Suggestions for projects are always welcome.