Do you want your ‘home sitter’ photographed?.

Do you want your ‘home sitter’ photographed?.

The child ombudsman of the Rotterdam-Rijnmond region has started a study on the problem of 'home sitters'; children who should get education but do not get it. To give this problem a face, the child ombudsman is looking for 'home sitters' who want to be photographed.

The child ombudsman of Rotterdam-Rijnmond wants to better understand the problem of ‘home sitters’ in her region. She has started a study that is almost finished. The child ombudsman wants to link a photo series to this study. “With photos, we want to show the world of Rotterdam school children and home sitters side by side,” says the child ombudsman. “This will make the contrast between these worlds clearer. That can help to create solutions.”

Want to join?

Does your child want to join? Then send an email to the child ombudsman Stans Goudsmit of Rotterdam, via
stans.goudsmit@orr.nl. Photographer and documentary maker Debbie Kleijn will take the photos. The photos will be in the child ombudsman’s report, which will be published after summer. There may also be an exhibition with the photos.