Are you sure about the incomes? Ukraine with 10000 bucks per person? The girl would be living a dream.

cuddly toys, no matter the income, seemed to be popular among some of the children, at least they all have their imaginations.

When I buy an expensive toy for our cat, she prefers the wrapper. I can't see anything wrong with liking non toys like tyres or plastic bottles as fav toys. It shows imagination. Its not sad, if it gives the same pleasure as an expensive toy. Even as someone who grew up in Germany, I sometimes made stuff out of plastic or cardboard or fabric. I also find it wrong to say that it is 'telling' that the [mostly white] kids prefer their expensive toys. All it is telling me is that the parents gave them to their kids and they don't know any different. Plus if any of the poor kids suddenly had money, they too would opt for more expensive things. Kids are adaptable. This is mildly interesting but tells me no more than that human kids are humans.

I think kids are kids and will play with what is available. I find it more striking to notice the differences in physical condition as the income rises.

Growing up poor, My Dad prob. only made around $1,000 a month with 4 kids, my favorite toy was a doll that I got from our Churches Christmas grab bag donated by other members. I was 5 and had that doll for yrs and I loved her to death. It didn't matter to me if I had any other toys because she was the best friend a little girl could ever have. Fond memories of her from an other wise sad childhood.

I know it's just a detail, but I can't help be concerned about the chinese boy's less than half full aquarium with nothing but fish in it. Hope they were just cleaning it up at the time.

I'm not a kid but I have a few toys. My favorites are my Flareon Pokemon miniature and my plush Creeper.

Stuffed animals and tires ahah i loved getting inside a tire and have my siblings push me around in it. It was so fun

The Burundian kid... its not a maize... it's the flower of a banana plant

So stuffed animals transcends money. Not bad.

Why did it skip from $800 to o$2000/per month - per adult?? I smell BS.

Ha ha! The tire and a wooden pole were my favorite toys as a kid. The challenge was to make that bicycle tire roll as long and as far as you can without letting it drop by running behind it and tapping it with your hand. It was an incredible amount of fun when I was 5-ish years old. The stick was to play high jumps and pretend to be Donatello from the TMNT. Cars were great but only if I was crashing them into something.

Nastya from Donbass and her toys. nastia2-5b...14f2d2.jpg

Whatever the income was accurate or not, it shows you how spoiled we are living all comfortably in our world, and some of these kids don't even have a pair of shoes. Don't take it for granted!

Live animals are not toys.

The toy is not the goal itself but what can be done with it. A toy sword and a stick can actually have the same function: play

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Yes, they used their imagination. That is another loss in today's children, they have no need to use their imagination !!!

As a kid I loved playing outside in the mud...and insects!

We're currently running a similar project. With the "@eyeLeveL Project" we let young students all around the world take pictures of things they consider most important in their life. Ans just like this project here, the outcome is as unexpected as it is interesting! If you have a minute, check out the project at https://www.at-eyelevel.com/

That was not dried maize. It was a fresh banana blossom.

In a Burundian home living on $29/month per adult, the favorite toy is dried maize - the child is holding banana flower not maize

Because stuffed animals rock.

Nastya from Donbass and her toys. nastia1-5b...d4faed.jpg

I dont know what to think about this. If you asked me and my sister what our favorite toys were when at that age, we would have a different answer daily. Sometimes it was a stick that looked like a gun. Sometimes a stick that was a sword. Sometimes a rock that was shiny. Sometimes mud, we could make all sorts of "sculptures with it"; sometimes bugs, jars, balls. Most of the times our pets. So yeah. All i can say for sure is that a child doesnt need complex items to be happy. Imagination is enough.

In the cat picture, I feel like the cat looks so content and happy, it doesn't matter who is its owner, how much money they have, etc. the cat is happy and in love with the little girl just for who she is. Animals have that kind of power

Very insightful! How children use their imagination is really the key. Of course, I know that family, community and upbringing all play part. Great piece!

the things i thought are trash are toys for some of these kids. i hope they can enjoy their childhood, i admire their imagination and simplicity.

I'm starting to think that the income is per year, not per month. Like 10.000 per person, if a family of 4 it would be 40.000. thats one hell lot of money to spend in a month. It would be live in the mansion

LOL I LOVE IT SSSSSSOOOOOOOOO FUNNY

As much as I love the project the part I really can't get over is the "volleyball ball" like what??? Most likely I'm just irrationally obsessive over it but it really bugs me

This is wen I spawn my crazy by stating my ong held theories about space aliens and illuinati that control the world and also hate brown colour. The incomes increase as colors change... as colors become darker, incomes increase