Caritas provides a response to various social problems in Siberia such as care for children and orphans, most of whom live in extreme poverty, amid alcoholism, drug addiction and domestic violence; support for single mothers with children, attempting to create a healthy and rich environment for their own development and that of their children; and aid to those who are elderly, sick, handicapped, homeless and poor. Of great importance for Caritas is the protection of the family as a basic element of Russian society and as a natural place for the development of moral and spiritual of its members, especially children. With this photographic report I have documented stories of ordinary people who live hard lives and their ability to maintain a sense of dignity in suffering. Caritas with its charitable activities seeks to awaken this "sleeping land" that has a potential indefinite and unlimited, as its geographical extent.
