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FATHER COMES TOMORROW/
The wife of a migrant worker. She hasn't seen her husband in two years. Aravan village, Osh oblast.
Family dinner. Chek village, Batken oblast.
Tologon, 63 years old, takes care of her two grandchildren, one six months old, the other twob years old. “They often talk to their mother on the phone,” she says. “I say [to the children] that their mother will arrive in the summer. When summer comes, I say she will come in the winter, and she'll bring a lot of money...” Aravan rayon, Osh oblast.
The wife of a migrant worker. She hasn't seen her husband in two years. Aravan village, Osh oblast.
"Father comes tomorrow" is a common phrase that millions of children in Central Asia hear when they ask the questions- "Where is my father? When will he come back home"? Those who look after the children – mothers, grandmothers, older sisters, and older brothers use this phrase over and over again. And no one knows when this "tomorrow" will actually arrive.
This photo story is about migrants workers’ families - mostly women and children who are waiting and surviving while their loved ones are trying to make ends meet in Russia. Many Central Asian children are growing up without seeing their fathers. Meanwhile, many women are left with the task of raising the children on their own.