Atlas of Dreams is a US Embassy funded project
Adelya, 11, Naryn Region
“When I grow up, I want to be the president.”
It is quite an uncommon dream for girls to have in Kyrgyzstan, given that they are pressured by culture that girls do not have the equal
Gulsun, 15, Naryn
“I don’t know how to read or write. I am 15, but I attend 1st grade. I want to become a teacher one day, just like my teacher.”
Gulsun is a Pamir Kyrgyz, one of the most remote and smallest people groups in the world, who live solely in the mountain tops.
