What’s your dream? See the response from people from different countries

If you want to get to know a person more closely, ask them what their dreams are or what they hope for in the future. This question was asked by the team of the Dollar Street project, by the Swedish millionaire philanthropist Anna Rosling Rönnlund for families from different parts of the world. Dollar Street’s proposal is to document, through photos, ordinary people from all over the world to show their realities and, above all, to show that, regardless of where they live, people are more similar to each other than they imagine. Therefore, it makes no sense to have any kind of discrimination. Some answers to the question “What’s your dream?” were very obvious, but others turned out to be quite surprising.

In this post, the awesome.club shares with you more details of this curious project. Perhaps you will conclude that your life is much better than you imagined before reading this text.

Shawkat, a 50-year-old farmer, and his wife (45), who is a homemaker, live in a 2-bedroom house with their son. In addition, they own land. They never went on vacation, but they don’t dream of traveling but of fixing the roof of their house and buying a cow.

Soth, a 68-year-old farmer, lives with his wife, children and grandchildren. He is getting ready to open a store and confesses that his dream is to have a car.

Nick, 46, and his son Liam, 20, work repairing houses. Nick’s wife Denise, 44, is a social worker. His other 2 children are of school age. The family loves to travel and everyone thinks of buying a big van for long trips. They also dream of having a country house.

Several generations of the Raju family, for over 55 years, have lived together in a house they built themselves. The family would like the house to be next to the rice fields, where all the family members work.

Ashok, 40, has his own business. His wife, Sarite, does not work and their children are still studying. The Kumar family complains about how small the house they live in, but when they start talking about their dreams, they say they would love to have lots of jewelry.

Farmer Nampedi, 70 years old, lives in a small town with his 3 granddaughters. His shack does not have electricity or drinking water, nor does it have a bathroom. No one in the Wizilamu family is able to leave Malawi because he lives in poverty. Everyone’s dream is to have new clothes.

Architect Caroline and technician Simo are a creative couple, who are interested in art and appreciate beautiful objects. His plans for the future are to buy furniture from well-known designers.

This family has been renting a house for 6 years without electricity or running water. But the big dream of Joana, a 36-year-old saleswoman, and her young son is a television set.

Floreno is 67 years old and sells fighting cocks. His wife, Divina, 64, works in a laundry. The couple dreams of having a small family business: a cafeteria.

This farming family lives in a house they built themselves. They grow all the food they eat and dream of owning a motorcycle.

Maly, a 70-year-old retiree, lives with her children and grandchildren in a one-room house. The family dreams of having a bigger house and buying quality appliances.

Engineer Anatoly lives with his wife, 3 children, a son-in-law and 2 grandchildren. What they love most about their home are handmade toys. They want more creativity in their lives, so they dream of a keyboard.

Eric works in real estate and his wife, Christine, is a waitress. The family rents a 2 bedroom house. Both would love to have a quieter life, so they dream of having a farm of their own.

Navendra and Savita work in the tourism sector. Navendra owns a travel agency and Savita helps him with his work. This couple’s passion is travel. They dream of having the opportunity to see the whole world.

A good education is the only way to a better life. So says Mina, a 45-year-old farmer. She dreams that her children don’t have to work as hard as she does and that they can study.

And you, what is your dream?