Mums Of The World

Mom prepares food, cleans, looks after children and earns money. Of course, mom is sometimes so busy that she does not have time for herself. She is central to the family. I can say the family depends on her like in emotional and material spheres.

- Lena

Maria lives in Sofia, Bulgaria with her husband and daughter. She works hard during the week to provide for the family and loves to spend time with their daughter in the evenings and at the weekend.

- Teodor

Savvina, a Cypriot mother, lives just outside of Paphos and works part time in an office job. She enjoys spending time with her husband and seven-year-old daughter, regularly going to the nearby beaches, as pictured here. To Savvina, motherhood means everything and the birth of her daughter is what she defines as the most special day of her life.

- Stefan

Here is a picture of Barbare, a Georgian mother shown in traditional Georgian dress, alongside her four-year-old son. She lives with her husband and two children on the outskirts on Tbilisi and enjoys spending her days looking after the children, her husband and the house. Her favourite is cooking with the children; often Khachapuri, a traditional dish.

- Ben

Here is my friend, Johanna, who lives in Heidelberg with her young son. Johanna is pregnant at the moment and is expecting her second child later this year. She has a comfortable life, with her husband working hard whilst she is on maternity leave to provide for the whole family. Her parents live nearby, offering important support and help when needed.

- Megan

This is Elisavet, mother to a 17 year old daughter, Persefoni. She's a dedicated mother, working hard to provide for the family alongside her husband.

- Pantelis

This is Trish and her girls. The family live and work on a holiday park, so home is a mobile home (not to be confused with travelling community) and friends come and go. The girls pitch in with day to day chores during the school holidays, and Trish spends time doing usual mam stuff in between looking after holiday makers and husband. This is in Tralee in County Kerry on the West Coast of Ireland.

- Carol

My mom weaves. Her main role at home is to bring warmness, keep Latvian traditions alive and make beautiful traditional skirts. That`s also her hobby, mission, lifestyle and part time job. This handcraft is a really important part of her daily life. She work with yarn every day. She has four looms, a magically huge hope chest, hundreds of colorful yarn and a mission. The yarn in her arms is alive. Our home is a home of warm wood. Every skirt she makes has a differrent story and smell. When I asked her, "Why are you doing this", I got this answer: "Weaving is Latvian meditation. For me this is a place, where I can take rest from everyone and eveything. For me it is a sanctuary. And you never know, what will be the result."

- Linda

Here is a picture of my mother, Doroteja. Home for our family is Bitola in the South of the country. My mother works part time at the grocery store in our neighbourhood whilst also looking after myself and her other two children. I am aged 18 and my two brothers are aged 11 and 14. Mother never stops providing for us, always there to help us out and make sure there is food on the table at the end of the day.

- Armend

Mum in my house; she is working a lot. She is very loving and supporting and a very creative person. She takes good care of us, but is not very strict. It is mostly us (myself and my sisters) who do all of the cleaning in the house. When she is not working, she likes to spend her time with the family, usually making cards and watching Star Trek.

- Charlotte

My wife, Anya, is the rock to me and our three children. She goes out to work three days each week but still finds the time and the desire to do the chores at home. I work long hours to ensure that we can afford a roof over our heads, delicious meals and nice things for our children. Anya keeps our family together and we all love her eternally for that.

- Andrzej

Joana is a hairdresser who works all day and takes her son to work in the morning with her and then later takes him to school. Her husband often arrives home quite late from work and, as such, she often has to act as mother and father, she does virtually all household chores on her own and is very independent.

- Josué

This is Ioana, from Gherla, a Romanian city. Here, she is cooking Guiaș for her sixteen-year-old daughter, her thirteen-year-old son and her husband. She is cleaning and cutting the potatoes while the meat is getting boiled. She cleans the kitchen and the two rooms of her house daily. In her daily life, Ioana's role is to raise her children and take care of household chores. She often gets her children to play outside, to go for a walk or to do other activities. She also works part time at Robert Bosch, so she can contribute financially to the household to pay for bills and the physical needs of the family.

- Petean

This is Aleksandra, the mother of me and my sister. She is also a nurse, often working long hours, and her role in our family is really important. She is always making a good decisions for us all and I'm proud of her.

- Dusan

Here is a photograph of my mother - all that needs saying is that she is amazing and our family would not be the same without her! The image summarises her very well, as she's a loving, caring and a kind mother, full of joy and laughter.

- Dejan

Being a mom in the Ukraine means being successful in motherhood, business and women's happiness. Ukrainian mothers try to do everything - raise children, earn money, and also look after and love their husband. Psychologists in Ukraine say that being a mom does not mean that you need to stop in your career development, forget about your man and give yourself completely to the upbringing of your children. Mom in every family should be, first of all, happy. Mom must first like herself and then her children, husband, and others will love her. It is very difficult to combine everything in one day, but if every day to do what makes mom happy, it will lead to the success of all its directions.

- Alla

Mum works part time and also works from home. Mum and Dad share the housework and taking care of the baby, but of course, Mum does more at home as Dad is out working a lot more. Home is a three bedroomed house in Birmingham, UK.

- Tara

The mother pictured here is Meghan, who proudly has six year old twins and a two year old boy. She is a children's oncology nurse part time and stays at home with her children the remainder of her time; something which she wouldn't change for the world.

- Felicia

This is Tatiana Rivero, a mother from Belize who works full time at the local bank. On a daily basis, she balances her work life and personal life. She finds time to play with her son, Liam, as well as finding time to prepare her meals for the week, take care of herself, and work out.

- Jessi

Here is mum doing the dishes after making a lovely evening meal for the family. Mum has 2 adolecents living at home, she works, cleans, cooks and spends time with her beautiful family. She is very thoughful with everything that involves her family. She wakes up very early and her day finishes at midnight. A hard working mum always has somthing to do in and out of her home.

- Lisbeth

Here is one of my favourite pictures of myself and my daughter doing what we enjoy the most - playing!

- Sashan

My wife and 11 month old daughter enjoy her favourite story, right before we put her to bed!

- David

Helena, originally from Bordeaux, France but currently living in the countryside of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico, is a 30 year old teacher and crafter and mother to two children aged three and five.

- Daniela

This is Joselina Garcia, 34 year old, and her 11-year-old daughter Lucia. Joselina works in a communication and public relations agency, every morning before going to work, does a search of topics and news in the local media, to present a summary to its clients. And before leaving, he has breakfast with Lucia, who attends school in the afternoons. Joselina and Lucia go shopping at night, when Joselina leaves the office and Lucia is back from school.

- Carlos

My mother holds our family together - shown here, we treasure every moment we spend together - she is amazing!

- Aziza

Here, my mum is cooking the family a meal - we all contribute towards keeping our home looking nice and to making food, however here it is mum's turn. Following this photo, we all ate our evening meal as a family - myself, my mum, my brother and my father.

- Kolapo

The proud moment a mother is sharing with her darling daughter, whereby the contentment the mom has been thriving to get her daughter upto that level. A moment to be cherished in joy and soothing feeling that all the hard work that the mother has been doing since childhood to grow her girl and bring her to that level. A mother is not only meant to stay at home or do house chores but instead to spend quality time with family. The feeling of being close to her child and making her learn new things in life for an eternal growth.

- Harsh

Amira lives in Fez, Morocco with her husband and two children aged six and nine. She's a devout Muslim who looks after the children and her husband, working hard in the family home.

- Omar

Here I have sent a photograph of my mother and sister - they are together enjoying themselves in Manifestation last year.

- Mohamed

My mom is an extraordinary woman, she's the one who holds our family together. She works on a daily basis, cooks, cleans and does the gardening, and on top of that she's always there for anything we need. She's one in a million and home is wherever mom is.

- Rachel