Meet 9-year-old Zilgai, an Afghan boy who sells water at a graveyard to financially support his family (photos)

Nine year-old Afghan boy Zilgai looks on as he waits for customers at the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul. Zilgai, is the elder son of an 8-member family, works from dawn to dusk, selling water to the visitors in the graveyard.

Zilgai carries his canisters as he walks with his four year-old sister Khushnuma while heading out for work towards the Kart-e-Sakhi Cemetery in Kabul

Zilgai fills a container from a tap at the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul

Zilgai and his four year-old sister Khushnuma look on as they wait for their customers at the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul. Watering a grave is a tradition among Afghans when they visit a cemetery. Zilgai earns 1.5 US dollars a day and financially supports his family.

Zilgai receives cash from a customer after watering the grave of a deceased relative at the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul.

Zilgai carries canisters of water as he looks for customers as a woman prays beside her relatives grave at the Kart-e-Sakhi cemetery in Kabul

Zilgai waits for customers at the Kart-e-Sakhi Cemetery in Kabul

Zilgai (R) speaks with his four year-old sister Khushnuma as they arrive home after a days work in Kabul

Zilgai counts his money with his father Tariq Safi (L) and his sister Khushnuma (2L) brother Nijat (2R) and his sister Manija (R) as they sit at their home at the end of the day's work in Kabul

Source: Gulfnews