Behind Every Smile

Pictures, poems and thoughts inspired by experiences of working with street children. Always passionate about the plight of street children, Ashley Coggins and his wife, Chris, made a decision to work towards becoming financially independent so that they could be free to work to relieve the suffering of these children. In 2001, they achieved their dream and felt God guiding them to work with street children in South East Asia. Today they divide their time between raising funds and awareness in the UK, and working hands on with the children. Ashleys gift of crystallising moments in time in words has enabled him to capture the lives of these children through his poems. This book will give you an insight into the lives of the children: it's a glimpse of another world, a world of poverty, despair, difficulty and sadness but also of laughter, love and hope; it's a glimpse of the truth that lies Behind Every Smile.