“I can’t handle it at all”: Emma, 19, and Marcus, 23, still have no education

In Odsherred Municipality, almost one in four young people is expected to be without education in their early 20s. Marcus Kiel and Emma Henriksen are two of them.

Emma Henriksen’s hand moves lightly and rhythmically up and down as she carefully studies each individual pink brushstroke that her movements leave behind.

Every now and then she takes a short break, tilts her head and tones down the pink color with her index finger so that it blends with the purple color of the piece of wood she is painting on.