Tag: africa
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Day 6~ April 6th~ Congo
The first thing that gets sacrificed is the trust… With the innocence of children comes a great trust, the gift of expecting only the best of others towards them because they are not yet capable of processing hypocrisy. War changes the rule of the game. Suddenly children are worried, untrusting, distressed, hungry, and filled with…
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Day 5~ April 5th~ Congo
The face of exhaustion… Images can tell stories so much better than words. When I look back at an image like this of a refugee child, I feel so much more than what can be put into words. So I will leave the words to you this time, to form your own.
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Day 3~ April 3rd~ Congo
Each time I hear parents trying to convince their children in our western world to eat more, to drink more milk, to eat just another bite; my mind goes back to the children I met in Congo. A glass of milk can have the power to transform a desperate little face into a bright smiling…
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Day 1~ April 1st~ Congo
At times when I hear myself grumble about my coffee not being the right taste or temperature, my mind goes back to this smiling girl and to her story… After months of living in terror, running from prosecution by militias, escaping bullets, rape, sickness and capture, this Rwandan child arrived in a UNICEF supported medical clinic in…
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A photograph captures a lot more than a smile, a look or a moment in time
After coming back home from my trip to Congo, I keep going back in my mind to the thought of what the camera really captures. It is strange how many cultures believe truly that a photograph can capture part of their soul, and so they hesitate to let you photograph them for fear of losing…
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Congolese Advertising
On most city streets in Congo you see painted billboards, shop signs, and wall murals that are painted in a very colorful and unique style. Maybe it is for lack of money for printed ads and signs, but it makes for such a unique look that draws your eyes to the glaring ads that if…
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Goma, a city with two ghosts..
The people of Goma have to live with the presence of 2 ghosts haunting them every moment. The first one is Nyirangongo, the active volcano only 13 Km away, that destroyed about 40 % of the city in 2002, then erupted again in 2005. In the evenings it was so eerie to see the flames…
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Chukudu
The Chukudu, found mostly in the streets of Goma, is what people, mostly children use to transport hundreds of kilos from place to place. It is amazing to see them moving so fast around the crowded streets. They came with the thousands and thousands of refugees that used to cross the border from Rwanda to…
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Children are the hope for our future but who will give them the hope?
They must have hope to give hope. They cannot be struggling for survival and be expected to carry the weight and responsibility of the future. It just goes against nature not to nurture the young and helpless. They need us who have to give. And maybe just a very small thing can change a child’s…