Nevada, USA
Unfearing Hand Prints
Dejenee Shiflet
Cairo, Egypt
“This boy was curious but interested in my presence. His eyes sparkle on an otherwise scarred and dirty face. Heath issues are expectedly a problem in this area. But he and his friends were so happy and full of laughter once they understood the concept of having a photo taken. The hand belongs to a friendly man who is a worker on the street here.”
David Lazar
Rwanda, Africa
Thousands of Congolese refugees harboured at Gihembe Refugee Camp for years. So much humanity in such little space.
Gihembe Refugee Camp
UNHCR
July 14, 2006
Kresta King
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Tibet
A young boy working with the rest of the villagers to build a new Stupa.
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Ethiopia
This kid is from the village of Turgit, in Surma/Suri territory, in the south of Ethiopia, near the Sudanese border. The access is far from Addis Ababa, but once in the village you can share the real life of the Surma/Suri tribe. Surma people are famous for the Donga stick fighting, but in the daily life, they are much more cool and welcoming than the tribes from the other side of the Omo river, like the Mursi.
© Eric Lafforgue
Source: ericlafforgue.com
Kenya
Two-year-old Aden Salaad looks toward his mother on July 11 as she bathes him in a tub at a Doctors Without Borders hospital, where he is receiving treatment for malnutrition in Dagahaley Camp, near Dadaab, Kenya. U.N. refugee chief Antonio Guterres called drought-ridden Somalia the “worst humanitarian disaster” in the world. His comment came after he met with refugees who endured unspeakable hardship to reach the world’s largest refugee camp in Dadaab.
Rebecca Blackwell / AP
Source: MSNBC
Oman
Sinaw is a village in Oman where every wednesday, Bedouin people come. It’s an interesting place to see the masked women.
© Eric Lafforgue
Source: ericlafforgue.com
Portrait of a young boy on the streets of Amman, Jordan, Renan Rosa
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Afghanistan
Maslakh (Internally Displaced Persons or IDPs) Camp is named after a once thriving business (Maslakh translates as slaughterhouse). Situated near the western Afghan city of Herat, it is home to more than 350,000 displaced Afghans according to the official count from the time of Taliban rule.
However, international aid organizations conducting a survey of the camp estimate that there may be only around 150,000 inhabitants, but it is certainly the largest such camp inside Afghanistan and among the largest in the world. A new count to determine the exact number of inhabitants is underway to better determine humanitarian needs. A vast camp of mud huts and tents under the Afghan mountains, Maslakh’s temperature plunges below zero at night. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the coordinating agency for humanitarian aid to displaced people in western Afghanistan. World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF are delivering food, blankets, clothing, stoves, and other items to Maslakh’s desperately poor population.
A young resident of Maslakh Camp takes a drink of water.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
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