Subsahara
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This woman is a victim of a seemingly never ending war in southern congo. She has suffered sexual violence (rape) so severe it has rendered her incontinent. She now exists purely as a result of a courageous charity called Heal Africa, and indeed her own inner strength and faith. I asked her if I could take her portrait and she stood up (which must have been painful), straightened her back and stared straight down the lens. No stopping to straighten her scarf, no preening, no fear. Just an honesty so raw, so uninhibited and so rare, I caught my breath and thought I’d never breath again. I was totally overpowered by her intensity. After I took the shot and showed it to her she smiled and thanked me. It still gives me a shiver to look at it now. HEAL Africa calendar available now!!! CLICK HERE. /
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Previously not for sale. This work is now available for sale.
by Melinda Kerr/ Firstly thank you for the enormous support and discuss…
/ Firstly thank you for the enormous support and discussion this picture has facilitated. Secondly, thank you RB for putting it on the home page. Thirdly, it previously has not been for slae but now is. Why? Because the proceeds go to charity. The charity that believes in reinstating people’s health, spirit and soul against all odds. The charity that supports this woman and thousands like her, in a war torn brutal country.- healafrica.org / I can’t think of a better reason to purchase it. xx
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You want honesty? You want real? You want ‘straight up?’ / Go to a place where there’s no pretention. Where there’s no walls. Where there’s only windows. / Go to a place where even amongst the have-nots there are some who have-not as much as others. / Go there right now in your mind and tell me you’re not affected by what you see. / Then spare a thought for those who have not much more than the desire to dream. And cherish your ability to do so. x All profits to healafrica.org
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Sometimes beauty is in itself defiance.
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Photo by Rebecca Zachariah
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300 million in sub-Saharan Africa, live on less than $2/day, more than double the level 20 years ago, and having gone up by around 100 million over the last 10 years. Nearly two-thirds of people who have AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa. 90 percent of the world’s daily 3,000 malaria deaths occur here. One-third of boys and one-half of girls do not complete high school on the subcontinent. Two-thirds of the poorest countries in the world are in Africa. 34 of the 35 states with the lowest life expectancy are in Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo is twice the size of Britain, France and Germany, but with only 500 km of paved roads. Over 4 million people were killed during the war of 1998-2003, but the conflict had actually begun even earlier. Maman Jeanne Banyere and her husband, Prosper Mulengetsi, began their mercy mission in Masisi (in the mountains northwest of Goma) in 1996. Prosper directed a secondary school at the time, where Jeanne taught. Their ministry of compassion began with one four-month old orphan. People noticed and began dropping off other war orphans. Their centre of compassion grew. In 1998 while Maman Jeanne attended a national women’s conference in Kinshasa, Rwandan soldiers attacked Masisi. Prosper fled with 60 orphans. As fighting intensified, Prosper and the children slipped deeper into the forest. He happened across a band of pygmies, outcasts in the Congo. The pygmies fed and cared for Prosper and his orphans for six months. Maman Jeanne and Prosper then relocated their orphanage to Goma in 1999 and were adopted by HEAL Africa. They have successfully placed 70 orphans with foster families. Eighty orphans still remain under their care. Even in 2007 in DR Congo, 1,200 people still die every day from hunger, disease or violence. Over 50% of them are children. You can support Maman Jeanne’s through their child sponsorship program or by supporting the ministry directly. www.cnecpi.com ALL PROFITS OF SALE TO CHARITY.
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This is a compilation I have done with Rebecca Zachariah after our trip to Rwanda. In a nation of shattered souls post genocide, hope remains in the form of new life. These people have witnessed death on massive scale. You can see how precious they consider life from this shot. ALL PROCEEDS TO HEAL AFRICA HEAL Africa calendar available now!!! CLICK HERE. / / – Dog photography – Africa photography / - Beach photography - Black & white photography – Dog photography – Africa photography / - Beach photography - Monotone photography
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This woman sat contemplating in a church in northern rwanda. Rather than sad, I prefer to see it as faithful and peaceful.
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She was very proud of her umbrella. What can I say?
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I took this within minutes of taking this one The circumstances are the same. My profile / / /
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I just love this shot. It wasn’t taken by me, it was taken by the lovely Cliff Seto. A lot of people have asked what it was like in Africa and this shot sums it up so beautifully. We have arrived here at a pygmy village. Many of them haven’t seen white people (or on mass like this anyway). They have been saved by heal africa, who has bought them land because they are constantly harassed by militia and others. Killed, raped, starved etc. They are trying to change centuries old traditions of jungle habitation and killing animals for food with subsistance farming. Heal Africa is teaching them. The huts you see are what they live in (the militia had forced them off this land prior to us getting there and burnt down their huts but they had returned). So let me direct you around the shot. That’s me with my hat turned backwards taking a shot. And yes I have the world’s biggest camera bag because anything of any value has to be on you at all times in Congo. The woman with the visor is my gorgeous big sister who works with Aid groups for a living. Next to her is her husband, Mick who was a volunteer Doctor on the trip. The lady in the blue top & the orange and black backpack with her back to camera is the wonderful Rebecca Zachariah. Another volunteer Doctor/Surgeon. This is her fourth AID trip and she’s going again next year. She has her brilliant pictures on Red Bubble too. The lady in the pink top is Lucy Hobgood-Brown who runs a charity called Hand Up Congo. And the lady to the right of frame is Kath. She’s and ex-teacher who is a superstar on these trips. Shortly after I took the shot I’m composing here I took off my hat because it was hot. The kids freaked and ran for their lives until I coaxed them back. Sometimes I forget how fair I am! Then Rebecca gave them a bit of a fright because the only thing they see less than fair aussies is someone with an asian appearance!! Anyway we were soon all best friends.
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This child is around 8. She had just been rescued from being a sex slave to one of the militias in D.R. Congo. She was clearly traumitised and I had to photograph her in near darkness. I have hesitated all this time putting the shot up as I believe it so accurately captures her pain, I feel uncomfortable. But the story needs to be told. The pain needs to be seen, sadly. Please pray for the Rwandas, Somalias, Congos and sadly now Kenyas of this world. As long as the barbarity is repeated so will the images be. It’s not for sale. But you can still give to HEAL Africa. healafrica.org There are tickets available for a lunch where Lyn Lusi the head of HEAL Afrcia will be talking. So far no takers.
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