Sunday, November 16, 2008

Just tryin' to find my way home

Of the 250,000 refugees fleeing the violence in Congo, more than 60% are children. Every day they risk contracting malaria and respiratory infections – the two biggest child killers in the country

Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis

Two-year-old Elia lies on a hospital bed in Rutshuru with a gunshot wound to his arm. Elia, who does not know what happened to his parents, has not spoken since arriving at the hospital


Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis

Rahati Mugishu, 6, smiles as he plays with his younger brother, moments after he was reunified with his family in the Kibati refugee camp.


Children of Goma: Congo humanitarian crisis

An aid workers' van is surrounded as they hand out emergency biscuits to children in Kibati


Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/nov/12/congo-children?picture=339635992


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