Best of Photos – DRC 2010
Here are a select few of my recent trip to DRC. If you are interested in checking out the expanded selection, still drastically pair down from the original 500 photos, you can check out DRC photos here.
I never get tired of this view, even after eight hours in a car! South Kivu, DRC on the road to Chambucha.
I love the diversity of cows around the world!
Girl accessing water in our newly built gravity fed water filtration system.
Miel washing her face in our new water point.
Mosque in Kisangani.
Typical house in rural DRC.
Taking goods to market.
Giorgio & Miel on bridge over Congo River.
Bridge over Oso River as we left le zone rogue.
DRC flag over Lake Kivu.
Laundry time in Bukavu. Love the remnants of colonial architecture.
Lovely Lake Kivu, access from our office/guesthouse.
Stuck again.
DRC, one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Morning on Lake Kivu.
Enjoy and leave comments to tell me which are our favorites so I can take more next time!
Miel
Favorite pics:
Mosque
Typical House
To Market
DRC Flag
Laundry Time
Morning on Lake Kivu
Innocence
By the way, what kind of infection is causing the puffiness in the children?
‘Drea – Thanks for your comment. Glad you like the photos.
The swelling is causes from severe malnutrition that is called marasmus. Marasmus involves inadequate intake of protein and calories.
Children may be affected by micronutrient deficiencies, which also have a detrimental effect on growth and development.
Malnutrition affects every organ of the body, and can be seen visibly when skin starts to wither away and deteriorate.
I didn’t include the saddest and worst cases I saw on that day, as I didn’t know if people could hack it. I included the couple of shots just to educate a bit about the effects of malnutrition and remind people of how lucky they are.
Best,
Miel
Hey,
I have couple of questions for you on Congo. Can i drop an email? How/Where?
Thanks,
Aviral
Hi Miel… can u drop in a mail at [email protected]? Have few questions to ask. I had dropped a comment here yesterday but had forgot to give my email id.
Thanks,
Man, really want to know how can you be that smart, lol…great read, thanks.
Do you people have a facebook fan page? I looked for one on twitter but could not discover one, I would really like to become a fan!
Thank you, I have recently been searching for information about this topic for ages and yours is the best I have discovered so far.
Hiya – Thanks for your interest. You can become a fan on FB at:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vicarious-Nomad
And Twitter at:
http://twitter.com/#!/vicariousnomad
Cheers,
Miel