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February 12, 2008
Refugee camp 1 by *Archange
The suggester writes, "Even though the intense and sad backstory adds a lot, I think the picture is self-explanatory and speaks for itself. The gaze of the little girl tells you the suffering she has been through and her dirty clothes show the misery she has been living in. Though, there is a smile. An innocent smile. A child's smile, telling you there's always hope, making you think that, in spite of the greed and cruelty of most humans, you can make the difference and start to help and being more active supporting the good causes and, mainly, believing that the world can be a better place, as she believes her future will change for good."
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After the tsunami 2004, the Sri Lankan army gathered survivors of totally devasted areas in temporary camps settled by non govermental organizations close to the capital, Colombo. Two weeks after the tsunami, this government forbade adoption, even from Sri Lankans couples, in order to prevent sexual tourism. Almost two years after, one thousand people live ressourceless in wooden hutments and share a single tap in this camp located 1 km south of Colombo. Four hundred of them are children and orphans abandoned to themselves, suffering from malnutrition and poor hygiene. In spite of receiving more than 130 million euros of international subsidies, the Sri Lankan government has not done anything so far for these people, except moving them hundreds of kilometers away from their village.
Some of these kids are also suffering from psychological trauma and do not speak neither communicate at all. Many of these abandoned children, without any security nor protection, are kidnapped and then forced to be child soldiers by the LTTE rebels leading the civil war against the goverment in the north of the country (summer 2006).
Canon EOS 50, 28mm, f/4,5, good old Kodak Tmax 100, scan from a print.
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Some of these kids are also suffering from psychological trauma and do not speak neither communicate at all. Many of these abandoned children, without any security nor protection, are kidnapped and then forced to be child soldiers by the LTTE rebels leading the civil war against the goverment in the north of the country (summer 2006).
Canon EOS 50, 28mm, f/4,5, good old Kodak Tmax 100, scan from a print.
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Image size
894x600px 291.77 KB
Make
FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Model
SP-3000
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