Albert Gonzalez Farran
South African contingent in Kutum (North Darfur)
3 August 2010. Kutum: South African contingent based in UNAMID Kutum camp site since May 2010. In the picture, Soldier Salomon Teke, one of the members of the warden post of the Unamid water point (1 km away from the camp site). 10 soldiers spent one month in this position taking care of the water point against attacks. Last night, because of the heavy rain, the position of these 10 peacekeepers was completely floted. Salomon Teke (26 years old) has one child in his home town, Rustenburg (near Johanesburg). This is his third mission (Congo in 2006 and Burundi in 2008) and, after almost 3 months in Darfur, he recognizes that the place is hard to live in. "The rebels look bravest than in other places that I have been", said Teke. Altough he recognizes that the life is stressfull and boring in the water point and altough the tough conditions of the last night, he says that he is already used to it. "We are soldiers", he afirms. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / Unamid / www.albertgonzalez.net
South African contingent in Kutum (North Darfur)
3 August 2010. Kutum: South African contingent based in UNAMID Kutum camp site since May 2010. In the picture, Soldier Salomon Teke, one of the members of the warden post of the Unamid water point (1 km away from the camp site). 10 soldiers spent one month in this position taking care of the water point against attacks. Last night, because of the heavy rain, the position of these 10 peacekeepers was completely floted. Salomon Teke (26 years old) has one child in his home town, Rustenburg (near Johanesburg). This is his third mission (Congo in 2006 and Burundi in 2008) and, after almost 3 months in Darfur, he recognizes that the place is hard to live in. "The rebels look bravest than in other places that I have been", said Teke. Altough he recognizes that the life is stressfull and boring in the water point and altough the tough conditions of the last night, he says that he is already used to it. "We are soldiers", he afirms. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / Unamid / www.albertgonzalez.net