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2 November 2011. El Fasher: Physiotherapist Fatima Mohamed is applying a massage to Naba Mohamed (6 months) who suffers serious problems of mobility in her legs and feet. On the right, her mother Faiza Ittain.
This is the center of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People in El Fasher, an organization that takes care of all disabled people in Darfur.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
6 December 2012. Zam Zam: Young girls in Zam Zam camp for Internally displaced persons (IDP), North Darfur, perform traditional Darfuri dances and songs at the event organized by UNAMID Human Rights to promote the new campaign "Together to Protect Women from Violence", as part of the Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Zero Tolerance.
This is an international campaign originating from the first Women's Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women's Global Leadership in 1991. Participants chose the dates, November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women and December 10, International Human Rights Day, in order to symbolically link violence against women and
human rights and to emphasize that such violence is a violation of human rights.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
10 January 2011: 2nd day of the referendum over South Sudan's independence and new voters at El Fasher polling center, North Darfur. Picture: UNAMID - Olivier Chassot
24 October 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeepers from Nigeria (right) participate at the parade march in Al Zubir stadium in El Fasher, North Darfur, as part of the commemoration program of the United Nations Day.
UNAMID, UN agencies and the people of Darfur gathered in El Fasher, North Darfur, to commemorate the 67th anniversary of the UN with a special parade, cultural dances, peace songs and exhibitions to promote the principles of the organisation. Similar events were held throughout Darfur.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
Source: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)
HD organized a two-day workshop in El-Fasher in North Darfur on 11-12 April 2012, to bring together groups from around the region, including a significant nomadic women representation. The forum was the fourth session of its type organized by HD in order to promote dialogue between the parties to the conflict.
In Darfur, HD has been able to extend its humanitarian mediation activities to the nomad Arab groups which claimed to have been discriminated against by the UN. Through roundtable discussions, which began in 2010, HD has highlighted the humanitarian needs of these populations, which led to UN and agency project support in essential areas, such as health and water supplies.
At the workshop, UN agencies and UNAMID highlighted their support of Darfur communities, including pastoralists, and pledged to ensure that the necessary assistance reaches all Darfuris.
Read more about HD's Humanitarian Mediation Programme here: www.hdcentre.org/what-we-do/humanitarian-mediation/
Source: Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
25 July 2012. Gereida: An old man farms the land in Forika camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Gereida (South Darfur) during the rainy season. Women, children and elder people living in camps usually farm the surrounding lands and let men work in further areas in order to avoid robberies, rapes and other perpetrations.
The area is controlled by the Government of Sudan forces. In May, the rebel movement occupied Gereida for 24 hours after a big clash that destroyed the telecommunications of the city and several buildings.
UNAMID has deployed a battalion from Ethiopia (more than 800 soldiers) that assures the protection of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
2 November 2011. El Fasher: Sheij Aldine is a member of the center of the Sudanese Association for Disabled People in El Fasher. He works at the workshop, making crutches, wheelchairs and special shoes for disabled persons. He is also disabled and he is given a motorbike by the organization to facilitate his mobility.
The organization takes care of all disabled people in Darfur.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
25 July 2012. Gereida: A woman and and elder man go back home after all day farming the land and collecting firewood outside Gereida (South Darfur) during the rainy season. Women, children and elder people living in camps usually farm the surrounding lands and let men work in further areas in order to avoid robberies, rapes and other perpetrations.
The area is controlled by the Government of Sudan forces. In May, the rebel movement occupied Gereida for 24 hours after a big clash that destroyed the telecommunications of the city and several buildings.
UNAMID has deployed a battalion from Ethiopia (more than 800 soldiers) that assures the protection of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
I avui ha tornat la Granota dels FGC després de l'estiu 🐸. Un plaer viatjar en ella de Terrassa Nacions Unides a Sabadell Parc del Nord via les Planes. En teoria cada 2 diumenges circularà durant aquesta tardor. Salutacions en especial al personal de cabina!
Y hoy ha vuelto la Rana de los FGC después del verano 🐸. Un placer viajar en ella de Terrassa Nacions Unides a Sabadell Parc del Nord vía Les Planes. En teoría, cada 2 domingos circulará durante este otoño. ¡Saludos en especial al personal de cabina!
And today the FGC “Frog” heritage traint is back after the summer 🐸. A pleasure to travel in it from Terrassa Nacions Unides to Sabadell Parc del Nord via Les Planes. In theory, it will run every 2 Sundays during this autumn. Special greetings to the cabin crew!
7 February 2012. Zam Zam: UNAMID troops from Rwanda ready to go on patrol at the Zam Zam UNAMID base, North Darfur.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
9 December 2012. Kabkabiya: Members of the Mongolian medical team posted in Kabkabiya UNAMID team site, North Darfur, practice a mock surgery operation at the Level 2 Hospital in the base.
The contingent has 68 personnel, 34 men and 34 women, and operates the level 2 hospital in the team site, which has dentist clinic, surgery theatre, pediatric service, trauma and neurologic service, among others.
For the last two years, the hospital attended 11,000 people (7,000 people from the local community). The hospital assists around 20 persons from the local community every day.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
Source: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)
HD organized a two-day workshop in El-Fasher in North Darfur on 11-12 April 2012, to bring together groups from around the region, including a significant nomadic women representation. The forum was the fourth session of its type organized by HD in order to promote dialogue between the parties to the conflict.
In Darfur, HD has been able to extend its humanitarian mediation activities to the nomad Arab groups which claimed to have been discriminated against by the UN. Through roundtable discussions, which began in 2010, HD has highlighted the humanitarian needs of these populations, which led to UN and agency project support in essential areas, such as health and water supplies.
At the workshop, UN agencies and UNAMID highlighted their support of Darfur communities, including pastoralists, and pledged to ensure that the necessary assistance reaches all Darfuris.
Read more about HD's Humanitarian Mediation Programme here: www.hdcentre.org/what-we-do/humanitarian-mediation/
Source: Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
9 August 2012. Kutum: UNAMID personnel unload medications from an helicopter to distribute them to the residents of Kassab camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), in Kutum (North Darfur).
The civilian population in Kutum received today the first humanitarian assistance since the area was attacked on 1 August. A school in the surroundings of the village has been used as a provisional medical center.
A medical team formed by UNAMID, World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health of North Darfur assisted about 200 people, mostly women and children with injuries from the attacks and other kind of diseases due to the lack of food and potable water.
The series of incidents began on 1 August when the Commissioner of the district of Alwaha, in Kutum town, and his driver were shot dead and his vehicle was carjacked by three unknown armed men. Later in the day, the official’s vehicle was recovered by Government of Sudan security agents 2 kilometres from the Kassab internally displaced persons (IDP) camp.
Subsequently, on the same day armed men surrounded Kassab, looted the market, burnt down the Sudanese Police post in the camp and reportedly killed four persons (three civilians and one police officer) and injured six others.
Similar events leading to the deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation occurred the following days in and around Kutum town, Kassab and Fataborno IDP camps, including fighting between the armed elements and Government Forces, as well as looting and displacement of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
1 August 2012. Kuma Garadayat: Leila Omar Mohamed and her baby Islam Mohamed (20 months) are pictured in a new school in Kuma Garadayat (North Darfur) constructed by the UNAMID peacekeepers from Senegal. This school is part of six development projects - commonly known as Quick Impact Projects -, that UNAMID has implemented in the locality in the areas of education, sanitation, health, community development and women empowerment.
The projects (a clinic, a women center and several schools) have been executed by UNAMID peacekeepers from Senegal.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
21 June 20012. Abu Shouk: Fakih (master on traditional medicine), Sidig Ahmad Mohamed, reads the Holy Koran before preparing a treatment against mental illnesses. The client has to smell the smoke that comes up from a piece of paper (with Koran sentences written on it) fired with charcoal, roots from Sudan and species from India. This treatment usually costs between 100-200 Sudanese pounds (20-40 US dollars), depending on the level of the sickness. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
25 November 2010. El Fasher: Activities in El Negaa Stadium in El Fasher (North Darfur) to launch the 2010 Commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. This year’s theme for Darfur is “Together for the Protection of Women from Violence”. The event started with a march of solidarity, from the School of Midwives to the Stadium, and was joined by women and men from communities and IDP camps as well as representatives from state government institutions, civil society, medical institutions, traditional and religious leaders, school children, and GoS police and military together with UNAMID staff and contingents. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID
5 August 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeeper first Lieutenant Sigit Jatmiko, of the Indonesia's Formed Police Unit, interacts with children in Abu Shouk camp for Internally Displaced Persons (North Darfur) during a morning patrol.
Indonesia has around 150 FPU policemen deployed in Darfur to provide escort and security to UNAMID, UN agencies and any other aid organization, as to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Abu Shouk and Zam Zam camps.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
10 December 2012. Kabkabiya: A child is attended by a pediatric from Mongolia at the Level 2 Hospital of the UNAMID base in Kabkabiya, North Darfur.
The Mongolian medical team posted in Kabkabiya UNAMID team site, has 68 personnel, 34 men and 34 women, and operates the level 2 hospital in the team site, which has dentist clinic, surgery theatre, pediatric service, trauma and neurologic service, among others.
For the last two years, the hospital attended 11,000 people (7,000 people from the local community). The hospital assists around 20 persons from the local community every day.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
18 July 2011. El Fasher: A UNAMID Nepalese peacekeeper prepares the land to plant trees at the Alfaki Abdallah Albigawi Basic Level School for girls in El Fasher (North Darfur) as part of the programme to commemrate Nelson Mandela's Day. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
12 August 2012. Kutum: UNAMID staff Ibrahim Elamin piles one of the nearly one hundred boxes with medications to deliver to the Rural Hospital in Kutum, North Darfur, after the incidents occurred in the city.
The series of incidents began on 1 August when the Commissioner of the district of Alwaha, in Kutum town, and his driver were shot dead and his vehicle was carjacked by three unknown armed men. Later in the day, the official’s vehicle was recovered by Government of Sudan security agents 2 kilometres from the Kassab internally displaced persons (IDP) camp.
Subsequently, on the same day armed men surrounded Kassab, looted the market, burnt down the Sudanese Police post in the camp and reportedly killed four persons (three civilians and one police officer) and injured six others.
Similar events leading to the deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation occurred the following days in and around Kutum town, Kassab and Fataborno IDP camps, including fighting between the armed elements and Government Forces, as well as looting and displacement of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
7 December 2010. Nyala:
After months of preparations, 1,500 residents of Kalma camp (in Nyala, South Darfur) for internally displaced persons (IDPs) began to return to their homes of origin in West Darfur. This is the first government owned operation with the assistance of UN Agencies in the area.
The IDPs will return to Tandusa, Andi, Gido, Sullu and Urum villages in West Darfur located about 90 and 150 kilometers south of El Geneina town.
United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) distributed non food items including blankets, jerricans and sleeping mats to each household to use on the journey. The World Health Organization (WHO) in coordination with the Ministry of Health conducted medical screening to all residents scheduled to travel to check their fitness level.
The first 84 IDPs left Nyala for Tandusa village on Sunday 5 December and on Tuesday 7 December 270 Individuals more departed for Andi and Gido villages. The exercise is expected to conclude on Sunday 12 December. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID
3 November 2011. Dar El Salaam: UNAMID in collaboration with the North Darfur Committee on Women organizes an open day session on the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in Dar El Salaam, North Darfur. The purpose of the activity was to discuss the progress made in the State with regards to women’s issues.
The forum, which was attended by 80 participants including Government representatives, women leaders and UNAMID officials, identified the possible impact of the resolution on daily life and key areas including protection, women’s rights, participation in the peace process, training for midwives and socio-economic empowerment.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
10 December 2012. Kabkabiya: A nurse from Mongolia babysits a child while his mother is attended by a doctor at the Level 2 Hospital of the UNAMID base in Kabkabiya, North Darfur.
The Mongolian medical team posted in Kabkabiya UNAMID team site, has 68 personnel, 34 men and 34 women, and operates the level 2 hospital in the team site, which has dentist clinic, surgery theatre, pediatric service, trauma and neurologic service, among others.
For the last two years, the hospital attended 11,000 people (7,000 people from the local community). The hospital assists around 20 persons from the local community every day.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
10 December 2012. Kabkabiya: UNAMID peacekeepers from Mongolia repair a truck at the workshop of the team site in Kabkabiya, North Darfur.
The Mongolian medical team posted in Kabkabiya UNAMID team site, has 68 personnel, 34 men and 34 women, and operates the level 2 hospital in the team site, which has dentist clinic, surgery theatre, pediatric service, trauma and neurologic service, among others.
For the last two years, the hospital attended 11,000 people (7,000 people from the local community). The hospital assists around 20 persons from the local community every day.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
9 August 2012. Kutum: Fatma Abdarraman, a woman from Kassab camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), in Kutum (North Darfur), is assisted by doctors due to several injuries in her legs.
The civilian population in Kutum received today the first humanitarian assistance since the area was attacked on 1 August. A school in the surroundings of the village has been used as a provisional medical center.
A medical team formed by UNAMID, World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health of North Darfur assisted about 200 people, mostly women and children with injuries from the attacks and other kind of diseases due to the lack of food and potable water.
The series of incidents began on 1 August when the Commissioner of the district of Alwaha, in Kutum town, and his driver were shot dead and his vehicle was carjacked by three unknown armed men. Later in the day, the official’s vehicle was recovered by Government of Sudan security agents 2 kilometres from the Kassab internally displaced persons (IDP) camp.
Subsequently, on the same day armed men surrounded Kassab, looted the market, burnt down the Sudanese Police post in the camp and reportedly killed four persons (three civilians and one police officer) and injured six others.
Similar events leading to the deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation occurred the following days in and around Kutum town, Kassab and Fataborno IDP camps, including fighting between the armed elements and Government Forces, as well as looting and displacement of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
6 March 2011. Malha (North Darfur): A Sudanese child, originally from Darfur, in Malha (North Darfur) just returned from Libya. So far, there are about 60 returnees in Malha (mostly women and children) and they arrived on Sunday 6 March from villages located in South Libya. The returnees, mainly migrant workers belonging to Zaghawa and Meidob tribes, left Sudan some years ago to search for job opportunities in Libya. They are now returning from Libya since they have lost their jobs due to the current crisis as well as for alleged security concerns. The local authorities in Malha are expecting 40 more trucks from Libya (more than 2,000 returnees) for the coming days and they asked help to the UN agencies (UNICEF, OCHA, WHO, UNHCR) to attend all of them. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID
19 July 2012. El Fasher: A disabled child is accommodated in a wheelchair given during the hand-over ceremony in which items were donated to the disabled community in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people (North Darfur). The United Nations Volunteers office delivered five wheelchairs, 102 crutches, 75 sticks for blind, tobes and T-shirts.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
16 April 2012. El Fasher: Musa Mohammed, an experimented sheik in Al Moashi Market (El Fasher), makes hijabs (an ornament made with leather thought to give protection against arms, dangers or diseases).
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
13 December 2012. Abu Shouk: (center) Nafisa Mohammed, surrounded by her benefitiaries (left to right) Masher Duma Abdulmoola, Sumia Mohamed Omar and sisters Zakia and Nana Abdulrahman.
Nafisa is mother of 4 children and she is a gender activist in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons, North Darfur. She is working in the WFP programs for unnourished children in the camp.
Originally from Kutum, she got married when she was only 16 years old. When the conflict of Darfur broke, she had already 2 children and the rebel militias killed her husband. She ran away in 2003 with her two children and went to Korma and later to Abu Shouk in 2004. She got married in 2007 and got two more children. Currently pregnant, she wants to support those women with problems.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net
3 April 2012. El Fasher: Ismael Ibrahim Omar (20 years old) is pictured in his house in Al Salam camp for displaced persons.
Ismael lost his right hand due to a detonation of an unexploded ordnance (UXO).
It happened five years ago in Korma, his original village, when Ismael was farming with his cattle. He found an UXO on the ground and he started playing with it until it detonated.
Abdurrahim, who wants to become a pharmacist, is still struggling to learn how to write with his left hand.
UXOs are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, potentially many decades after they were used or discarded.
Tomorrow, 4th April, is the International Day of Mine Awareness. In Darfur, as a consequence of the ongoing conflict, UXOs is one of the main problems for the civilians, specially children. Hundreds of them have been mutilated.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
25 July 2012. Gereida: Three women with a baby farm the land in Forika camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Gereida (South Darfur) during the rainy season. Women, children and elder people living in camps usually farm the surrounding lands and let men work in further areas in order to avoid robberies, rapes and other perpetrations.
The area is controlled by the Government of Sudan forces. In May, the rebel movement occupied Gereida for 24 hours after a big clash that destroyed the telecommunications of the city and several buildings.
UNAMID has deployed a battalion from Ethiopia (more than 800 soldiers) that assures the protection of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
9 August 2012. Kutum: Women from Kassab camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), in Kutum (North Darfur), wait to be examined by doctors.
The civilian population in Kutum received today the first humanitarian assistance since the area was attacked on 1 August. A school in the surroundings of the village has been used as a provisional medical center.
A medical team formed by UNAMID, World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health of North Darfur assisted about 200 people, mostly women and children with injuries from the attacks and other kind of diseases due to the lack of food and potable water.
The series of incidents began on 1 August when the Commissioner of the district of Alwaha, in Kutum town, and his driver were shot dead and his vehicle was carjacked by three unknown armed men. Later in the day, the official’s vehicle was recovered by Government of Sudan security agents 2 kilometres from the Kassab internally displaced persons (IDP) camp.
Subsequently, on the same day armed men surrounded Kassab, looted the market, burnt down the Sudanese Police post in the camp and reportedly killed four persons (three civilians and one police officer) and injured six others.
Similar events leading to the deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation occurred the following days in and around Kutum town, Kassab and Fataborno IDP camps, including fighting between the armed elements and Government Forces, as well as looting and displacement of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
Source: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)
HD organized a two-day workshop in El-Fasher in North Darfur on 11-12 April 2012, to bring together groups from around the region, including a significant nomadic women representation. The forum was the fourth session of its type organized by HD in order to promote dialogue between the parties to the conflict.
In Darfur, HD has been able to extend its humanitarian mediation activities to the nomad Arab groups which claimed to have been discriminated against by the UN. Through roundtable discussions, which began in 2010, HD has highlighted the humanitarian needs of these populations, which led to UN and agency project support in essential areas, such as health and water supplies.
At the workshop, UN agencies and UNAMID highlighted their support of Darfur communities, including pastoralists, and pledged to ensure that the necessary assistance reaches all Darfuris.
Read more about HD's Humanitarian Mediation Programme here: www.hdcentre.org/what-we-do/humanitarian-mediation/
Source: Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
Pau Casals statue
Pau Casals i Defilló (El Vendrell, Catalunya 1876 - San Juan, Puerto Rico 1973) fou un violoncel·lista, pedagog, director i compositor musical català. La seva gran contribució al món de la música va ser la innovació en la interpretació amb el violoncel que, més tard, va ser adoptada per tots els violoncel·listes del món.
La seva interpretació d'El cant dels ocells ha esdevingut un símbol de pau i llibertat arreu del món, i de manera molt més significativa dins l'àmbit català.
El 1958 va fer un concert i el "missatge de pau" que Pau Casals havia gravat uns dies abans a Ginebra fou retransmès a més de 40 països. També aquell any fou proposat com a candidat pel Premi Nobel de la Pau.
El 1961 va ser convidat pel president John F. Kennedy a fer un concert a la Casa Blanca i, dos anys més tard, el mateix president dels Estats Units, li concedí la Medalla de la Llibertat.
El 1971 va compondre l'Himne a les Nacions Unides, que dirigí el 24 d'octubre d'aquell any en un concert a la mateixa seu de les Nacions Unides, i on el secretari General de les Nacions Unides U Thant li entregà la Medalla de la Pau. Fou en aquesta ocasió que va pronunciar la frase "What is more, I am a Catalan." explicant que Catalunya tenia un parlament democratic molt abans que Anglaterra.
El 1973 va patir un atac de cor irreversible, a Puerto Rico. Va morir a San Juan de Puerto Rico el 22 d'octubre de 1973. L'any 1979 es van traslladar les seves despulles al cementiri del Vendrell, moment en el qual li fou concedida, a títol pòstum, la Medalla d'Or de la Generalitat de Catalunya.
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Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpaw kəˈzaɫs]) (December 29, 1876 – October 22, 1973), known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but Casals is perhaps best remembered for the recording of the Bach Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939.
Casals was an ardent supporter of the Spanish Republican government. After its defeat in 1939, Casals vowed not to return to Spain until democracy had been restored, although he did not live to see the end of the Franco dictatorial regime.
One of his last compositions was the "Hymn of the United Nations". He conducted its first performance in a special concert at the United Nations on October 24, 1971, two months before his 95th birthday. On that day, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant awarded Pau Casals the U.N. Peace Medal in recognition of his stance for peace, justice and freedom. Casals accepted the medal and made his famous "I am a Catalan" speech, where he explained that Catalonia had the first democratic parliament, long before England did.
He also made popular the old Catalan song, "El cant dels ocells" playing it at the UN.
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Pau Carles Salvador Casals i Defilló (El Vendrell, 29 de diciembre de 1876 - San Juan de Puerto Rico, 22 de octubre de 1973), más conocido como Pau Casals, y también como Pablo Casals en Latinoamérica y el mundo anglosajón, es unos de los músicos catalanes mas destacados del siglo XX. Por su incomparable desempeño como instrumentista del violonchelo, Casals es considerado uno de los mejores violonchelistas de todos los tiempos.
Una de sus composiciones más célebres es el "Himno de las Naciones Unidas", conocido como el "Himno de la Paz", compuesto mientras residía en su segunda patria, Puerto Rico (donde había nacido y se había criado su madre), y donde residían otros españoles renombrados internacionalmente, tales como Juan Ramón Jiménez y Francisco Ayala. Magnífico director de orquesta y notabilísimo compositor, Casals fue siempre un artista completísimo, con la más férrea disciplina y la dedicación más profunda a la música.
Además de reconocérselo por su imponente obra musical, Pau Casals destacó en todo el mundo por su activismo en la defensa de la paz, la democracia, la libertad y los derechos humanos, que le valieron prestigiosas condecoraciones como la Medalla de la Paz de la ONU y ser nominado al Premio Nobel de la Paz.
Fue en la ONU donde Casal dijo al aceptar la medalla "I am a Catalan"" (Soy un Catalán) donde explico que Catalunya tenia el primer parlamento democratico, mucho antes que Inglaterra.
Casals también manifestó públicamente su oposición al régimen franquista y su deseo de ver una Cataluña no necesariamente independiente pero con un grado alto de autonomía (vid. cap. V de sus memorias, dictadas originariamente en francés a Albert E. Kahn y traducidas al catalán como Joia i Tristor).
Pau Casals murió el 22 de octubre de 1973, a la edad de 96 años, en San Juan de Puerto Rico, a consecuencia de un ataque al corazón. Fue enterrado en el Cementerio Conmemorativo de San Juan de Puerto Rico.
El 9 de noviembre de 1979, restablecida la democracia en España, sus restos fueron trasladados al cementerio de El Vendrell, su población natal, donde actualmente descansan.
Popularizó la antigua canción catalana "El cant dels ocells" tocándola en la sede de la ONU;
26 January 2011. Abu Shouk: Women using the Water Roller in a water point in Abu Shouk IDP camp.
A large number of the Darfurian population has a limited access to water resources and have to carry heavy buckets or jerry cans many times a day because for it is small capacity for long distance. Water Roller is a device for carrying water more easily and efficiently than traditional methods. The hippo roller, with its large drum capacity (usually 75 liters), frees women and children from having to spend a large portion of every day dedicated to collecting water for their households.
The Water Roller project started in South Africa and thousands of them have been distributed worldwide over the past 16 years, benefiting over 225,000 people. It have been used by Word Food Program (WFP), Operation Hunger, Operation Mobilization International as well as many other NGO's.
UNAMID (African Union and United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur), in contribution of the development and early recovery, is distributing 30,000 rollers to returnee villages across Darfur with limited access to water resources. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID
8 August 2011. Kutum: An malnourished newborn baby is fed by her mother at the Maternity Hospital. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
08 October 2012. El Daein: Umsalama Musa Usman, the manager of the center of midwives of El Daein, East Darfur, shows some of the equipment donated by UNAMID in 2010.
The center is also the only school for midwives in the state. According to the responsibles of this center, East Darfur urgently needs 150 new midwives to be deployed in many villages without professionals to assist the deliveries. In those villages, women have to deliver the babies without good health conditions.
The school just graduated the last new 50 midwives, but the center needs funds to start a new course and to host the students for one year.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
18 July 2011. El Fasher: Students at the Alfaki Abdallah Albigawi Basic Level School for girls in El Fasher (North Darfur) participate at the UNAMID programme to commemrate Nelson Mandela's Day. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
Source: Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD)
HD organized a two-day workshop in El-Fasher in North Darfur on 11-12 April 2012, to bring together groups from around the region, including a significant nomadic women representation. The forum was the fourth session of its type organized by HD in order to promote dialogue between the parties to the conflict.
In Darfur, HD has been able to extend its humanitarian mediation activities to the nomad Arab groups which claimed to have been discriminated against by the UN. Through roundtable discussions, which began in 2010, HD has highlighted the humanitarian needs of these populations, which led to UN and agency project support in essential areas, such as health and water supplies.
At the workshop, UN agencies and UNAMID highlighted their support of Darfur communities, including pastoralists, and pledged to ensure that the necessary assistance reaches all Darfuris.
Read more about HD's Humanitarian Mediation Programme here: www.hdcentre.org/what-we-do/humanitarian-mediation/
Source: Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
9 August 2012. Kutum: A young boy from Kassab camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), in Kutum (North Darfur), is assisted by a doctor after being bitten by a dog.
The civilian population in Kutum received today the first humanitarian assistance since the area was attacked on 1 August. A school in the surroundings of the village has been used as a provisional medical center.
A medical team formed by UNAMID, World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health of North Darfur assisted about 200 people, mostly women and children with injuries from the attacks and other kind of diseases due to the lack of food and potable water.
The series of incidents began on 1 August when the Commissioner of the district of Alwaha, in Kutum town, and his driver were shot dead and his vehicle was carjacked by three unknown armed men. Later in the day, the official’s vehicle was recovered by Government of Sudan security agents 2 kilometres from the Kassab internally displaced persons (IDP) camp.
Subsequently, on the same day armed men surrounded Kassab, looted the market, burnt down the Sudanese Police post in the camp and reportedly killed four persons (three civilians and one police officer) and injured six others.
Similar events leading to the deterioration in the security and humanitarian situation occurred the following days in and around Kutum town, Kassab and Fataborno IDP camps, including fighting between the armed elements and Government Forces, as well as looting and displacement of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
21 February 2012. Abu Shouk: Kaltoum Yakoub Issa, 19 years old, makes bricks for her new house in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people (IDP), in North Darfur.
Kaltoum, originally from Jebel Seet (North Darfur), lost her left hand and part of the other was seriously bounded when her village was attacked and her house burnt ten years ago.
It was when her family fled to Abu Shouk and was helped by International Rescue Committee (IRC) to get an artificial hand.
However, during the last years, her parents moved away and she is now alone with one sister in the IDP camp, and struggling with her already useless prosthesis to build her own house.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
8 August 2011. El Fasher: Yusra Suleiman al Toum Ahmed, 16 years old, originally from Mellit but currently living in El Fasher. Member of the Parilament of Students, the Koranic organization and the Students Union in El Fasher. She wants to become journalist and to improve her country. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
2 January 2012. Kuma Garadayat: The current clinic in Kuma Garadayat.
The UNAMID Deputy Joint Special Representative (Political), Aichatou Mindaoudou Souleymane announced today to the population the construction of a new one through the Quick Impact Project (QIT) that includes a school with 14 classrooms for girls and boys, a youth center and a women center. The execution of this project will start in one month by the Senegalese Engineering battalion based in the UNAMID team site in Korma.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
7 January 2011. Shangil Tubaya: US Senator John Kerry visits the sorroundings of UNAMID team site in Shangil Tubaya (North Darfur), where more than 4,000 people settled down since December due to the fights beetween the government and rebel militias. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID
25 July 2012. Gereida: A girl goes back home after all day farming the land and collecting firewood outside Gereida (South Darfur) during the rainy season. Women, children and elder people living in camps usually farm the surrounding lands and let men work in further areas in order to avoid robberies, rapes and other perpetrations.
The area is controlled by the Government of Sudan forces. In May, the rebel movement occupied Gereida for 24 hours after a big clash that destroyed the telecommunications of the city and several buildings.
UNAMID has deployed a battalion from Ethiopia (more than 800 soldiers) that assures the protection of civilians.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
18 October 2012. Abu Shouk: Women at the voucher distribution center in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons (IDP), North Darfur.
The World Food Program (WFP) has replaced the direct distribution of food to the IDPs for a voucher system where each family can exchange its value for products such as sugar, salt, lentils, oil, cereals, meat, chicken and dried tomatoes. The center hosts 12 local vendors who distributes these products to the IDPs.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
7 March 2011. Malha (North Darfur): Sudanese, originally from Darfur, just returned from Libya to Malha (North Darfur) and concentrated by the local authorities in a check point outside the village. The returnees are about 60 (mostly women and children) and they arrived on Sunday 6 March from villages located in South Libya. The Returnees, mainly migrant workers belonging to Zaghawa and Meidob tribes, left Sudan some years ago to search for job opportunities in Libya. They are now returning from Libya since they have lost their jobs due to the current crisis as well as for alleged security concerns. The local authorities in Malha are expecting 40 more trucks from Libya (more than 2,000 returnees) for the coming days and they asked help from the UN agencies (UNICEF, OCHA, WHO, UNHCR) to attend all of them. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID
Des d'un punt de vista espacial, observem una sèrie de construcions que hem agrupat tenint en compte dues variables: la seva ubicació i la seva funcionalitat. Per una banda, a l'àrea central del jaciment han aparegut un seguit de dependències que és on es devien realitzar la major part de les activitats artesanals. En segon lloc, apareixen tota una sèrie d'empremtes de gerres que coneixem sota el nom de dolia, i que devien estar situades a l'exterior de les dependències de la zona central. En tercer lloc hem de situar dos forns.
Des d'un punt de vista temporal, aquesta estructuració encara està en fase d'estudi, ja que esbrinar el seu funcionament és una de les finalitats del procés investigador. Nogensmenys, en el moment de fer paleses les conclusions farem un esbós de les hipòtesis sobre les quals treballem, si bé hem de tenir present que al llarg de la vida de l'assentament aquest taller ha sofert diverses ampliacions i, fins i tot, transformacions que dificulten en gran manera la perfecta comprensió de la seva evolució en el temps.
LES DEPENDÈNCIES CENTRALS
Les dependències centrals formen un conjunt ampli i complex, de 25 metres de llarg i 8 metres a la seva part més ampla, en què hem individualitzat un total de vuit àmbits, la major part dels quals estarien relacionats amb la realització d'una activitat artesanal. La construcció és de pedra seca, i s'hi va utilitzar, sobretot, roca sorrenca, encara que també hi trobem, en una proporció menor, conglomerat. Les pedres són, en general, de volum mitjà, d'aparell irregular. Formaven parets de doble parament, que assolien aproximadament un gruix de 0,5 m. Només se n'han conservat, en el millor dels casos, dues filades; per aquesta circumstància, l'alçada que hem obtingut de les parets no sobrepassa els 50 cm.
ÀMBIT I
L'àmbit 1 és el més meridional. Correspon a una habitació de la qual es conserven les restes situades a les zones septentrional i occidental. L'occidental fa 1,6 m i la septentrional, 1 m. Aquests murs serveixen de punt de suport de restructura que hi apareix, que consisteix en una banqueta adossada, en la qual s'intercalen dos espais amb les parets rubefactades, unit cada un d'ells a un dels dos murs. Aquesta rubefacció ens indica que la l'interior d'aquestes estructures s'ha dut a terme una operació de combustió, la qual ha provocat la transformació química de l'espai.
La banqueta devia estar formada per blocs sorrencs, units sense cap lligam, i devia tenir una amplada de 0,5 m. Quant als espais de combustió esmentats, formen una estructura rudimentària de dues peces verticals, unides a la paret perpendicularment. La seva morfologia varia. El que està ubicat a la paret septentrional de l'habitació està constituït per maons que tenen un gruix de 0,10 m i una llargària que varia entre els 0,30 m de la paret del costat oriental i els 0,40 m de la del cantó occidental. La cambra de combustió situada a la paret occidental de l'habitació va ser construïda amb dues pedres sorrenques de 0,30 m de llarg, però el que variaria en aquest cas seria el gruix. El de la peça de la banda nord es de 0,08 m, mentre que el de la peça de la banda sud és de 0,15 m.
Aquestes estructures ens permeten deduir que la funció que es duia a terme a l'àmbit 1 és la d'elaboració d'aliments per al consum immediat. És a dir, era una dependència destinada a l'activitat de cuina. Els dos espais intercalats a la banqueta que ressegueix les parets devien ser els fogons, dels quals ha conservat la cambra de combustió, que estava formada per les dues peces verticals que s'uneixen perpendicularment a cada una de les parets. Originàriament hi devia haver una tercera peça que estaria situada a sobre d'aquestes, en posició horitzontal, i que constituiria la zona de cocció dels aliments, però ha desaparegut.
Així, doncs, dels fogons en conservem, tan sols, la cambra de combustió, que és un espai amb una planta que té tendència a la forma quadrada, encara que irregular, ja que els seus costats varien entre els 0,30 m i els 0,40 m. La seva alçada és de 0,30 m. Al seu interior aparegué un estrat format per terra i argiles cremades, d'una potència que oscil·la entre els 0,02 m i els 0,03 m. Tot aquest conjunt format per la banqueta i els dos fogons s'assenta sobre un condicionament del terreny fet amb pedres de tipus sorrenc, l'objectiu del qual era salvar les irregularitats de la roca natural.
Tot i que el conjunt ha quedat molt afectat pels treballs agrícoles efectuats en èpoques posteriors, podem delimitar-lo per l'aparició de dos forats circulars de 0,10 m i 0,20 m de diàmetre cadascun, situats a l'est i al sud de l'habitació. Al seu interior es van trobar fragments de ceràmica i alguna pedra. Sens dubte, corresponen a l'empremta deixada per dos pals que estaven clavats al terra, i que devien servir per aguantar alguna estructura, si bé desconeixem si es tractava del sostre de l'habitació o bé d'algun sistema d'evacuació de fums.
ÀMBIT 2
L'àmbit 1 és l'habitació que limita el jaciment al sud. La resta dedependències s'alineen en direcció nord. La primera d'elles, l'àmbit 2,constitueix un espai on s'intueix una planta rectangular, envoltat de murs per tots els costats, excepte per la banda est. La seva amplària és de 2,8 m. Al seu interior, un cop tret el nivell superficial, l'excavació ens ha permès documentar una successió de cinc estrats, on s'alternaven nivells de cendres amb argiles barrejades amb sauló. Són, sens dubte, nivells d'utilització, i creiem que van ser creats a conseqüència de les tasques relacionades amb l'elaboració de la terrissa produïda a l'assentament. La proximitat a l'àmbit 3 ens permet treballar amb la hipòtesi d'un espai que servia per donar forma al material constructiu, per a la qual cosa utilitzava la pasta obtinguda a la dependència del costat.
ÀMBIT 3
L'àmbit 3 es troba a continuació de l'habitació anterior, al nord. És de planta quadrada, de 4 m de llarg i d'ample. És una dependència oberta a l'est i al nord. A l'est comunica amb l'exterior. del qual només la separa un mur d'1,5 m de llarg, al qual s'uneix el mur que fa de separació amb l'àmbit 4, situat al nord d'aquesta habitació. Aquest mur és, només, d'1 m de llarg, la qual cosa fa que l'àmbit 3 estigui també obert cap a aquesta àrea, és a dir, cap a l'interior del conjunt arquitectònic en aquest cas. Això no obstant, com a element definidor, assenyalem la presència en el seu interior d'una gran cavitat al terra. Una vegada excavat el nivell superficial, es va posar al descobert un nivell amb molta concentració d'argiles i restes de carbó, on es retallava una estructura circular, la boca de la qual tenia una diàmetre irregular de 2,5 m. La seva fondària és d'1,80 m.
Creiem que es tracta d'una pastera on es realitzava la barreja de l'argila, l'aigua i el sauló per obtenir la matèria necessària per iniciar el procés d'elaboració. Aquesta hipòtesi queda consolidada en haver documentat l'estrat 0020, que correspondria a les restes de l'última barreja efectuada al seu interior.
El fet que la pastera estigués retallada en uns nivells tous feia que la seva fondària s'anés modificant a mesura que es desenvolupava el treball en el seu interior. Això es manifesta a la paret de l'estructura, on hem pogut documentar una primera base (UE 0019) que va ampliar la seva profunditat (UE 0052), la qual cosa devia ser conseqüència de la feina que s'hi realitzava. A més, aquesta activitat contínua de la pastera queda constatada per la presència d'un mur de contenció situat a la paret sud, el qual va possibilitar que es consolidés aquesta zona, davant la gradual degradació que estava sofrint.
A la part sud-oriental de l'estructura hi ha un esglaó fet amb una teula plana que havia estat dipositada en un retall, per tal d'accedir amb més comoditat al seu interior. Posteriorment, quan deixà de ser utilitzada, va ser reomplerta amb una unitat estratigràfica molt heterogènia. A l'abocament, compost de terra i pedra, destacava la presència d'abundants fragments de teules i tovots, així com restes d'alguna de les graelles dels forns. Aquests elements indiquen que la colmatació de la pastera es devia realitzar quan, almenys, un dels forns es va enderrocar o bé va patir una reforma.
ÀMBIT 4
L'àmbit 4 és una habitació de planta rectangular, de proporcions de 4,6 m per 4 m, contigua a l'àmbit 3. Aquests dos àmbits estan comunicats, separats només per un mur d' 1 m de llarg i 0,6 m d'ample, ubicat al sud de la dependència. Aquest àmbit és una habitació interior, que sens dubte està íntimament relacionada amb l'activitat que es realitzava a la zona anterior. El terra d'aquesta àrea estava format per terra compactada, on van aparèixer sorra, grava i còdols. També hem d'assenyalar la presència de nòduls d'argila, que podrien correspondre a les últimes restes de l'activitat que s'hi realitzà.
ÀMBIT 5
A l'est, i a continuació d'aquest àmbit, se situa l'àmbit 5. Es tracta d'un espai on apareix un dipòsit adossat a la paret que delimita els àmbits 3 i 4,per la banda est. És una estructura (dipòsit 1) de planta rectangular, de7,5 m de llarg i orientada en direcció nord-sud. Se situa a l'oest de l'àmbit i queda emmarcada dins d'un petit espai delimitat per la presència de dos murs d'amplada de 2 m, un al nord i l'altre al sud. El dipòsit està format per quatre murs, l'amplària dels quals és de 0,5 m, d'aparell irregular. Estaven fets de pedres de tipus sorrenc, amb algun conglomerat, lligades amb morter. L'estructura, de 5 m de llarg i 1,5 m d'ample, tenia l'interior revestit amb opus signinum, i a la part baixa s'observa l'existència de l'angle hidròfiíg, per tal d'aconseguir una major impermeabilitat del seu contingut.Aquest dipòsit, a més, disposava d'una canal de desguàs que estava situada al llarg de la paret oriental. La part que hem pogut recuperar té unes dimensions de 5,5 m de llarg i 0,4 m d'ample, i estava revestida amb una capa de 2 cm A'opus signinum, a l'interior. El fet que no s'hagi conservat sencer fa que es desconegui el lloc on es desviava el líquid que contenia.
ÀMBITS 6 I 7
A la part septentrional del conjunt descrit, trobem els àmbits 6 i 7. Estan delimitats a l'oest per una paret, que és la continuació del mur que tanca aquest conjunt d'estances. Entre els dos hi ha una obertura d' 1 m, que ens marca l'existència d'un accés cap a l'exterior de l'edifici. Aquest mur occidental fa 8 m de llarg i, a mig camí, perpendicular a aquest, en surt un altre, del qual només conservem 2 m. Això possibilita la divisió d'aquest espai en dos àmbits, dels quals només coneixem una de les dimensions, la de l'amplada, ja que la llargària ens és indeterminada. L'àmbit 6 fa 3,5 m d'ample i l'àmbit 7, 7,5 m.
A l'àmbit 6 ha aparegut un segon dipòsit. A diferència de l'anterior està excavat al terra, la qual cosa ha permès que el puguem conèixer amb més detall, ja que no ha estat afectat intensament per l'erosió provocada per l'acció de l'home. Té forma paral·lelepipèdica, encara que amb una lleugera tendència cap al trapezi. La seva llargària està orientada en direcció est-oest, i és de 2,4 m, mentre que la seva amplària és d' 1,4 m a l'est i 1,3 m a l'oest. La profunditat excavada varia, ja que, si bé el fons de l'estructura és quasi pla, el terreny superficial on ha actuat l'erosió antròpica és inclinat. Això ha provocat que, al cantó oriental d'aquest espai, s'hagi conservat una profunditat de 0,80 m i, al costat occidental, de 0,60 m.
Els murs que formen l'estructura, d'una amplada que oscil·la entre els 0,20 i els 0,26 m de gruix, estan construïts amb pedres sorrenques, lligades amb fang. L'interior del dipòsit està recobert amb una capa d'argamassa de 0,02 m de gruix, que a la part baixa forma un angle hidròfiíg.Hem de destacar que a l'angle nord-occidental ha aparegut una escala formada per tres esglaons que van des del terreny natural fins al fons de l'estructura. Aquest últim és pla, si bé hi hem individualitzat una incisió enforma de secció de circumferència, la planta de la qual té 0,6 m de diàmetre, mentre que la profunditat és de 0,08 m. Consideren que podria respondre a una cubeta de decantació, on es dipositaven els llims que es desprenien del líquid que contenia el dipòsit. A l'àmbit 7 va aparèixer el camp de dolia 2, a l'interior del qual es van descobrir tretze empremtes en forma de secció de circumferència que, originàriament, devien haver contingut dolium.
ÀMBIT 8
A l'est del dipòsit 1, hem pogut delimitar una zona d'abocador d'uns 5 m de llarg aproximadament i 3,5 m d'amplada. La profunditat dels abocaments arribava fins al metre i mig respecte de la superfície del terreny. Del seu interior vam poder recuperar diversos fragments d'objectes d'ús domèstic (material metàl·lic i ceràmic), elements d'abillament personal (com ara un braçalet fet de bronze) i material propi de l'activitat artesanal (dolia, tegulae i imbrices).
CAMPS DE DOLIA
Les successives campanyes d'excavació han anat traient a la superfície un nombre considerable d'empremtes de dolia, grans gerres de ceràmica que eren introduïdes dins d'una fossa circular excavada al terra, i de les quals, normalment, només quedava visible la boca, caracteritzada per una gran vora que la circumdava. Servien per contenir i conservar aliments i matèries relacionades amb les tasques artesanals o la vida quotidiana. Al jaciment aquestes fosses estan excavades normalment al nivell natural, o bé tallant estructures del substrat anterior, que correspon a l'època del bronze. Les seves dimensions i la fondària varien segons la mida del recipient que contenien. Les intervencions efectuades fins a l'actualitat n'han tret a la llum quaranta-tres, distribuïdes, bàsicament, en dues zones: el camp de dolia 1, que apareix a l'àmbit 7, i el camp de dolia 2, que s'estén a l'est de les dependències centrals.
Al camp de dolia 1 han aparegut un total de tretze empremtes d'aquest tipus, tres d'elles de grans dimensions (poden arribar fins al metre i mig de profunditat), mentre que al camp de dolia 2 n'han aparegut trentanou, la fondària de les quals és difícil d'establir, atesa la degradació que ha patit el jaciment i que hem anat comentat al llarg d'aquest article; però, en general, la part conservada arriba als 20 cm de profunditat, amb un diàmetre que oscil·la entre els 80 m i els 100 cm. La gran majoria d'aquestes estructures es caracteritza per un apèndix al lateral de la cubeta que formava un esglaó al costat del dolium, com a resposta a la necessitat d'obtenir una millor manipulació del recipient que es dipositava a l'interior, i que permetia que es pogués falcar amb més comoditat.
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21 February 2012. Abu Shouk: Kaltoum Yakoub Issa, 19 years old, makes bricks for her new house in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced people (IDP), in North Darfur.
Kaltoum, originally from Jebel Seet (North Darfur), lost her left hand and part of the other was seriously bounded when her village was attacked and her house burnt ten years ago.
It was when her family fled to Abu Shouk and was helped by International Rescue Committee (IRC) to get an artificial hand.
However, during the last years, her parents moved away and she is now alone with one sister in the IDP camp, and struggling with her already useless prosthesis to build her own house.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID