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20 May 2012. Abu Shouk: Fakih (Master) Ahmed Ibrahim teaches Koran to children in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons. To become a Fahik in Darfur and to be able to practice traditional medicine it is mandatory to memorize the holy book completely. Children start very young repeating the senteces of Koran again and again.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez 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
5 August 2012. El Fasher: A UNAMID car of the Indonesia's Formed Police Unit gets stuck into the mud 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
18 July 2012. El Fasher: A young girl takes a picture with a cell phone during the opening ceremony of the new Library at the Cultural Center in El Fasher (North Darfur).
UNAMID sponsored the rehabilitation of the library with more than 140,000 Sudanese pounds .
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
9 August 2012. Kutum: An elder man from Kassab camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), in Kutum (North Darfur), is transported by a wheelbarrow 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
20 October 2010. El Fasher: 89 new Rwandan police women arrived this morning to El Fasher (Darfur) to work for UNAMID for the next months. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID
30 March 2011. Buru (West Darfur): A sick children in Buru with a serious eyes infection attended by UNAMID peacekeepers from Thailand. Buru is located more than 50 km south of Muhkjar, where a contingent of peacekeerpers from Thailandia are based. This is the first time that many villagers see blue helmets in Buru due to difficulties of access. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net
1 August 2012. Kuma Garadayat: Girls and boys from Kuma Garadayat (North Darfur) welcome the arrival of a UNAMID delegation to celebrate the inauguration of six development projects - commonly known as Quick Impact Projects -, 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
3 February 2012. El Fasher: A child on a horse at the horse racing in El Fasher.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
20 November 2012. Nertiti: Local women in Nertiti, Central Darfur, along with female members of the UNAMID battalion from Rwanda perform a traditional Rwandan dance at the official opening of the new Nertiti Women Market, a building where about twenty local women will be able to sell their products (mostly vegetables) in better conditions (they used to sell outdoors).
This building was constructed by the UNAMID battalion from Rwanda posted in Nertiti.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
8 December 2012. El Fasher: A family with their sick child are pictured at the women ward of the Emergency Area in El Fasher Hospital, North Darfur. More than 500 patients visit the hospital everyday and they are assisted first by 4 emergency doctors during the day. At night time, only one is on duty.
The population of El Fasher has increased enormously for the last years due to the arrival of Internally Displaced Persons at the outskirts of the city and it became a problem of capacity for the hospital.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
14 November 2012. El Geneina: Staff members of the Teaching Hospital in El Geneina, West Darfur, receive the first vaccination treatment on Yellow Fever.
Yesterday, the hospital received a small number of vaccines that have already been used to inoculate hospital staff. The facility is expecting to receive thousands more vaccines that will be used to assist
the local population.
West Darfur is currently one of the states with the highest rates of yellow fever cases. The hospital has already treated 106 cases of Yellow Fever since the disease began to spread one month ago. Among these cases, 38 people have died, most of them farmers from El Geneina, Mornei, Habila, Kreink, Beida and Forobaranga.
The Ministry of Health in West Darfur is working closely with the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), UN agencies and international and national nongovernmental organizations to fumigate, distribute vaccines and implement awareness campaigns. The epidemic has no precedent in the region.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
14 February 2012. Damra Toma: Members of the arab nomadic community (Mahammid tribe) kill and slaughter a camel to welcome a UNAMID delegation.
The community just returned to Damra Toma (North Darfur) after nine years displaced in several camps in South Darfur. The community, more than 1,000 households, left their original village in 2002 due to the insecurity situation.
The community expect 200 households more coming in the next few days.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net
13 December 2010. El Fasher: Members of the Abu Shouk Women Center, in Abu Shouk IDP Camp (North Darfur) taking classes. There are about 80 women who come to the center 5 days per week (from Sunday to Thursday) to take Arabic, Mathematics and Koran classes during 4 hours (12h to 16h) and, from time to time, they participate in other activites sponsored by UN agencies and NGOs. Women usually attend the classes with their children and there are only two teachers in the center. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID / www.albertgonzalez.net
24 October 2012. El Fasher: UNAMID peacekeepers from Egypt 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
14 November 2012. El Geneina: Saleh Mohammed Hamid (18 years old) from Gocker, West Darfur, is being assisted at the Teaching Hospital in El Geneina, after getting infected with the Yellow Fever.
Yesterday, the hospital received a small number of vaccines that have already been used to inoculate hospital staff. The facility is expecting to receive thousands more vaccines that will be used to assist
the local population. West Darfur is currently one of the states with the highest rates of yellow fever cases.
The hospital has already treated 106 cases of Yellow Fever since the disease began to spread one month ago. Among these cases, 38 people have died, most of them farmers from El Geneina, Mornei, Habila, Kreink, Beida and Forobaranga. The Ministry of Health in West Darfur is working closely with the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), UN agencies and international and national nongovernmental organisations to fumigate, distribute vaccines and implement awareness campaigns. The epidemic has no precedent in the region. 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
19 July 2012. El Fasher: A disabled person is given crutches during the hand-over ceremony of material to the disabled community in the Abu Shouk camp for displaced persons. The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) delivered 5 wheel chairs, 102 crutches, 75 sticks for blind, tobes and T-shirts.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
14 July 2011. Sehjanna: Returned families arrive to their original village and greet their relatives. More than 200 displaced families (about 800 people) are returning from Aramba to their original village, Sehjanna (100 kilometers distance).After more than seven years in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Aramba (near Kabkabiya, North Darfur) they decided to participate at this voluntary repatriation program organized by UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the Sudanese Humanitarian Aid Commission, with the logistical support of UNAMID. The families are farmers who fled their original village in Sehjanna (near Kutum, North Darfur) due to the conflict in Darfur.
The return operation started on Sunday 10 July and will continue for the next days. The returnees are transported by buses and their belongings by trucks for about 10 hours. During the trip, the Rwandan and South African UNAMID troops are escorting the returnees, who are also provided with water jerry cans. World Food Program will provide the returnees with food for the first six months.
This is the largest returnee operation organized in North Darfur for the last years.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID - www.albertgonzalez.net
18 March 2011. Fanga Suk: A member of the coalition of rebel forces (SLA Minni Minawi, SLA Abdul Wahid and LJM) who control Fanga Suk village, in East Jebel Marra (West Darfur), 88 kilometres West Tawilla. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID / www.albertgonzalez.net
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: Nurses from Mongolia attend an inpatient at the UNAMID Level 2 Hospital 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.
26 March 2012. Kutum: UNAMID peacekeeper, private Konstabel Frank, from South Africa, uses his cellphone in a break during the night patrol in Kassab camp for internal displaced people, in Kutum (North Darfur).
Night patrols are recently launch to give more confidence to the local community due to the increase of banditry (robbery and rapes) in the area by common criminals.
In the UNAMID Kutum base there are 380 South African troops based who organize three patrols every day.
Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
6 December 2012. Zam Zam: Women and girls in Zam Zam camp for Internally displaced persons (IDP), North Darfur, perform traditional Darfuri dances 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
20 November 2012. Nertiti: A member of the UNAMID battalion from Rwanda posted in Nertiti, Central Darfur, perform a show at the official opening of the new Nertiti Women Market, a building where about twenty local women will be able to sell their products (mostly vegetables) in better conditions (they used to sell outdoors).
This building was constructed by the UNAMID battalion from Rwanda posted in Nertiti.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
21 November 2010. El Fasher: Sadias Adam Imam collects millet in a land rented by a community leader in Saluma Area, near El Fasher. Today, she is escorted by Jordanian peacekeepers. Twice a week, UNAMID organize patrols to escort women who are farming and collecting firewood in rural areas, like outside Zam Zam IDP Camp (El Fasher, North Darfur). Photo by Albert Gonzalez 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
20 May 2012. Abu Shouk: Fakih (Master) Ahmed Ibrahim teaches Koran to children in Abu Shouk camp for internally displaced persons. To become a Fahik in Darfur and to be able to practice traditional medicine it is mandatory to memorize the holy book completely. Children start very young repeating the senteces of Koran again and again.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
3 April 2012. El Fasher: Abdurrahim Ahmed Mohamed (12 years old) is pictured in his house in Al Salam camp for displaced persons. Abdurrahim lost his right hand and the sight on his left eye due to a detonation of an unexploded ordnance (UXO).
It happened in 2008 in Kabkabiya, his original village, when Abdurrahim and his friends found the UXO near his house. They started playing with it until it detonated.
Abdurrahim, who wants to become a doctor, 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
3 April 2012. El Fasher: Abdurrahim Ahmed Mohamed (12 years old) is pictured in his house in Al Salam camp for displaced persons. Abdurrahim lost his right hand and the sight on his left eye due to a detonation of an unexploded ordnance (UXO).
It happened in 2008 in Kabkabiya, his original village, when Abdurrahim and his friends found the UXO near his house. They started playing with it until it detonated.
Abdurrahim, who wants to become a doctor, 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
6 December 2012. Zam Zam: Women in Zam Zam camp for Internally displaced persons (IDP), North Darfur, perform the traditional women tasks in Darfur 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
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
26 January 2011. Abu Shouk: A man uses the Water Roller in his house in Abu Shouk camp for internal displaced people.
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
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
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
18 July 2011. El Fasher: A UNAMID Rwandan peacekeeper paints a wall at the Alfaki Abdallah Albingawi 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 - www.albertgonzalez.net
18 July 2011. El Fasher: UNAMID South African peacekeepers sing songs with students of the Alfaki Abdallah Albingawi 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 - www.albertgonzalez.net
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
Aquesta granja en el seu origen estava situada en el camí de la Ricarda (X: 425378, Y: 4573308). Era un edifici de grans proporcions format per 3 torres de planta quadrangular, unides per dos cossos rectangulars i de dues de les torres sortien dues naus en sentit perpendicular.
Les tres torres i les dues naus que les uneixen formen un cos molt allargat orientat en sentit nord-sud. Per evitar que les inundacions del riu l'afectessin, l'edifici es va construir sobre pilars i arcs que permetien el pas de l'aigua per sota. Les torres tenen planta baixa i un pis i la coberta és a quatre aigües; a la part superior de les teulades hi ha baranes de ferro a la manera de miradors. Les dues naus tenen un sol pis amb una teulada a dues aigües que es recolza sobre una estructura metàl·lica; aquestes naus era on s'ubicaven les vaques. Exteriorment el parament és de maó arrebossat i pintat; les obertures són d'arc rebaixat i estan decorades amb rajola blava al guardapols i sota l'ampit. Sota el ràfec de la teulada també hi ha una línia de rajola blava amb motius geomètrics. A l'interior destaquen les dues naus dedicades a bestiar; Joan Torras i Guardiola va fer una estructura metàl·lica que a l'exterior marca els dos vessants de la teulada i a l'interior té la forma d'arc rebaixat. Aquestes sales es van recobrir amb ceràmica blanca i verda per motius d'higiene i de llum, però deixava marcats els ferros inferiors de l'estructura, donant una aparença semblant a les grans estacions de metro europees. Les naus estan resseguides per un fris decoratiu amb un motiu geomètric i als extrems de les naus, a banda i banda de les portes, hi ha un dibuix de canyes. A les parets laterals s'obren finestres d'arc rebaixat seguint un ritme regular. Les vaques se situaven a banda i banda de les naus deixant un ampli passadís central. Tot l'edifici tenia un aïllament tèrmic per mitjà de murs dobles i de cambres d'aire sota la teulada, que es podien omplir de palla per reduir la humitat.
De la torre nord i la central surten dues naus en sentit est-oest. Aquestes estructures, situades a la banda de llevant, són fruit d'una ampliació posterior. Són d'un sol pis amb coberta a doble vessant sobre una encavallada de fusta. Aquestes naus estaven dedicades a graner.
Al nord de l'espai principal, a la façana de ponent, hi ha adossat un cos rectangular perpendicular a la granja. Aquesta construcció, destinada a habitatges i magatzems, té planta baixa i un pis i la coberta és a dos vessants. Les obertures es distribueixen de forma simètrica al llarg de la façana a partir d'un eix central, amb tres obertures rectangulars per pis, i una sèrie de finestres aparellades d'arc rebaixat al primer pis i un gran portal a la planta baixa per banda. Aquesta estructura queda rematada per un cobert construït en sentit perpendicular. Aquesta construcció està decorada amb tres esgrafiats situats al primer pis de la zona central, on es troben les obertures de forma rectangular. L'esgrafiat central representa un feix d'espigues de cereal i als laterals hi ha eines del camp.
Degut a les obres de construcció de la nova pista de l'aeroport del Prat, l'any 2007 es van desmuntar els elements més destacats de la granja, com l'estructura metàl·lica i la decoració ceràmica, i l'edifici es va enderrocar. L'any 2009 es va fer una nova construcció, imitant l'original, on es van col·locar els elements rescatats de l'edifici original.
Actualment la granja se situa al camí de Cal Silet, aproximadament 2 quilòmetres al nord de l'emplaçament original. La planta té forma de E, que correspon a les tres torres amb els dos cossos que les connecten i de cada torre surt una nau (a diferència de l'original que només tenia dues naus). L'edifici adossat al costat de ponent no s'ha reconstruït. Les formes de les obertures són similars a les originals i s'ha col·locat les rajoles que decoraven les façanes. L'interior de les naus on s'ubicaven les vaques s'ha reconstruït com era.
Notícies històriques
La Granja la Ricarda fou una de les dues granjes que, junt amb la Colònia Casanovas hi havia al Prat a principis segle XX i que abastien de llet a la ciutat de Barcelona. Fou construïda en els terrenys de la finca del mateix nom, propietat de Manuel Bertand, que l'havia comprat l'any 1895.
La Ricarda té per segon nom "Cal Torrero", antiga masia que es devia enderrocar al fer la nova i que apareix esmentada a la Consueta Parroquial de principis del segle XIX.
La dissenyà i edificà Josep Monés i Jané que era constructor d'edificis i pous artesians. L'any 1906 es van començar els treballs per omplir de sorra els aiguamolls de la part nord de la finca i al 1912 la granja va començar a funcionar.
Manuel Bertrand va posar tots el medis per fer una construcció de qualitat amb unes instal·lacions avançades per l'època la qual cosa va fer que se li atorgués la distinció de "Granja Model". La granja disposava d'una instal·lació de vapor per netejar els envasos i d'una central elèctrica per l'enllumenat. Per la vaqueria va adquirir vaques suïsses i holandeses que eren les més productores.
Durant la guerra civil la granja es va col·lectivitzar i, en acabar, la van retornar a la família Bertrand. Va segui en actiu fins als anys setanta. Un cop es va abandonar l'activitat ramadera es van conrear les terres del voltant fins que, l'any 1992, AENA la va adquirir. Aquell mateix any va patir un incendi que afectà la coberta i algunes estructures.
Degut a la construcció d'una nova pista de l'aeroport la granja es va enderrocar conservant els elements més importants que s'han fet servir per reconstruir l'edifici uns quilòmetres més al nord, prop de l'avinguda Onze de setembre.
8 March 2012. Kutum: Celebrations of the International Women's Day in Kutum.
Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran - UNAMID
8 December 2012. El Fasher: A girl waits for her family at the pediatric area of El Fasher Hospital, North Darfur. Everyday more than one hundred patients are admitted in this area and the ministry of Health started the construction of a Pediatric Hospital in the Eastern part of the city but there aren't funds to continue.
The population of El Fasher has increased enormously for the last years due to the arrival of Internally Displaced Persons at the outskirts of the city and it became a problem of capacity for the hospital.
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
1 December 2010. The Doha peace negotiation team, headed by Qatari Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Abdulla Al-Mahmoud and AU-UN Joint Chief Mediator Djibrill Bassolé, visited today Zalingei, West Darfur, in the final leg of a four day visit to Darfur. The delegation was in a meeting with Civil society representatives at Zalingei University when a demonstration began outside. In response, Minister Al-Mahmoud and Mr. Bassolé addressed the crowd in attempt to ease the tension. However, as the party departed, the protests turned violent, resulting in at least one person killed and several wounded. Photo by Albert Gonzalez Farran / UNAMID / www.albertgonzalez.net
6 December 2012. Zam Zam: A woman in Zam Zam camp for Internally displaced persons (IDP), North Darfur, performs the traditional women tasks in Darfur 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
Ahir 2 de juny de 2024 es van fer les darreres circulacions de la històrica unitat 400 “granota” abans de l’estiu, ja que fins el 22 de setembre no tornarà a sortir. A la foto el darrer viatge comercial de la primavera de 2024 amb un tren de Terrassa N. Unides a les Planes per la Floresta, ja que després va tenir una averia i es va haver de suprimir la pujada a Sabadell.
Ayer 2 de junio de 2024 se hicieron las últimas circulaciones de la histórica unidad 400 “rana” antes del verano, puesto que hasta el 22 de septiembre no volverá a salir. En la foto el último viaje comercial de la primavera de 2024 con un tren de Terrassa N. Unides a les Planes por la Floresta, puesto que después tuvo una avería y se tuvo que suprimir la subida a Sabadell.
Yesterday, 2nd June 2024, the last runs of the historic unit 400 ‘frog’ were done before summer, as it will not run again until 22 September. In the photo, the last commercial journey of spring 2024 with a train from Terrassa N. Unides to Les Planes at la Floresta, as it then had a breakdown and the trip up to Sabadell had to be cancelled.
14 November 2012. El Geneina: Yaratebi Yagub (60 years old), a farmer from Kreink, West Darfur, is being assisted at the Teaching Hospital in El Geneina, after getting infected with the Yellow Fever.
Yesterday, the hospital received a small number of vaccines that have already been used to inoculate hospital staff. The facility is expecting to receive thousands more vaccines that will be used to assist
the local population. West Darfur is currently one of the states with the highest rates of yellow fever cases.
The hospital has already treated 106 cases of Yellow Fever since the disease began to spread one month ago. Among these cases, 38 people have died, most of them farmers from El Geneina, Mornei, Habila, Kreink, Beida and Forobaranga. The Ministry of Health in West Darfur is working closely with the African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), UN agencies and international and national nongovernmental organisations to fumigate, distribute vaccines and implement awareness campaigns. The epidemic has no precedent in the region.
Photo by Albert González Farran, UNAMID.
5 August 2012. El Fasher: (left) UNAMID peacekeeper major Hendrik Budi Prasetyo of the Indonesia's Formed Police Unit perform Christian prayers at their base in UNAMID headquarters in El Fasher.
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
08 October 2012. El Daein: Umsalama Musa Usman, the manager of the center of midwives of El Daein, East Darfur, is pictured in one of the classrooms of the center.
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
25 July 2012. Gereida: A young boy goes back home with his family after all day farming the land 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