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Uganda Kisoro _DSC14011

Kisoro is the last town in Uganda before the Rwandan border. Home to refugees from the 1994 Rwandan genocide that massacred 1 million people, as well as the Congo War that started in 1998 and officially ended in 2003 claiming 3,5 million lives.

 

The sight of a lone child in a field of portaloos is the stark reminder of the countless orphans created by these conflicts. And still... they waive at you as you pass.

 

Continued...

 

* 10 Nov '08 - 250 views

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Uploaded on January 15, 2008
Taken on December 28, 2007