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Bikers in the mud

This is a very familiar scene in Congo: Men carrying a big burden on their bikes, travelling for hours, often days, sometimes weeks, to transport goods from one place to another. Not only roads are in a bad condition, but there's a scarcity of cars. Those...

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30 janvier 2007

Stuck in the mud - part 2

So we leave the truck behind. We've lost 3 hours. The driver (who has suddenly become the most popular person in the car, despite his heavy mud fragrance) decides to take a side road. He's indeed concerned we shall experience this again, as this is the...

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29 janvier 2007

Stuck in the mud

After several days in Fataki, time to go back to Bunia. We're in the middle of the rainy season and the roads are deteriorating rapidly. We decide to leave early. It used to take us 5 hours to get there. Who knows how long it will take this time... We...

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28 janvier 2007

Children at school

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26 janvier 2007

Wash your hands!

Here I am again in Ituri. This time, evaluating a "watsan" project. Yes, here we go today for some humanitarian jargon. 'Watsan' stands for Water and Sanitation. It usually means a project that aims to improve public health. This is done through increased...

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25 janvier 2007

Children of Jiba

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24 janvier 2007

School, Ituri style

This is a school. In Jiba - Ituri - to be perfectly accurate. The school, like all other buildings in this small city, was completely destroyed. It has not stopped functionning though. Children still attend their classes. There are about 120 children...

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23 janvier 2007

Jeremie is too small!!

You happen to see on this blog some of our best shots. And you may wonder... what's behind the scene? What's going on with the guy with the camera? Okay, let me give you some insight. Jeremie takes most photos (I told you already he shoots everything,...

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22 janvier 2007

And we eat!!!!!!!!!!

The second thing we do during week-ends.... we eat! Invited at Eva and Basem's. Our best paella ever. So what do we do during the week? We diet. To recover!

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20 janvier 2007

Cruise the lake

There are basically two things we do during week-ends. One is to cruise the lake

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