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Jeremie the Pilot

Well, actually, just a co-pilot. Busy looking around, so our friend has to do all by himself...

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20 décembre 2006

Stunning Ituri

As I fly back to Bunia from Gety, I suddently face this stunning scenery: moutains of karst. Those familiar with our blog will remember our post on the Stone Forest in Yunnan, China. This one is quite different, though no less impressive. Ituri also offers...

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19 décembre 2006

Workers get their cash

It's paiement day today. Men and women who have ben working on rehabilitating the road come to get their cash: 30 US dollars for 15 days of work. It's been raining heavily those last hours and people wait patiently that the storm ends to reach the office...

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18 décembre 2006

Children of Boga

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16 décembre 2006

Hit the Road Jack

We decide to have a look at the condition of the road further down. No car can pass, so we take the motorbikes. We leave Boga behind and reach the Similiki Valley. The track becomes increasingly difficult. After few kilometres, it's not a track anymore,...

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15 décembre 2006

Cash for Work

Today I am looking at a cash for work project around Boga. Cash for work (CFW) is an incresingly popular humanitarian intervention. Proponents if such approaches argue that they can be more cost-effective and timely, allow recipients greater choice and...

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14 décembre 2006

Pygmees

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13 décembre 2006

Meet the Pygmees

I have eventually made it to Boga. It's a little town, in the middle of nowhere, or to be more precise: at the extreme south of Ituri, bordering the Similiki valley and Uganda. There are not a lot of people around. Most of them fled the area during the...

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12 décembre 2006

People of Aveba

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11 décembre 2006

Aveba

. After a couple of hours in Gety, I head south to Aveba. The area has seen very few foreigners recently. Considered insecure, with loads of militia around (especially the infamous ‘Cobra’), people have not received much assistance. Unfortunately, we...

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