Photo of the Month: August
Plural this time, for I want to show you more than just one photo. We (Dong An, our Hanoi based Vietnamese counterpart, our surgeons and Duniya Foundation) are planning the surgery of another 100 children by the end of November. Preparations are already being made and local health workers try to list and organize the [...]
Photo of the Month: July
Two Flower H’Mong (Hmong Lenh) women wait while their children are screened for surgery (see Duniya Foundation). The H’Mong who live in the northern mountainous villages of Vietnam emigrated directly from the Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan. The traditionally colourful H’Mong skirts are made of an indigo-dyed cloth with decorations made by a [...]
Photo of the Month: June
Anita recently delivered her first child, a son. An emergency Caesarean section which she could not afford. Her husband and mother-in-law disappeared and have not seen the baby. They decided that almost blind Anita was not good enough. Not as a wife, nor as a daughter-in-law. Not anymore. Her – almost blind – father looks [...]
Photo of the Month: May
During the religious festival of Makar Sankranti, which takes place during winter in January, many beggars populate the stone steps of Assi Ghat in Varanasi, leading down to the holy river Ganges. These beggars are often chased off by the police, who relentlessly beat them with their bamboo sticks. The woman in the picture arrived [...]
Photo of the Month: April
A young father carries his son into the very basic operation room where Dr. Hung is waiting to perform the surgery. Duniya Foundation is financially supporting these operations, organized by Dong An from the Hanoi based NGO Center II, Direct Support for Disabled Children. As a photographer and member of Duniya Foundation, I spent many [...]
