Panorama People in Need at work in the Congo, part II

23-07-2009 17:19 | Christian Falvey

Writers often call just about any country a “land of striking contrasts”. In the Eastern Congo the main, inescapable contrast is that of joy and grief. As we arrived in the town of Bunyakiri a noisy procession was celebrating the birth of a child, while not far off, in a makeshift classroom on the other side of town, 26 health workers are being trained under the auspices of the Czech charity People in Need to deal with the gravest of tasks.

Markéta Kutilová and Naomi, photo: Christian Falvey Markéta Kutilová and Naomi, photo: Christian Falvey   Back

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