What is your girlfriend asset? For us here in Norway it may be difficult to answer, since we own so much. For the refugees in Darfur, there are plenty easier. Aftenposten has been hitting a series of shots that the humanitarian organization Norwegian Church Aid and their party ones ACT Alliance and Caritas Internationalis has made. All photos are taken by photographer Annie Bungeroth. Interviews with refugees made by Nana Anto-Awuakye.
NCA has helped people in the area since 1985, in 2003 shook the suffering in Darfur whole world. Militias who acted on behalf of the regime in Khartoum drove millions of civilians while fighting local insurgents. It has proved difficult to achieve a peace agreement and refugees have been living in camps that were created. According to the UN, up to 4 million people have been driven from their homes. The last six months have violence flared up and 390,000 new refugees are forced to flee.
Drummer
There are not many ways to make money in the camps, but local traditions and festivals live on . This requires the music. Hooran (40), has a weak leg and are known as people people in Hassa Hissa camp as “the trembling man” because he is a little unstable.
– I can not work because of my leg but at weddings, christenings and funerals, so asking people me to play music. While I play the drums, lift the emotions of the music myself to a happier and more peaceful time, says Hooran. – Fortunately I earn some money playing the drums. So can I take care of my family.
The midwife
The harsh realities of working conditions midwife Toma becomes clear that one goes into the small dark room where she receives patients health clinic in Hassa Hissa camp. There is no squeaking baby-monitoring equipment, only a bed with a cloth screen around.
– We do not have the equipment to monitor the mother and baby, all I do is based on experience and training I got.
The midwife Tomas midwife stethoscope in silver and her trained hands is the only technology in the room while she knows for how the fetus is and listen to your heartbeat through jordmorstetoskopet.
– This jordmorstetoskopet is magical. That tells me all I need to know. If all goes well, it feels good. – This clinic and the equipment is very important for women; I can detect if there will be complications in early pregnancy and teach women about the danger signs to look for.
The young woman with three boilers
17-year-old Halima made food for the young siblings when she heard that there was uproar in the market. But it was only the other day, when the village was set on fire, she brought his siblings and three boilers and escaped.
The mother died in childbirth a few years before, so she has been responsible for six children aged 7 to 15 years. She is unsure what the future holds in Hamadi new camp for newly arrived refugees.
– These three boilers was all I managed to get with me. I hid them and my siblings forest in the fighting started. It is very good boilers and I am glad that I have them because I have to make a lot of food to feed my brothers and sisters.
Woman with a prayer mat
Hawa is uncertain how old she is, but to make the perilous journey to safety in the camp for newly arrived refugees along with about 300 others. They created a profile of whatever they may have available plastic, blankets and sticks.
– I’m an old woman. The only energy I have left is the one I need to ask my prayer mat. – I pray to God that things will get better for me and the family, there will be peace, so that we can return to the village.
After each prayer is prayer mat placed carefully among Hawas few possessions.
The woman with the yellow bag
Tiba (34) hold good hold in its yellow-green liquid. Along with the family, she had to make the difficult choice to pack up what they could carry their belongings and leave the village because of the war.
– We packed up our things in a car late at night and early morning when the men with guns prayed the morning prayer, so we hurried off, saying Tiba. – I did not lose sight of your bag. I kept it inside of my garment. In case I have two important things; ID card and mobile phone.
– ID card is proof that I am resident in Darfur, and the phone will one day bring me the news and the peace of the village and the day I will return.
The boy with plastic bottle car
Macrame (13) love cars. His family has been in the refugee camp for newly arrived over two months. Macrame holding up plastic car which he has made of a used water bottle. He smiles broadly as he proudly shows off the great he has created.
– It was difficult to make and it took me a long time, but I love cars and I love my toy.
The construction worker
55-year-old Khamis has escaped for the second time in eight years, with his wife and their nine children. He came to the edge of Hamadi camp for new arrivals.
– I am a construction worker. I was about to make a house in the village. When they started shooting, we had to escape. It took us two days to get here. I kept these two tools near me all the time. Hopefully they will help me get a job so I can take care of the family.
– I have learned some of the local guys and people in the camp how to build with bricks. It is my contribution to the local community.
Sheik (with radio)
Shiek Abdul (56) fled to Khamsa Dgaig camp for more than ten years ago at the beginning of the Darfur conflict. Along with other commanders in the camp he camp “eyes and ears” – and handles issues of security and citizens’ needs. When he walks around he brings his beloved radio.
– I heard on the radio as much as possible so that I know what is happening around the world. I also hear on the radio because I find it relaxing and a way to forget all problems we have here in the camp.
Youth Worker (with red motorcycle)
Alshify (35) is a proper bundle of energy and is constantly approached. He works as a youth leader in Hamadi camp that housed 68,000 people. He is all too aware that young people feel trapped and frustrated and they are easy prey for those who recruit militias.
– My life’s work is youth. I depend on the motorcycle to get around; when a young person is in trouble, so I have to get there quickly and attempt to resolve the situation. The motorcycle is like a real companion and I spend most of the day in the “saddle” to get me around the camp. I’d be lost without it.
Bicycle Man
Yousif now lives in Aslam camp with his wife and three children. He was forced to flee the conflict in 2003 and came to Hassa Hissa camp with his parents and siblings without anything. – We slept on the ground with the sky above us, says Yousif.
He learned to bake bread while living in Hassa Hissa, which meant that he could make a living, but when he met his wife and moved to another camp, so it was difficult to continue as a baker.
– My bike is beautiful; I’m saving up money and buy things to decorate it with over time. I am really proud when I look at it. – All admiring my bike, so I have to take good care of it. It is valuable and many have probably wanted to steal it. If I ever lose it, so I’m going to cry.
The girl with water bottle and cup
12-year-old Sara goes to a school that operated in the Hassa Hissa camp and like most young girls she likes to play with friends. She has created her own drinking, using a piece of a knitted sweater.
– When I’m out playing so I can recognize my bottle, and I make sure that no one takes it.
– Sometimes it is very hot and there are no trees to shade under and the dusty ground makes me thirsty. Therefore I take my water bottle while I play with my friends. – My cup is dirty because I helped my brother with mixing mud to his football.
The boy with soccer ball
Mohammed Hassa Hissa live in camp along with six siblings who are cared for by his grandmother while his mother is out to look for work. – She washes the dishes or ironing clothes in town Zalingei, located nearby.
Like all eight year old boys he’s crazy about football.
– I made this soccer of mud and dried it in a rag. It’s small, but it bounces a bit. I put on my Ronaldo trousers and shirt and asked my friends to come and play. – When I grow up I’m going to travel from this camp and play professional football.
Aquarius with mobile
20-year-old Karim, is a volunteer guard at water tank Hamadi camp. The water tank is penned up in a corner of the camp. Karim is responsible for turning on the water once each day and to test the chlorine content.
– Everyone has a phone in the camp, but mine is very important to me. I need to be in contact with aid workers from the NCA from Norway and tell them things are going well or badly.
– Everyone knows that I have this important role. Sometimes they kidding with that my phone stuck in my ear. But they know that without clean water so it would be very difficult in the camp.
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