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Malawi's Children


Malawi's Children
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Copyright: Greg Simon (gsimon) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 65 W: 37 N: 40] (381)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-06-25
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC-P71
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: Malawi - The warm Heart of Africa
Date Submitted: 2006-06-12 10:31
Viewed: 2913
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I love to see children at play. They had no idea what I was doing when I took this picture, but they enjoyed to see themselves when I brought the image up on the LCD panel. I think I was the first white person they ever saw.

Chronic poverty, bad weather conditions, bad harvest, a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and an outbreak of cholera are forming a deadly combination in Malawi, where the situation of young people remains dire, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today.

Nearly half of all children under five years of age in Malawi are stunted and one-fifth are underweight or malnourished, according to the agency. Children and pregnant women make up one fifth of the nearly 5 million Malawians in need of food aid.

www.un.org
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  • gelor Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1006 W: 23 N: 340] (3112)
  • [2006-06-12 10:51]

Bonjour Greg,
Joli témoignage de cette pauvreté encore si présente sur ce monde ! Tous ces regards tournés vers l'objectif nous interpellent. Merci.
Gérard

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  • gaby Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1420 W: 45 N: 1555] (19750)
  • [2006-06-12 12:58]

Greg bonjour and thank you very much for this nice, well composed but very sad shot and the interesting note - Chronic poverty and HIV/AIDS are a huge problem in all the africa (in reality, the huge problem is the "mauvaise gouvernance")-
Thanks for sharing
Rgs
Gaby

nice shot of the daily life here, they seem like they dont know what you are doing. good one

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  • kabe Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 190 W: 1 N: 24] (1977)
  • [2006-06-21 16:24]

Hi Greg,
Beautiful photo! Great moment you have captured.
Fantastic group portrait. Very good composition, light and interesting scenery. I really like this photo.
Regards Krzysztof :)

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