Conflict in the Congo-Disease as a Weapon-5.4 Million dead and rising –Brent Foster

Congo’s death rates are far higher than elsewhere in Africa according to IRC. The biggest killers today are preventable illnesses like malaria, and diarrhea. Most of these illnesses could be easily treated if it wasn’t for inaccessibility

Congo’s death rates are far higher than elsewhere in Africa according to IRC. The biggest killers today are preventable illnesses like malaria, and diarrhea. Most of these illnesses could be easily treated if it wasn’t for inaccessibility.

I hope to document the people directly affected by the conflict. This is a war in which disease is one of the major weapons. People are prevented to access basic health care and sanitation as they remain displaced and often fleeing villages and refugee camps due to the conflict.
The photo essay and multimedia package that I would shoot would follow the people directly affected by the conflict documenting their daily lives using still photography, audio, and video. The end result would be a package of powerful still photos, and interviews of people telling their stories as they live them, from their point of view.

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