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Portraits of Congolese women refugees in Lóvua, UNHCR Settlement, Angola.
Bernardete Tchanda, 42, from Kamako “I ran from Kabila’s war (Joseph Kabila, president of DR Congo). We saw the troops come. They killed many people. They pointed a gun at my husband, but we managed to escape with our two children. “As a woman I was particularly...
Portraits of Congolese women refugees in Lóvua, UNHCR Settlement, Angola.
Sylvie Kapenga, 26, from Tchissengue “Being a woman and a man is the same. They were killing us all the same. Where we were we caught between two sides. Everybody wanted us to die. “I have four children, two girls and two boys. Its tough here, little...
Portraits of Congolese women refugees in Lóvua, UNHCR Settlement, Angola.
Germaine Alonde, 25, from Kamako “We had good land at home, a good life. Then the militias and the armies came, they took everything. They killed my older brother. “It was terrible, we saw so much blood, and each time my heart would stop. I couldn’t sleep. “Then...
Portraits of Congolese women refugees in Lóvua, UNHCR Settlement, Angola.
Lina Mananga, 18, from Kamako “Here,” she tells me pointing at the camp around her, “each day we wake in the morning, we collect water, we clean clothes, we look for that we can eat, we cook. This is our day. It is tough, physical work. “When...