Kateholt.com: Journal

Monday, February 16, 2009

Leprosy and Poverty, South Sudan

Three years ago I did a story on Leprosy in South Sudan. It seems that little has changed for the hundreds of people in Juba who have suffered from the disease despite the huge amounts of money that have poured into the region.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya

The largest refugee settlement in the world, Dadaab is home to 250,000 refugees who have fled fighting in Somalia. It is estimated that over 15,000 people are arriving every month and conditions are deteriorating as pressure on resources grows. This woman holds her disabled son, who is suffering from malnutrition having fled renewed fighting in Mogadishu last month.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

OBAMA'S INAUGURATION IN KENYA

Sunday, December 21, 2008

DR CONGO - MATERNAL HEALTHCARE

A project on the state of maternal health care for UNICEF in eastern Congo led to this image...

A woman, who lost her husband when they were forced to flee Sake earlier this year, gives birth, in a health center in Goma on December 14th, 2008.

Monday, December 15, 2008

DR CONGO - UNICEF

"A group of children, displaced by recent fighting, play with condoms on a hill overlooking Kibati camp, near the Provincial capital of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the 25th November, 2008."

A photo taken while on assignment with UNICEF in Goma - for more of these images please click here:

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/drcongo_46828.html

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

MAPIMA

Goma, DR Congo
Mapima, a sixth month old orphaned chimpanzee was rescued from a Congolese Govenrment soldier six weeks ago. She is photographed with her full time carer, Foster, in the Provincial capital of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the 18th November, 2008.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

DR CONGO - GOMA

A Congolese Government soldier walks on the road towards Sake holding his daughters hand, near the provinicial capital of Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the 4th November, 2008.

Kate Holt photojournalist