Kateholt.com: Journal

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

MANCHESTER UNITED ROCK THE CAPE

Cape Town, South Africa

A far cry from Juba and traipsing after the LRA in Congo, have come to South Africa to photograph Manchester United taking part in the Vodacom Challenge. Having never been to a football match before thought it would be interesting....
Although the article was taking a look at how Man U are trying to bail themselves out of debt by pulling in money by touring poor countries I was impressed by how hard these guys worked and how they interacted with their fans.

For a full view of the article as published in the the Mail on Sunday go here...

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/moslive/article-1041721/United-sale-On-tour-champions-circus.html

Wednesday, July 02, 2008

CAPTURED PROGRESS - EXHIBITION

After nearly a year, the Exhibition "Captured Progress", supported by the Joint Donor Office in Juba, and the Ministry of Culture of Southern Sudan, was opened by the Minister of Culture for Southern Sudan, Albino Akol Akol at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba.
The exhibition was a culmination of nearly a years work by six Southern Sudanese photographers who had participated in a series of workshops held by Steve Morrison, the EPA correspondent from Nairobi, and myself.
A full edit of the photographs on show can be seen at www.kateholt.com/NGO

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The UN, Congo and the LRA...

When the UN eventually decided they were going to allow me to fly on their planes in Congo, (they were deeply suspicious I was on a quest to uncover more juicy info on the errant behavior of peace keepers...)Rob Crilly, the Times Correspondent and I headed way up into North Eastern Congo on a quest to find out what the LRA are up to...

The full article will be online soon at www.thetimes.co.uk

Monday, June 09, 2008

BERNARD'S STORY

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7433852.stm

Thursday, June 05, 2008

OBAMA'S VICTORY

So Obama has won...and his step grandmother, on her farm near the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya is happy...

Although this photo was taken in February when he won the primaries...her house was heaving with journos then, and I wasn't that keen on seeing how many were there today..

Saturday, May 10, 2008

ETHIOPIA - RISING FOOD COSTS AND HIV

Elderly people in Ethiopia, dependent on ARV's, are increasingly unable to afford a meal a day as food prices rapidly increase. While on assignment, with Helpage International, in the town of Awassa it became clear that the lack of an integrated approach to ARV treatment ie. ensuring that food is readily available to people and their children who take ARV's, is seriously jeopardizing the fight against AIDS. A full copy of this article - written for IRINNEWS can be seen at:www.irinneews.org

Kate Holt photojournalist