Faces of Goma

The following photographs of Benoît Feron during January 2008 and visiting the humanitarian projects of the association in advance of their enfants in Goma (Congo); Goma, a natural environment in Africa, which is the result of the conflits ethniques du Nord Kivu and the 2002 storm of Niyrangongo, and the accumulation of 400,000 réfugiés installed in the camps of fortune. With a private décor, Benoît Feron photographs the streets of the ville, the young people of the orphelins and the young ones in the asbl And before the young people are implied, the réfugiés et the general ones, without regard to the voyeurist or the miserabilist in the face of contraire en tentant de capter l'émotion, la bonne mood et l'espoir qui se lisent sur tous ces visages qui connu l'horreur. The result is a strong image recovery, color and emotion charge. In addition, the relationship between the young people involved (EALE), an association among the Belgians and the aim of helping children in the Grand Lacs region, innocent victims of guerres civiles, during the genocide Rwanda, the volcanic eruptions, du sida. Elle ainsi l'ambition de redonner aux enfants de Goma a cadre familial, la joie de vivre, la possibilité des former et la perspective d'un development harmonieux et global à long term.