Reference :
V-P-CI-E-00261
Date :
27/10/2011
Caption :
Guiglo, Bloléquin Nord, Bapleu. Thanks to an ICRC "cash-for-work" programme Audette can cultivate her crop again. She fled the fightings that broke out in february 2011 and when she return home, her crops was overgrowned.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
reserved users only
Description :
ICRC website, Photo gallery, 05-03-2012
Côte d'Ivoire: women pick up the pieces
They are wives, daughters, mothers or grandmothers. The women of Côte d'Ivoire continue to pay the price for a conflict in which they had no part. Following the post-electoral crisis that degenerated into armed conflict, countless Ivorians seeking safe refuge fled to other parts of the country or into Liberia and other countries in the region. Months later, those who return find homes destroyed, belongings stolen and wells contaminated. Many are still separated from their families. The ICRC is focusing on helping those who have returned and reducing the impact of the conflict.
At the sound of gunfire in the distance, Audette, a widow with four young children, had to flee like many others in her village. She left behind her village, her home and her coffee crop, her only source of income. By the time she returned, her plantation was overgrown and it was impossible for her to work the land, even with the help of her four children. The ICRC hired local workers to clear Audette's plantation as part of a "cash for work" project aimed at clearing overgrown fields while injecting cash into the local economy.
"The revenue from my crop is what allows me to feed the family and send my four children to school.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4557x3038
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
