Reference :
V-P-CI-E-00279
Date :
26/10/2011
Caption :
Guiglo, Diboké. Nathalie is sitting on what is left of her house. She escaped to Liberia when the fighting broke. When she came back, her home was a pile of wreckage. The ICRC helps her, and hundreds others to rebuilt their home.
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.
After five months hiding in Liberia, Nathalie and her four children came home to find a pile of wreckage where their house had been. The family took shelter under the communal tent in the village, but now the ICRC is helping her rebuild her home.
"I ran at the sound of gunfire. I took nothing with me but my children.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4896x3264
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
