Reference :
V-P-NG-E-00949
Date :
16/08/2017
Caption :
Port Harcourt. Daily life in an informal community which suffers from chronic gang violence.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
reserved users only
Description :
According to an inhabitant, lack of employment drives young people to criminality. One of her daughters joined a gang. She sent her two sons to another community to keep them out of trouble.
Chronic poverty, lack of education and the threat of armed violence are just some of the dangers that the communities in Port Harcourt have to face every day. At the same time, they live with little or no access to public services such as sewage systems and clean drinking water. Located in the Niger Delta, nearby waterways, which would normally offer a solution to the lack of public services, are plagued with trash, waste water and oil. The ICRC's programmes in these communities include water rehabilitation and sanitation, as well as micro-economic initiatives for women who have been widowed by violence. It allows them to start small businesses and provide their children with food and education.
Resolution :
7360x4912
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
