Jinja

‘We called our group Bakusekamaja,’ she said, ‘which means: people may laugh at you… but in time they will admire you.’

I imagine people did laugh to begin with: women gathering together to save their small change, with big hopes and plans as to what they may do through this group; the poorest in their community, saving pennies at a time… what did they hope to achieve? But I have only admiration for these women; five months down the line, and they are already seeign results.

We recently took school pictures of CRO former street children. These were some of the outtakes – and my favourites – the whole process caused a lot of hilarity!

For these children this is their first school photo; not least because for many of them this is their first year in school. Most of the children in these pictures were part-timers on the streets last year; begging and scavenging during the day and returning to the slum communities around Jinja at night.