Friday, January 21, 2011

Resilience in daily life

Lubumbashi, in southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a flat city with lush green vegetation and stately old trees. Our visit was during the rainy summer season and we found the humid temperatures at this elevation over 4000' pleasant in the mid80s.

Throughout Africa collecting water is a daily endeavor. Some children and women spend up to six hours each day walking to a water source, filling plastic containers and carrying them home. The man in the first photo has transported water containers on his bicycle from which he is replenishing a larger tank for use later.

A day's laundry is drying on bushes in the sun (second photo).

The last four photographs illustrate how young children are handily carried on womens' backs with ease and grace for hands-free transport. Notice the bouncy hair extensions of the little girl in the last photo.










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