This seems to be the year for family photos.
I took this one yesterday, on my last day in Kiziba Camp.
This is the family of Charlotte—the well-dressed woman on the right—who is one of leaders of our IGP Committee and who has volunteered a lot of her time to assist her fellow refugees with starting their businesses.
Charlotte also runs a sewing business in the camp as part of an association of about 20 tailors. They make clothing to order for the other refugees, and the impact of their work is visible throughout the camp. Instead of wearing cast-offs from America (which, by the way, are not donated, but sold for a profit here in Africa), many of the refugees in Kiziba Camp are now wearing outfits like the ones Charlotte is wearing in this photo. The clothes are made from local fabrics, using local labor, which makes them both less expensive and more appropriate for the people who wear them.
When Charlotte asked me to take this photo of her family she explained that it was their gift to me, to thank me for all that ARC has done for the refugees in Kiziba Camp and for the IGP associations.
Merci, Charlotte, c’est un cadeau extraordinaire.
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