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Category: World Understanding Award

Winner
Jan Grarup
Freelance
"Somalia in transition"

Judges' Special Recognition
Ryan Spencer Reed
Independent
"Despite similarities to reality"

Finalist
Edu Ponces
RUIDO Photo
"Sala Negra. Daily violence in Central America"

Finalist
Paula Bronstein
Freelance for Getty Images
"Between Life and War: The Struggles of Afghan Women"

Finalist
Renée Byer
The Sacramento Bee
"Living on a Dollar a Day: The Lives and Faces of the World's Poor"

 
Winner
Jan Grarup
Freelance

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"Somalia in transition"

Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.October2011. A small mentally ill boy - plays with a balloon in his tent at the Hospital in "Hilaweyn" refugeecmp. Due to severe malnitrition many children arrive sick mentally as well as physically and are in need of special care from the medical staff. ” The drought in the horn of Africa is affecting more than 4.5 million people in Ethiopia. In addition, more than 140.000 refugees from Somalia have settled in camps in the border region between Somalia and Ethiopia. In the area around the border city Dollo Ado, four large refugee camps are already over crowded. A fifth camp is under construction due to the big influx still taking place. Many of the refugees are children, arriving severely malnutritioned. The mortality rate among small children has been brought down, but still children are dying on a daily basis... The four camps –Hilaweyn,Kobe, Malkadida and Bokomayo are now hosting more than 120.000 refugees and more are coming daily....

 

 

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