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Invitation
Rewrite the Future
A photo exhibition about children and war
Save the Children Denmark’s new ‘Rewrite the Future’ photo exhibition is focusing on children affected by war. Millions of children live with pain, loss and want, yet also with gritty determination to put the past behind them, go to school and move on.
Louise Dyring (photographer) from Save the Children Denmark is one of Save the Children’s most talented photographers.
This collection comprises images from her recent trips to Sierra Leone and Angola.
Angola - Living is tough
In Angola everyone has paid a high price for nearly 30 years of civil war. The conflict became particularly notorious for its cruel landmines which disabled or killed around 80 000 people. Now there is peace but approximately six million landmines continue to pose a major danger when children as well as adults stray from well trodden paths.
The war has probably cost about one million children their lives and it has left vast parts of the country in ruins. The schools are filled to bursting – some classrooms contain over 100 pupils. They are often taught by teachers who have barely been to school themselves. Add to this a devastated health system, and the country ahs a long way to go.
Sierra Leone - If there was a word stronger than ‘madness,’ I would use it.
This is how a man describes one of the bloodiest attacks during the civil war in Sierra Leone. On one street corner, children and adults had their hands and arms chopped off. On the next, a mother was forced to eat her son’s heart which had been ripped out right in front of her eyes.
This war is considered one of the most vicious in history. Thousands of children were kidnapped. The girls were often forced to have sex with the rebels and the boys to serve as soldiers. Today, there is peace in Sierra Leone. But the war has left its scars. Sierra Leone is the lowest ranked country on the UN Human Development Index.
As of today, 72 million children in the world do not attend school; 37 million live in countries affected by war. By the end of 2010, save the Children will enable three million children to attend school and improve the teaching quality for another five million.
The exhibition is open from 21 August - 12 September at Nytorv v. Strøget by the court house Copenhagen (NOT KGs, Nytorv).
At the opening you can meet Thomas Hyllested alias DJ HEROU of IGNUG. Apart from his band, IGNUG, he plays with other artists like Ridin’ Thumb and Sweatshop (Kuku Agami, Jonas Rendbo) as well as spending time on his two man project, Le Hero with Minh Le.
Visit the Save the Children Denmark to find out more
The exhibition is supported by Danida, Politiken-Fonden, Colorgruppen and Kodak.