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Award-winning Photo from Darfur: “A Chance to Learn”

Posted by The IRC on May 2nd, 2008

A Chance to learn, Kalma camp, Darfur Gerald Martone/The IRC
Photo: Gerald Martone/The IRC
Congratulations to Gerald Martone, IRC director of humanitarian affairs, who has won this year’s Outstanding Photo Prize in the annual photography contest organized by InterAction, a coalition of 160 U.S.-based humanitarian groups. The photo, entitled, “A Chance to Learn: Time for Class in a Refugee Camp,” depicts young children at the Kalma Camp in South Darfur, Sudan. There were four other prize winners and a grand prize winner.

You can learn about the IRC’s work in the Darfur region and see more photos and video here.
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This entry was posted on Friday, May 2nd, 2008 at 4:53 pm and is filed under Africa, Darfur, children, education, photos. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Award-winning Photo from Darfur: “A Chance to Learn””

  1. Mary M Says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    What a beautiful child - what beautiful children.

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