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The childrens own pictures - Kenya

2009-05-01–2009-05-15

30 teenagers were given a disposable camera to document their lives in the IDP-camps. They left their homes during violence or threats of violence. Machetes held by the hands of their neighbors chased them to an unsure future. Lives were left that day, history wiped out and the only thing they had left at the end of they day were the clothes they carried. The clashes during the kenyan election 2007 left many thousands dead and many more homeless. A lot of them were young children and teenagers. A lost generation fighting for resurrection. This is their story. This is their life...

Photos by Jacob Zocherman.

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