Vendredi 03 Août 2012 15:13:22 par actuphoto dans Expositions

An intimate view of one woman's life in rural Tanzania photographed by Caroline Irby One year on from the Make Poverty History campaign and 2005's unbelievable litany of human tragedy – the Asian tsunami, famine in Niger and the South Asia earthquake – an exhibition of one woman's life in rural Tanzania is a stark reminder of the continuing vulnerability of the billion-plus people on our shared planet who live on less than $1 a day. This is a portrait of Joyce Mbwilo, in her village. There is no crisis here: no war, no famine, just everyday people doing everyday things, living in poverty with a lot of humour and resilience. This is also the story of how communities in the developing world are affected by the way we live in the West. Climate change in Joyce's village, Uhambingeto, has meant half the maize crop has failed each year for the past four years; the country's debt means insufficient funds to subsidise secondary education. Yet Uhambingeto also benefits from our actions: with the initial round of debt relief in 2000, the government made primary education free and compulsory: all the children in Joyce's village now go to school. And with support from the Christian development agency Tearfund, Joyce no longer walks ten hours a night to collect water: the water is pumped to the village centre.