Pablo Tosco (Oxfam Intermón)

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No refuge from hunger

Dariya, Aisha, Yagana and Fatoumata have fled the violence caused by Boko Haram in their communities. They witnessed the murder of their husbands, the forced recruitment of their sons and the abduction of their daughters. In their flight, they crossed deserts and borders, leaving behind their homes and livelihoods that were already scarce.

In 2014 Abubakar Sheku, leader of Boko Haram, begins his legacy of barbarism with the kidnapping of 200 girls in a school in the town of Chibock, who join the more than 3,000 who were kidnapped since 2014, recruited as sex slaves, sold and forced into marriage. But it is only one of the multiple operations of their cruel and savage actions in the Lake Chad region.

The Lake Chad basin comprises 4 countries: Cameroon, Nigeria, Niger and Chad. It has been the scene of clashes between Boko Haram and military forces for years. In the midst of this conflict, as in all wars, the main victim is the civilian population.

Violence by this and related jihadist groups has caused a humanitarian crisis of extreme proportions and forced the displacement of some 2.5 million people throughout the region.

According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), more than 37,500 people have died in the conflict as of July 31, 2020.

Different humanitarian organizations estimate that more than 10 million people are in need of life-saving protection and humanitarian aid.

In addition to forced displacement, rapes and kidnappings, killings and attacks, there is hunger: the other wound of this war.

Some of the displaced people have found refuge in communities that were already facing survival challenges, putting more pressure on scarce local resources. However, most have been stranded in the middle of the desert with no water and no food. No shelter from hunger.

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Pablo Tosco
(Oxfam Intermón)

Pablo Tosco (Oxfan Intermón)

He is an Argentinean photo-video journalist who has focused his work on the impact of armed conflicts, the climate crisis and inequality on the lives of the most vulnerable people. The stories of people whose stories were silenced highlight inequalities and injustices and aim to generate knowledge for social transformation.

From 2004 to 2021 he coordinated the multimedia content production unit of Oxfam Intermon, documenting and collecting testimonies on cooperation, development and humanitarian action projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

He is a founding member of the narrative journalism collective Angular, composed of journalism and audiovisual professionals specialized in the development of multiplatform documentary projects with a focus on social transformation and impact.

She has documented, among others, educational and peace-building projects in Angola; daily life in camps for refugees and internally displaced persons in the Central African Republic, Yemen, Syria, Chad, South Sudan, Nigeria, Burundi, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq; women’s empowerment projects in Morocco and Uganda; the work of peasant women’s associations against gender-based violence in Nicaragua, Colombia and Guatemala; earthquake victims in Haiti, the Philippines, Nepal and Ecuador; the impact of the drought and food crisis in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and the migratory routes from the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb to Europe.

His work on the conflict in Yemen for Oxfam has been awarded the 1st World Press Photo 2021 award in the Contemporary Issues category, and his documentaries District Zero and Harmony for after the War were selected and awarded at international film festivals.

 

Hora

Junio 9 (Jueves) - Julio 7 (Jueves)(GMT+02:00)

Localización

Médez Nuñez Gardens

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