Winnie Otieno (left) is a social worker with the Amani Orphanage. She is holding Manuel Okunga (right), an AIDS orphan who now lives with his one surviving grandparent, herself bed-ridden and chronically ill. While only 17 children can be funded to live full-time at the orphanage, there are many more orphans in the community which the Amani Child Development Programme attempts to maintain. They are fed once a week at the orphanage and are visited periodically to monitor their health and general condition. Throughout my time and work in Kenya between 2004 & 2008, it is always the memory of the many bright accentuated smiles that beamed out from many a young face that brightened a dark mood on a bad or dull day. Often in the face of extreme adversity, children in Kenya, and Africa as a whole always seem to show a remarkable uplifiting spirit. Maybe it is a desire on my part to try and understand that which makes them so happy, so blissfully at odds with the harsh circumstances that many of these children find themselves that always draws me back to photograph them again and again. The volume of work has been built up through both personal work and private commissions for the likes of Save the Children, the Clinton Foundation and the World Health Organisation.
Image Number: APN256771

APN256771

Title: Children of Kenya Picture Series. Amani Child Development Progr Description: Winnie Otieno (left) is a social worker with the Amani Orphanage. She is holding Manuel Okunga (right), an AIDS orphan who now lives with his one surviving grandparent, herself bed-ridden and chronically ill. While only 17 children can be funded to live full-time at the orphanage, there are many more orphans in the community which the Amani Child Development Programme attempts to maintain. They are fed once a week at the orphanage and are visited periodically to monitor their health and general condition. Throughout my time and work in Kenya between 2004 & 2008, it is always the memory of the many bright accentuated smiles that beamed out from many a young face that brightened a dark mood on a bad or dull day. Often in the face of extreme adversity, children in Kenya, and Africa as a whole always seem to show a remarkable uplifiting spirit. Maybe it is a desire on my part to try and understand that which makes them so happy, so blissfully at odds with the harsh circumstances that many of these children find themselves that always draws me back to photograph them again and again. The volume of work has been built up through both personal work and private commissions for the likes of Save the Children, the Clinton Foundation and the World Health Organisation. Date Created: 06-10-2008 Creator: George Philipas Credit Notice: George Philipas / african.pictures Pixel Dimensions X: 4096 Pixel Dimensions Y: 2731 Keywords: Rights usage terms: Restrictions:  This image does NOT have all model and property releases. Additional clearance may be required for non-editorial use and for use in association with socially sensitive subject matter