Frederic NOY

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Busia bridge between South Sudan and Uganda. Very popular umbilical cord used by refugees fleeing the fights in their country. To find refuge in Uganda, they use several crossing points along the border including Busia, a small wooden bridge that sp

Busia. A young boy crosses the small wooden bridge over Kaya river, separating South Sudan and Uganda at an unofficial border crossing known as Busia. He pulls a wheel suitcase whit some family personal belongings. A trickle of a stream divides the

Meeting point near the Busia border entry point. Refugees board in a minibus that will take them to the Goboro transit center, where their refugee status will be screened, first aid provided, food and clean water available. As soon as possible, they

In the Goboro transit center, refugees help one of them to load a moped in a truck that will transport their luggage to the Imvepi reception center. Some manage to flee with minimal planning so that they do not arrive in Uganda totally destitute. Fr

Goboro Transit camp - Some families, mainly women and children, get down of a bus, which have collected them next to the border between South Sudan and Uganda. From different entry points among the border between South Sudan and Uganda, the refugees

Goboro transit camp - Families, mainly women and children, who have traveled by minibus that transported them from the border between South Sudan and Uganda, head to the tents where they will be officially registered for the first time. From differe

Goboro Transit camp - Some families, mainly women and children, get down of a truck with the few belongings that they could bring along, from South Sudan. They have been collected next to the border between South Sudan and Uganda. From different ent

Goboro Transit camp - A mother holding her baby, stands next to the water taps in Goboro transit camp, looking around if there is no one that she knows. She has just arrived in Goboro. Around her, others refugees sit, eat and drink. They all have be

In the Goboro transit camp refugee children are recovering from the journey that brought them to Uganda from Southern Sudan. They were taken in charge from near the border between South Sudan and Uganda. From different points of entry, the refugees

In a transit camp, a mother and her child wait before being taken on a bus that will take them to the Imvepi reception center, a two-hour drive away. She wears a numbered plastic bracelet (yellow for an isolated parent, white for an unaccompanied mi

In a transit camp, a group of refugees are quickly registered, interviewed and the families identified and regrouped before being taken on a bus that will take them to the Imvepi reception center, a two-hour drive away. From different points of entr

In the Goboro transit camp, refugees are recovering from the journey to Uganda from southern Sudan and wait to be transported to Imvepi's main reception center, a two-hour drive away. . They were taken in charge next to the border between South Suda

In a transit camp, refugees wait before being called to be transported to Imvepi's main reception center, a two-hour drive away. They were taken in charge from next to the border between South Sudan and Uganda. From different points of entry, refuge

Refugee families, mainly women and children, are sitting in the back of a truck that will take them to the Imvepi reception center, a two- hour drive away. Arriving most of the time on foot to northern Uganda, refugees are transported by truck and c

In a transit camp refugees line up to be counted. They will then be transported to Imvepi's main reception center, a two-hour drive away. They were pick up next to the border between South Sudan and Uganda. From different points of entry, refugees a

In a transit camp, refugees are queuing to climb in a minibus that will transport them to the main reception center in Imvepi, a two-hour drive away. They were pick up from the border between South Sudan and Uganda. From different points of entry, r

Meeting point near the Busia border entry point. An official from the Ugandan Prime Minister's office controls the entrance of the minibus that will drive refugees to the Goboro transit center, where their refugee status will be monitored, first aid

Keroua Entry point - Under a copse, some family are sitting with perseverance, waiting in a silent protest. They have been identified by Office of Prime Minister (OPM) staff as Ugandans, consequently not refugees, so they can’t claim any aid, food o

In the Imvepi reception center, a bus filled with refugees has just arrived from a transit camp near the border.

Imvepi, Center of reception. Some refuges get down of a bus which has taken them from one of the transit center close to the South Sudanese border. They carry the few belongings that they have manage to carry from South Sudan.

Reception center of Imvepi. The first contact of the refugees with their new life is the great tent of Médecins Sans Frontières where, in particular, the children are systematically vaccinated.

Reception center of Imvepi. The first contact of the refugees with their new life is the large tent of Médecins Sans Frontières where, in particular, the children are systematically vaccinated and where signs of malnutrition may be detected.

Reception center of Imvepi. The first contact of the refugees with their new life is the large tent of Médecins Sans Frontières where, in particular, the children are systematically vaccinated and where signs of malnutrition may be detected.

Reception center of Imvepi. The first contact of the refugees with their new life is the large tent of Médecins Sans Frontières where, in particular, the children are systematically vaccinated and where signs of malnutrition may be detected.

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Officials from the Ugandan Prime Minister's Office consult the families' profiles to give them the appropriate piece of land (depending on the size of the family) where they will settle in the Bidibidi camp.

Imvepi reception center. Refugees retrieve their luggage from a truck coming from the transit camp where they passed after crossing the border. For their part, they traveled by minibus.

Imvepi. Reception Center. Refugees go to communal tents where they will spend a night in the best case, before being taken to the plots of land allocated to their families. Water points have been installed for laundry, water collection, toilet.

Imvepi. Reception center where the refugees will spend the first night in the best case, before being taken to the plots of land allocated to their family. It's the end of the afternoon, children come to drink at one of the water points installed, w

Imvepi, center of reception - Some refugees chat next to one of the water distribution point (several taps). They have reach Imvepi reception center in different buses, sometimes entering Ugandan using in different informal entry point. They try to

Imvepi Reception Center - Refugees are waiting for the call of their name to board on trucks with their families. These trucks will drop them in an Imvepi area where an official from the Prime Minister's Office will allocate them a piece of land whe

Imvepi reception Center - In the morning, a crowd of refugees gathered around a tree, where two men have climbed. These men call the names of refugee families, using a list based on the registration made by the head of families in the days before, a

Imvepi reception Center - In the morning, a crowd of refugees gathered around a tree, where two men have climbed. These men call the names of refugee families, using a list based on the registration made by the head of families in the days before, a

Imvepi reception center - Refugee families board on trucks that will drop them with their belongings at spots in the Bidibidi camp, where an official from the Prime Minister's Office will allocate a piece of land for them to settle.

Imvepi reception center - Refugee families board on trucks that will drop them with their belongings at spots in the Bidibidi camp, where an official from the Prime Minister's Office will allocate a piece of land for them to settle.

Imvepi reception center - Refugee families board on trucks that will drop them with their belongings at spots in the Bidibidi camp, where an official from the Prime Minister's Office will allocate a piece of land for them to settle.

Imvepi reception center - Refugee families board on trucks that will drop them with their belongings at spots in the Bidibidi camp, where an official from the Prime Minister's Office will allocate a piece of land for them to settle.

Bidibidi settlement area. An official of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) leads the heads of refugee families to the plot of land allocated to them in a wooded and stony area.

Bidibidi settlement area. Families were dropped by trucks along the road, with their belongings, near the area where the plots allocated to their families are located. A family sets out for her plot, carrying the baggage on heads. The start of a new

Bidibidi settlement area. A refugee sits on a rock located on the plot of land allocated to him. He was dropped off with other families by trucks along the road, with his belongings nearby. South Sudanese refugees are on land lent by Ugandan peasant

Bidibidi settlement area. A refugee, his child on his back, tries to identify the limits of the plot of land that has just been allocated to her, and vaguely pointed by an official of the Prime Minister's office, already gone. She was dropped with h

Bidibidi settlement area. Refugees take the food rations attributed to a group of several families donated by the World Food Program which distributes bags of flour, maize and cassava each month. They take the bags then sit in a corner to divide bet

Bidibidi settlement area. Refugees take food rations attributed to a group of families and donated by the World Food Program which distributes bags of flour, maize and cassava each month. Sitting in a corner, this group of men, some of whom are sing

Bidibidi settlement area. Refugees has taken the food rations attributed to a group of families donated by the World Food Program which distributes bags of flour, maize and cassava each month. Located in a corner, a group of women divide the portion

Somewhere in Bidibidi. A male refugee, head of a family tries to locate the boundary stones or trees that marked the family plot that he has been allocated. An Office of Prime Minister staff has vaguely pointed them before going on with other famili

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Somewhere in Bidibidi settlement zone, during late afternoon 15 minutes drive from Imvepi reception center, a young South Sudanese refugee girl lights the first fire, to cook the first meal of her family on the family plot. They all have been droppe

A gust of wind crosses Bidibidi camp zone #2, announcing an heavy downpour. A young South Sudanese refugee goes back home before the rain. She carries a bucket of milled sorghum, that she milled in a shop nearby, owned by an Uganda business man but

Waiting room of the outpatient department of a Médecins Sans Frontières health center in the Bidibidi settlement area.

The mother of a child patient snuffes him while a nurse waits in the outpatient department of a Médecins Sans Frontières health center in the Bidibidi settlement area.

Outpatient clinic in the MSF health center in Bidibidi. A young boy had a discomfort at the nearby school. It was brought trembling. Malaria is suspected. Someone has been sentto look for the mother.

Outpatient clinic in the MSF health center in Bidibidi. A girl tried to intervene during a fight between two people. She had a cut in her head.

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Bidibidi, MSF Health Center, maternity ward. A pregnant patient suffering from malaria, whose term is scheduled in 23 weeks is resting.

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In the Bidibidi settlement area, at the maternity ward of an NGO's health center, Scovia KARABA has just given birth. At 28, arrived 7 months earlier, she gives birth to her 4th child.

In the settlement area of Bidibidi, at the maternity ward of an NGO's Health Center, the fourth child of Scovia KARABA who has just been born a few minutes earlier. At 28, her mother arrived 7 months earlier, gave birth to his 4th child.

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Nema DAWA, 29 years old and her 4 children, at her home. She has just received the news that her husband is still alive. She's worried. The food rations are barely enough to feed her 4 children and herself. an extra mouth, especially that of a man i

Marie KIDEN 60 years, at home, praying with a triple cross she made with palms.

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Joyce Konga, 55 ans

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On Palm Sunday, a procession walks through some areas of the Bidibidi settlement area. It will end under a large tent that serves as a church to the many South Sudanese Catholics, durant a service with the delicate sound of traditional harps.

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In the settlement area of Bidibidi, a Catholic religious service in the Church, a large tent. That day, the service began with the procession of palms. Father Lutor Francis, 58, officiates. The only things he could bring back from South Sudan are hi

On Palm Sunday, after a procession through areas of the Bidibidi settlement area, a religious service is held under a large tent that serves as a church for many South Sudanese Catholics.

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The Anglican church of Bidibidi South Sudan refugees settlement zone: an open space in the camp where wooden benches have been made with trunks. Ahead of the space, stands a tree. On one side of the tree, a cross has been engrave in the bark.

Celina Pundori, 86 years old, blind South Sudanese refugee in her room in Bidibidi. She is a living memory of contemporary History of South Sudan. She saw colonial times, independence, the wars against the North and southern civil war.

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Last praying ceremony for Lucia TOKOSANG, born on 10 July 1951. She died of heart failure after having gotten malaria. The ceremony is held in Lucia's family concession and is presided by the Reverend Jephania Fongale Ezibon, the Anglican pastor of

Religious service of Born Again, a Protestant American evangelical current, well established in East Africa and South Sudan, thanks to the action and the proselytism of American missionaries.

Religious service of Born Again, a Protestant American evangelical current, well established in East Africa and South Sudan, thanks to the action and the proselytism of American missionaries.

The Anglican church of Bidibidi South Sudan refugees settlement zone#2: an open space in the camp where wooden benches have been made with trunks. Ahead of the space, stands a tree. On one side of the tree, a cross has been engrave in the bark. Und

Last praying ceremony for Lucia TOKOSANG, born on 10 July 1951. She died of heart failure after having gotten malaria. The ceremony is held in Luci's family concession and is presided by the Reverend Jephania Fongale Ezibon, the Anglican pastor of B

A gust of wind crosses Bidibidi camp zone #2, announcing an heavy downpour. South Sudanese refugee children run back home before the rain. In the background, the 4 water tankers installed by MSF, an NGO to feed taps few tenths meters away. Three tim

The main water distribution point built by an NGO (MSF) in Bidibidi camp, zone #2. South Sudanese refugees hurry to fill their jerricans. The wind rises, dark clouds accumulate on the horizon. It is already raining in the bush, close to the camp. A

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Early morning in Bidibidi camp, zone 2. Next to each other, Simon LOTEO, a South Sudanese refugee and Peter LUPLAI a young refugee farm. While Peter farms a part of his 30 x 30 meters family plots that any family of refugees get to start a new life,

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James JOSEPH, a married 33 years old mechanic, South Sudanese refugee, living in Bidibidi camp, zone #2, with his 1 year and 4 monts old boy (Gabriel Joseph sleeping behind him on the bed). James has been burnt by petrol on fire while he was fixing

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John MAWA is perched on a long tent to adjust the dish of DS TV, a cheaper Sudanese satellite bouquet provider than the ones available in Uganda (115$ a year to get Al Jazeera, BeIn Sports, ...). Morris LOGULOMO, sitting on a plastic chair, watches

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English course at a primary school in the Bidibidi settlement area. It was built fifteen years ago during the previous exodus, during the war of independence. The current director, Oliver Lomindet, 40, is upset to find the institution where he was t

A schoolgirl fainted. She rests in a small room in a primary school in the Bidibidi settlement area, attended by comrades. This school was built fifteen years ago during the previous exodus, during the war of independence. The current director, Oliv

Class in a class without ceiling in a primary school in the settlement area of Bidibidi, built fifteen years ago during the previous exodus, during the war of independence. The current director, Oliver Lomindet, 40, is upset to find the institution

Schoolchildren follow the course in the shade of a tree, sitting on bricks. No table? Anyway, few have notebook or pencil in this primary school of the Bidibidi settlement area built fifteen years ago during the previous exodus, during the war of in

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Koro Highland Primary school one out of the 30 primary school existing in Bidibidi settlements. This is a day of examination. Young pupils fill their examination sheets, while some younger one watch upon from outside, leaning on the window, a wire n

Koro Highland Primary school one out of the 30 primary school existing in Bidibidi settlements. This is examination day. The pupils have completed their exam. The teacher, a Ugandan citizen employed by a NGO supporting the school, indicates to the p

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A young boy plays with his kite made of black plastic bags, close to his family's plot, in the Bidibidi settlement area.

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Amina BUNA 65 years old, an Ugandan woman has set her workshop along the road, at the exit of Bidibidi camp (zone#2) few hundred meters away from the South Sudanese refugees graveyard. She breaks flat stones to produce pebbles. She sold them to Sout

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Le Pèlerin, 2017

Le Pèlerin, 2017

Le Pèlerin, 2017

Le Pèlerin, 2017

Le Pèlerin, 2017

De Volkskrant, 2017