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VE DEME: Life in an orphanage in Ghana

"Go Deme: Life in an orphanage in Ghana" is a documentary that portrays the lives of 73 children between 2 and 23 years old who live today in the Orphanage of Ve Deme, a village in the region of Volta, Ghana.

Run by a local family for two generations,  it offers shelter, food, clothing, primary education and
leisure time to orphan children and kids from families with minimal resources.

During June/July 2019, I performed volunteer functions in the orphanage, living with minors and collaborating in the daily teaching of English and mathematics. Such experience has allowed me to live their reality "in situ" and capture it by photographing special moments of their day and daily lifestyle.

The collection includes portraits, photographs of infrastructures and
activities carried out by residents.

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Ve Deme sign

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Tofu in front of the classrooms

 

Class from 8-10 years old

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Amos, Bright and Chris

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Looking at the other classroom

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Lunch portraits

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Lunch time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael having lunch

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Preparing a chicken I

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Warming up some water

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Preparing a chicken II and III

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Preparing a chicken IV and V

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Teacher's cabin

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Toilettes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extracting water from a pump

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Kakra

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Paquito I and II

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Sarah

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Morning games before the lessons I

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Morning games before the lessons II

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Morning games before the lessons III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tofu and friends

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Voleyball torunament I

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Voleyball torunament II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olders kids playing

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Isaac jumping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bright, Chris and friends

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Playing football

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Sarah and friends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abraham

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Sarah and Annabell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael

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Isaac

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Amos and Emmanuel

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Tofu

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Goodbyes

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