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With Fr Vincent |
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On the way |
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Comoros |
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Moroni |
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Mabintu |
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Massai |
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Without any order - simply for a presentation |
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Monsieur Le Grand - 60 cm (2 feet) high. He comes once to me with a very interesting proposition: "Father you have some money and I have some good ides for business. Perhaps we can do a common job. You will give me some money for the beginning, I will start a good business and after I become reach, I will return you money you gave me …" Good enough, isn't it. |
| With Vincent Ngoye - the first Zairian Salvatorian. He was ordained in autumn 1992 and next year he was obliged to leave Zaire because of tribal war in Shaba. For the moment he is in Switzerland studying theology. |  Home |
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On the way from Kolwezi to Lubumbashi in region Shaba - former Katanga in Zaire. This is only 320 km (199 miles) but it is necessary to drive even 10-12 hours, because of the roads. |
| Seashore on Comoros Islands. Here - Grande Comoro - Ngazidja in the local tongue (Comorian). There are a number of small beautiful black and yellow beaches where the yellow sand is mixed with black volcanic lava and basaltic rocks in very small lagoons. |  Home |
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Moroni's view from the sea. Moroni is the capital of Islamic Republic of Comoros. With about 20 thousands of inhabitants is a small and gorgeous town, where there are about 200 mosques. I was there in the very hot season (October - December) when the temperature is going up to 45-50 C (120 - 125 F). It seams that in January February is even hotter … ??? |
| Mabintu a simple girl from Nakapanya in Tanzania. Like this women in Africa are transporting everyday water for the whole family. Sometimes it is three or five kilometres (2-3 miles) one way to go … for water. Thus a small water supply at the mission is a big help for the whole village especially for the women. They are very gracious that the water is so close and accessible every time they need. |  Home |
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Children in Tinginya - south of Tanzania. Girls from the very young age are prepared to be mothers. They take care for their small brothers or sisters and in such a way they are very helpful for their mothers. Woman in Africa has sometimes until eleven - thirteen children ... Behind children one of the normal African houses. |
| Maasai, boy - Massai tribe is very famous for their hunting and breeding skills. Since the age of teen or thirteen the young boys are trained in hunting and breeding. When a young man would like to marry a girl he is obliged to kill a lion (with spear only!). In such a way he shows that he is strong enough to be a husband and a head of family. |
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Hunting - not for lions but for antelopes is necessary to have a fresh meet in the house. In order to get for a safari it is obligatory to have not only the riffle but also an official licence for shooting an animal. It is strictly forbidden to shoot elephants, zebras, and twiga (giraffes). Sometimes it is possible to shoot a lion especially an old solitaire if he disturbs very much the population and he killed already some people. Safari in Ki-swahili language means simply a journey, but for Europeans it means rather "hunting in Africa". |
| Children are very friendly and it is not difficult to get in contact with them. They are poor, perhaps the poorest among the whole population. Very often hungry, abused for heavy work and often without any possibility to get even a basic education, they are really very poor. If you show them a little bit your heart you have them. It was for me the hardest time when having in Zaire 33 children on my account - to whom I helped paying school I was forced to refuse another one to help him, because of the lack of money. |  Home |
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It is very difficult to get a photo with a Maasai man. They wouldn't like to be "pictured". You have to pay a lot of money for such a pleasure or you have to make him first a friend of you. I got a chance once I gave a lift to one of them on the way to Mandera (central Tanzania). Maasai are living in north part of Tanzania on the Maasai plains extending till Kenya. |
| With my students in Salvatorian
Major Seminary in Morogoro/Tanzania. A huge philosophical and theological institute built up by the Salvatorians is a studies centre for about 200 students from 14th religious congregations. |
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Irene Tsyamb Tschikoz from Kolwezi. She would like very much to study economy in Europe, but because of the lack of money she is "studying" it in Kolwezi buying and selling soap on a small soko (market) in town. I supported her studies in the secondary school, but for the high education level I have no money. |
These few photos are only a small part of my 3 thousands pictures collection. In the future I think to change the pictures in the frame regularly, so to give my guest a little idea about Africa.
