Hunger & Malnutrition

FACILITATOR / EDITOR

Action Against Hunger UK commissioned me and my long-term collaborator Ingrid Guyon to deliver a participatory photography and video project in Touba Seras, a village on the outskirts of Louga in northern Senegal. The project supported community members to document the growing impact of hunger and malnutrition in their village, while producing images and footage that Action Against Hunger could use in its communications and fundraising work. See some of the images created by participants here.

Ten community members took part, representing a range of ages, experiences, backgrounds and roles in the village’s own responses to hunger and malnutrition. Over two weeks, the group created a powerful collection of photographs and video footage showing daily life in a community facing hunger and related illness, as well as the collective efforts being made to support one another and build a healthier, more secure future. The project gave participants space to share the solutions already being developed locally, and to show where further support was needed to sustain and strengthen those responses.

The photographs and video were exhibited locally, giving participants the opportunity to share their work with the wider community. The materials were also used by Action Against Hunger in the UK, shared with supporters and donors, and covered by national newspapers.