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Covers:  Humanitarian, Corruption, War, Environment, Africa, Afghanistan
Photographer covering Africa, ME & Afghanistan. @guardian contributor. Teacher & director @aretestories. Trustee @react_response & @humaneroyal

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Born in Zimbabwe, I traveled extensively with my family while young, but my first trip alone was to Romania, following the fall of Ceausescu in 1991.

News of the horrific conditions in which Romania’s unwanted children were being kept had hit the British headlines and I decided to see what I could do to help. I arrived at Negru Voda orphanage in January 1992 after leaving school. It was home to 360 severely disabled children. Many had never left the confines of their wards where they were cramm…

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How to prepare for a shoot as a photojournalist

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By Kate Holt
| oneworldmedia.org.uk
Award-winning journalist and photographer, Kate Holt shares her checklist for preparing for a shoot. By Kate Holt Kate in Mogadishu, Somalia, 2011. I have been a photojournalist for twenty years. No two shoots are ever the same, and over the years I have developed a personal checklist that I run through. Here are a few. Check your kit before every shoot – and make sure you have thought through the particular scenes you may photograph that day.
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Las ONG alertan del peligro de abusos sexuales a mujeres a cambio de la vacuna del ébola en Congo

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By Kate Holt
| El Diario Verified
Un programa sin precedentes de vacunas contra el ébola en la República Democrática del Congo (RDC) se ha visto envuelto en la sospecha con varias denuncias de mujeres a las que se les pedían favores sexuales a cambio de la vacuna o de tratamiento para sus familiares. Según la investigación de varias ONG, en el país reina la desconfianza hacia los trabajadores de la salud. Además, la violencia machista ha aumentado desde agosto, cuando comenzó el actual brote de ébola.
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Sex for vaccines: Violence may mar the rollout of Ebola jab

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By Kate Holt
| Bhekisisa
Editor’s note: Since this article was first published in February 2019, the Ebola vaccine mentioned was granted full approval for people aged 18 and older by the European Medicines Agency and the United States Food and Drug Administration. An unparalleled Ebola vaccination programme in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has become engulfed in allegations of impropriety, amid claims that women are being asked for sexual favours in exchange for treatment.
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