DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
A boy and a sick man at the decaying Tata Raphael Stadium (where the famous 1974 Mohammed Ali - George Forman "Rumble In The Jungle" boxing match took place). Some 70 homeless youths live in the abandoned sports complex. To survive, the boys work at odd jobs during the day and the girls work as prostitutes around the stadium and in town. There are an estimated 30,000 children living in the streets of Kinshasa. Years of dictatorship and conflict have destroyed the social fabric of Congolese society.
Kinshasa, DR Congo. 05/07/2006
Photo © J.B. Russell
