Poor African Children With Old Bicycle Remote Village Africa Editorial Image

This photograph was taken while we were in Uganda, Africa for two months doing aid relief work. We travelled to Karamoja, a remote and forgotten lot of villages that is poverty stricken with much need for food, medical care, clothing, and fresh clean water. These two children, two boys, stopped to allow me to take their photograph with their prize possession an old rusty bicycle , the only one in the village. I was told that they travel on it to find water and bring it back to the village. When we were there it had not rained for 2 years and the river had almost completely dried up from the severe drought and all that was remaining in the empty river bed was a few very small pools of water, that was guarded by the villagers against animals. The village and people were suffering from severe hunger, much need for medical attention, soap, salt, staple food and clean clothing and clean fresh water, basic education and comfort just to name some. It was heartbreaking to witness and although we brought what relief we could, there were just too many poor people and children to be able to help all. This image is for editorial purposes only.