VE DEME: Life in an orphanage in Ghana
"Ve Deme: Life in an orphanage in Ghana" is a documentary that portrays the lives of 73 children between 2 and 23 years old who live today in the Orphanage of Ve Deme, a village in the region of Volta, Ghana.
Run by a local family for two generations, it offers shelter, food, clothing, primary education and
leisure time to orphan children and kids from families with minimal resources.
During June/July 2019, I performed volunteer functions in the orphanage, living with minors and collaborating in the daily teaching of English and mathematics. Such experience has allowed me to live their reality "in situ" and capture it by photographing special moments of their day and daily lifestyle.
The collection includes portraits, photographs of infrastructures and
activities carried out by residents.
Ve Deme sign
Tofu in front of the classrooms
Class from 8-10 years old
Amos, Bright and Chris
Looking at the other classroom
Lunch portraits
Lunch time
Michael having lunch
Preparing a chicken I
Warming up some water
Preparing a chicken II and III
Preparing a chicken IV and V
Teacher's cabin
Toilettes
Extracting water from a pump
Kakra
Paquito I and II
Sarah
Morning games before the lessons I
Morning games before the lessons II
Morning games before the lessons III
Tofu and friends
Voleyball torunament I
Voleyball torunament II
Olders kids playing
Isaac jumping
Bright, Chris and friends
Playing football
Sarah and friends
Abraham
Sarah and Annabell
Michael
Isaac
Amos and Emmanuel
Tofu
Goodbyes