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The Photo Exhibition is part of a two year project by Global Initiative on Psychiatry/HealthNet TPO, titled 'Increasing Recognition of Mental Heath as an Integral Part of European Development Assistance'.
The aim of the exhibition is to show what the impact is of (poor) mental health care in low and middle-income countries and how important it is to inlude this care in development aid programs. The photo's show people with mental health problems in Afghanistan, Burundi, Cambodia, Georgia and the Ukraine.

The photographers are:
Koen Wessing - Burundi and Cambodia
Jeannette Cornelisse - Afghanistan
Harrie Timmermans - Albania, Georgia, Ukraine

When and where 
September/October: the photo's will be exhibited at the Mondiaal Center in Haarlem during the Madness and Arts Festival from September 29th to October 20th.
For address details and visiting hours of the exhibitions please check back with us shortly. 

Three pictures of each serie are presented below.
For more information please call Margi Kirschenmann at: 035-6828727.

Koen Wessing - children with older sibblings in Burundi

Koen Wessing - father with psychotic son in Burundi

Koen Wessing - treatment by female traditional healer in Burundi

Harrie Timmermans - psychiatric hospital in Albania

Harrie Timmermans - psychiatric hospital in Ukraine

Harrie Timmermans - psychiatric hospital in Georgia

Jeannette Cornelisse - mental institute in Afghanistan

Jeannette Cornelisse - mental institute in Afghanistan

Jeannette Cornelisse - refugee camp in Afghanistan

Koen Wessing - girl receives treatment from a traditional healer in Cambodia

Koen Wessing - children living in aids house in Cambodia

Koen Wessing - ritual preformed to cleanse body and mind in Cambodia