You can visit Sant Joan Degollat, of the 8 al 27 June, the exhibition "I grew up ...", a photographic exhibition on street children and young people in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
The exhibition is open, of the 8 al 27 June (except days 21, 22 i 23), in Sant Joan Degollat, at the next time: from Monday to Friday, from 18 a 20 h; Saturdays, from 10 a 12 h i de 18 a 20 h; on Sundays, from 10 a 12 hours.
Photographs are from the Bobo-Dioulasso Day and Emergency Center, Burkina Faso, a space where children and young people in a street situation go to eat, rest and take refuge from street life.
This project began four years ago with the help of the Catalan NGO Nou Sol and the local association Tié, with the aim of initiating a process of family return and social inclusion for children and young people in a street situation.
La Paeria de Cervera col·works on this solidarity project through the Catalan Cooperation Fund.
The exhibition “I grew up…”Was presented today by the paer in chief and councilor of Citizenship, Social Action and Health, Joan Santacana; the Councilor for Feminist and LGBTI + Policies, Mireia Brandon; and on behalf of the NGO Nou Sol, the brewer Albert Morales, and Èlia Borràs, curator of the exhibition.
This documentary project has been carried out by the expatriate cooperator and photo-documentary, Joel Lopez. It has been developed for more than three years and it is the photographs taken by the children and young people themselves in street situations with street cameras. During this time they have shot and revealed more than 1.000 pictures.
The exhibition wants to show their day-to-day life through their own perspective and their future perspectives that respond to the universal: who i want to be?
In addition, there is also a section of studio photographs that show the professional goals of these children.