August 2013.

On assignment for Save the Children in west Ethiopia (Konso).

I spent a week among villages, health centre, hospitals, pregnant women, moschito nets and, mostly, children.

I witnessed, for the first time in my life, a woman releasing. It happened in a health centre, just two small rooms with no electricity in the middle of nothing.

Unforgettable.

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Published on L'Espresso

Ethiopia 2013 for Save the Children.

In the Busso village, South-West Ethiopia, 100% of women receive medical assistance before, during and after giving birth.

I was surprised to see so many pregnant women in line attending the Save the Children maternity centre.

Each of them had something special catching my attention (colors, eyes, smiles, belly). In the middle of nothing there was a yellow plastic sheet covering a hole in the ground they used as toilet. I thought that background was perfect for this portrait series.

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Published on Io Donna

Many Italian children live in poor conditions.

Save the Children is documenting and facing the issue financing local organizations making projects with disadvantaged children.