Coffee in Darfur

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Kudos to International Rescue Committee colleague Peter Biro, who's won this year’s grand prize in the annual photography contest organized by InterAction, a coalition of 160 international aid groups. His winning photo (above) shows women sharing coffee in a women’s center run by the IRC in the Abu Shouk camp in northern Darfur. At these centers, women learn to read and write and come together to sing, dance, draw or relax over a cup of coffee. Here's what Peter had to say about the photo last night at the award ceremony in Washington D.C.: “Women were laughing, talking to each other in small groups, sharing grievances, I’m sure, but also jokes. I was trying to capture the essence of these centers—an oasis of calm and a bit of joy—in the madness and suffering that continues to affect hundreds of thousands in Darfur.” You can see more of Peter's photos from Darfur at http://www.theirc.org/resources/essays/darfurs-camp-life.html.