"Portfolio" (by Phuc Quach) http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/143 A selection of images from previous and ongoing projects, including a photo-essay on Agent Orange in Vietnam, the work of the Red Cross in Afghanistan, and portraits of Chagossian people, a small community in Mauritius who were forcefully removed from their homeland in the Chagos Archipelago in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which includes Diego Garcia, for a U.S. air and naval base. This was where the B52s and stealth bombers took off to attack Afghanistan and Iraq. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us Nguyen Thi Viet Trinh, 6, pictured here with her mother at home in Dong Anh, suburb of Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2003. Trinh was born with cerebral palsy. She requires round-the-clock care. Trinh is a third generation and grandaughter of a Northern war veteran, <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372519/VQA_026_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Nguyen Thi Viet Trinh, 6, pictured here with her mother at home in Dong Anh, suburb of Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2003. Trinh was born with cerebral palsy. She requires round-the-clock care. Trinh is a third generation and grandaughter of a Northern war veteran,<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372519'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372519 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:45:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372519 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372519/VQA_026_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Nguyen Thi Viet Trinh, 6, pictured here with her mother at home in Dong Anh, suburb of Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2003. Trinh was born with cerebral palsy. She requires round-the-clock care. Trinh is a third generation and grandaughter of a Northern war veteran,<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372519'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Ho Van Bang, 23, pictured here lying on his bed at home in An Phu Hamlet, An Khanh Village, Ben Tre, Viet Nam, 2003. Bang was born with cerebral palsy, twisted limbs and is unable to walk or talk. He comes from a farming family. Ben Tre was one of the <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372522/VQA_003_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Ho Van Bang, 23, pictured here lying on his bed at home in An Phu Hamlet, An Khanh Village, Ben Tre, Viet Nam, 2003. Bang was born with cerebral palsy, twisted limbs and is unable to walk or talk. He comes from a farming family. Ben Tre was one of the<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372522'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372522 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:45:37 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372522 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372522/VQA_003_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Ho Van Bang, 23, pictured here lying on his bed at home in An Phu Hamlet, An Khanh Village, Ben Tre, Viet Nam, 2003. Bang was born with cerebral palsy, twisted limbs and is unable to walk or talk. He comes from a farming family. Ben Tre was one of the<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372522'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Nhung, 11, pictured here on his bed smiling at home in Thanh Ky Hamlet, An Thanh Village, Hai Duong, Viet Nam, 2003. Nhung has severe cerebral palsy, physical and mental development complications, and unable to walk or talk. His father, a Northern war v <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372525/VQA_023_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Nhung, 11, pictured here on his bed smiling at home in Thanh Ky Hamlet, An Thanh Village, Hai Duong, Viet Nam, 2003. Nhung has severe cerebral palsy, physical and mental development complications, and unable to walk or talk. His father, a Northern war v<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372525'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372525 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:45:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372525 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372525/VQA_023_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Nhung, 11, pictured here on his bed smiling at home in Thanh Ky Hamlet, An Thanh Village, Hai Duong, Viet Nam, 2003. Nhung has severe cerebral palsy, physical and mental development complications, and unable to walk or talk. His father, a Northern war v<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372525'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Do Xuan Bang, 16, pictured here with his mother at home in Tan Bien, Tay Ninh, Viet Nam, 2003. Bang has severe cerebral palsy and unable to walk or talk. He requires round-the-clock care. He comes from a farming family. Tay Ninh was the most heavily s <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372528/VQA_002_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Do Xuan Bang, 16, pictured here with his mother at home in Tan Bien, Tay Ninh, Viet Nam, 2003. Bang has severe cerebral palsy and unable to walk or talk. He requires round-the-clock care. He comes from a farming family. Tay Ninh was the most heavily s<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372528'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372528 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:45:54 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372528 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372528/VQA_002_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Do Xuan Bang, 16, pictured here with his mother at home in Tan Bien, Tay Ninh, Viet Nam, 2003. Bang has severe cerebral palsy and unable to walk or talk. He requires round-the-clock care. He comes from a farming family. Tay Ninh was the most heavily s<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372528'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Marie Veronique Elfrasier, 89, from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Pointe Aux Sables, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Marie was one of 2,000 people secretly for <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372531/VQA_004_2__Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Marie Veronique Elfrasier, 89, from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Pointe Aux Sables, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Marie was one of 2,000 people secretly for<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372531'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372531 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:46:03 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372531 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372531/VQA_004_2__Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Marie Veronique Elfrasier, 89, from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Pointe Aux Sables, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Marie was one of 2,000 people secretly for<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372531'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Patrick Onezine, 44, a manual labourer from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of Indian Ocean, pictured with his daughter in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Patrick w <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372534/VQA_030_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Patrick Onezine, 44, a manual labourer from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of Indian Ocean, pictured with his daughter in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Patrick w<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372534'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372534 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:46:14 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372534 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372534/VQA_030_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Patrick Onezine, 44, a manual labourer from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of Indian Ocean, pictured with his daughter in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Patrick w<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372534'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Tu, 15, pictured here with his mother at home in Giang Village, Nam Dinh, Viet Nam, 2003. Tu was born with severe cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and without sight and speech. He also has an older brother with the same condition. His father, a Nort <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372540/VQA_010_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Tu, 15, pictured here with his mother at home in Giang Village, Nam Dinh, Viet Nam, 2003. Tu was born with severe cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and without sight and speech. He also has an older brother with the same condition. His father, a Nort<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372540'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372540 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:46:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372540 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372540/VQA_010_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Tu, 15, pictured here with his mother at home in Giang Village, Nam Dinh, Viet Nam, 2003. Tu was born with severe cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and without sight and speech. He also has an older brother with the same condition. His father, a Nort<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372540'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Young disabled people coming out from a presentation after receiving new wheelchairs from the Vietnamese Red Cross, one of many initiatives supported by the Agent Orange Victims Fund in Tan An, Long An, Viet Nam, 2003. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372576/VQA_009_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Young disabled people coming out from a presentation after receiving new wheelchairs from the Vietnamese Red Cross, one of many initiatives supported by the Agent Orange Victims Fund in Tan An, Long An, Viet Nam, 2003.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372576'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372576 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:48:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372576 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372576/VQA_009_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Young disabled people coming out from a presentation after receiving new wheelchairs from the Vietnamese Red Cross, one of many initiatives supported by the Agent Orange Victims Fund in Tan An, Long An, Viet Nam, 2003.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372576'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Nguyen Huu An (left), 11, Nguyen Thi Thanh (right), 6, and their sister (centre), 5, outside their home in Huong Tra, Viet Nam, 2003 were born with mental, visual and neurological disorders. They come from a farming family. In areas where dioxins have c <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372579/VQA_029_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Nguyen Huu An (left), 11, Nguyen Thi Thanh (right), 6, and their sister (centre), 5, outside their home in Huong Tra, Viet Nam, 2003 were born with mental, visual and neurological disorders. They come from a farming family. In areas where dioxins have c<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372579'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372579 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:48:25 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372579 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372579/VQA_029_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Nguyen Huu An (left), 11, Nguyen Thi Thanh (right), 6, and their sister (centre), 5, outside their home in Huong Tra, Viet Nam, 2003 were born with mental, visual and neurological disorders. They come from a farming family. In areas where dioxins have c<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372579'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Pham Thi Hoa, 10, pictured here with her mother in Cu Chi, Viet Nam, 2003. Hoa was born with mental retardation. In areas where dioxins have contaminated the soil, water and the food chain farmers or residents like Hoa's parents may well have ingested i <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372582/Phuc_Quach_VQA_069_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Pham Thi Hoa, 10, pictured here with her mother in Cu Chi, Viet Nam, 2003. Hoa was born with mental retardation. In areas where dioxins have contaminated the soil, water and the food chain farmers or residents like Hoa's parents may well have ingested i<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372582'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372582 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:48:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372582 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372582/Phuc_Quach_VQA_069_Vietnam_small.jpg' /><br />Pham Thi Hoa, 10, pictured here with her mother in Cu Chi, Viet Nam, 2003. Hoa was born with mental retardation. In areas where dioxins have contaminated the soil, water and the food chain farmers or residents like Hoa's parents may well have ingested i<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372582'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Cindy Guillaume, 13, a descendant of a family from the Chagos Archipelago, a group of sixty-five islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Cindy’s grandparents were one of <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372589/VQA_007_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Cindy Guillaume, 13, a descendant of a family from the Chagos Archipelago, a group of sixty-five islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Cindy’s grandparents were one of<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372589'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372589 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:48:55 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372589 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372589/VQA_007_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Cindy Guillaume, 13, a descendant of a family from the Chagos Archipelago, a group of sixty-five islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Cindy’s grandparents were one of<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372589'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Arnil Alexis, 55, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG), from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372594/VQA_013_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Arnil Alexis, 55, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG), from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372594'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372594 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:49:05 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372594 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372594/VQA_013_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Arnil Alexis, 55, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG), from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372594'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Leonce, 70, a former plantation worker from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Leonce was one of 2,000 p <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372597/VQA_019_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Leonce, 70, a former plantation worker from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Leonce was one of 2,000 p<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372597'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372597 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:49:16 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372597 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372597/VQA_019_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Leonce, 70, a former plantation worker from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Leonce was one of 2,000 p<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372597'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Cindy Louis with her son, both are descendants of a family from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, Mauritius, 2005. Marie’s parents were one of 2 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372615/VQA_002_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Cindy Louis with her son, both are descendants of a family from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, Mauritius, 2005. Marie’s parents were one of 2<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372615'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372615 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:50:11 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372615 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372615/VQA_002_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Cindy Louis with her son, both are descendants of a family from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, Mauritius, 2005. Marie’s parents were one of 2<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372615'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Leonne Volfrin, 70, from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of Indian Ocean, pictured here at home in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Leonne was one of 2,000 people secretly force <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372624/VQA_020_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Leonne Volfrin, 70, from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of Indian Ocean, pictured here at home in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Leonne was one of 2,000 people secretly force<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372624'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372624 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:50:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372624 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372624/VQA_020_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Leonne Volfrin, 70, from Diego Garcia, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of Indian Ocean, pictured here at home in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Leonne was one of 2,000 people secretly force<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372624'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Fransisco Pallissade, a former seaman and member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Pointe Aux Sable, Mauritius, 2005. Fransi <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372634/VQA_035_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Fransisco Pallissade, a former seaman and member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Pointe Aux Sable, Mauritius, 2005. Fransi<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372634'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372634 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:51:19 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372634 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372634/VQA_035_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Fransisco Pallissade, a former seaman and member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Pointe Aux Sable, Mauritius, 2005. Fransi<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372634'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Brau Louis (left) and Stefano-Marie (right), both 12-years-old, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005 are descendants of a family from Peros Banhos and Salomon Islands, two of the sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipel <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372639/VQA_029_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Brau Louis (left) and Stefano-Marie (right), both 12-years-old, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005 are descendants of a family from Peros Banhos and Salomon Islands, two of the sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipel<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372639'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372639 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:51:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372639 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372639/VQA_029_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Brau Louis (left) and Stefano-Marie (right), both 12-years-old, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005 are descendants of a family from Peros Banhos and Salomon Islands, two of the sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipel<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372639'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Kingsley Louis (left) and Ador Marie, both 9-years-old, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005 are descendants of a family from the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Their family were one of 2,000 peop <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372696/Chagos_037_Mauritius_05_small.jpg' /><br />Kingsley Louis (left) and Ador Marie, both 9-years-old, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005 are descendants of a family from the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Their family were one of 2,000 peop<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372696'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372696 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:53:50 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372696 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372696/Chagos_037_Mauritius_05_small.jpg' /><br />Kingsley Louis (left) and Ador Marie, both 9-years-old, pictured here in Baie Du Tombeau, suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005 are descendants of a family from the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Their family were one of 2,000 peop<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372696'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach A protester confronts the police during the demonstration against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in Prague, Czech Republic, 2000. Tens of thousands of people turned out to protest against third world debt, poverty, privatisatio <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372705/VQA_Czech_Republic_02_00_small.jpg' /><br />A protester confronts the police during the demonstration against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in Prague, Czech Republic, 2000. Tens of thousands of people turned out to protest against third world debt, poverty, privatisatio<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372705'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372705 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:08 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372705 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372705/VQA_Czech_Republic_02_00_small.jpg' /><br />A protester confronts the police during the demonstration against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in Prague, Czech Republic, 2000. Tens of thousands of people turned out to protest against third world debt, poverty, privatisatio<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372705'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach A protester wears a Che Guevera t-shirt during a demonstration against the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, 2001. Che Guevera is very much admired by many activists in the anti-capitalist movement. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to protest against <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372708/VQA_Czech_Republic_010_01_small.jpg' /><br />A protester wears a Che Guevera t-shirt during a demonstration against the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, 2001. Che Guevera is very much admired by many activists in the anti-capitalist movement. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to protest against<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372708'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372708 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:14 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372708 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372708/VQA_Czech_Republic_010_01_small.jpg' /><br />A protester wears a Che Guevera t-shirt during a demonstration against the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, 2001. Che Guevera is very much admired by many activists in the anti-capitalist movement. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to protest against<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372708'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Riot police baton-charge during the demonstration against the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, 2001. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to protest against third world debt, poverty, privatisation, climate change, and for human rights. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372714/VQA_Czech_Republic_012_01_small.jpg' /><br />Riot police baton-charge during the demonstration against the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, 2001. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to protest against third world debt, poverty, privatisation, climate change, and for human rights.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372714'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372714 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372714 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372714/VQA_Czech_Republic_012_01_small.jpg' /><br />Riot police baton-charge during the demonstration against the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy, 2001. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out to protest against third world debt, poverty, privatisation, climate change, and for human rights.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372714'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach A refugee family returns home from Pakistan receives landmine awareness education at the United Nations Transit Centre for returning refugees in north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372720/VQA_053_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />A refugee family returns home from Pakistan receives landmine awareness education at the United Nations Transit Centre for returning refugees in north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372720'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372720 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:41 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372720 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372720/VQA_053_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />A refugee family returns home from Pakistan receives landmine awareness education at the United Nations Transit Centre for returning refugees in north of Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372720'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Landmine victims practice walking with newly fitted artificial limbs at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372726/VQA_019_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Landmine victims practice walking with newly fitted artificial limbs at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372726'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372726 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:54:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372726 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372726/VQA_019_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Landmine victims practice walking with newly fitted artificial limbs at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372726'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Robert Lemaitre, 82, a retired docker and fisherman from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here with his grandson in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauri <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372732/VQA_003_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Robert Lemaitre, 82, a retired docker and fisherman from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here with his grandson in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauri<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372732'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372732 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:55:08 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372732 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372732/VQA_003_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Robert Lemaitre, 82, a retired docker and fisherman from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here with his grandson in Roiche Bois, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauri<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372732'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Denise Raphael, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Den <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372744/VQA_036_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Denise Raphael, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Den<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372744'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372744 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:55:41 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372744 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372744/VQA_036_Chagos_05_small.jpg' /><br />Denise Raphael, a member of the Chagos Refugee Group (CRG) from the Salomon Islands, one of sixty-five islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean, pictured here in Cassis, a poor housing suburb of Port Louis, Mauritius, 2005. Den<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372744'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Noorahan, 12, a landmine victim, recuperates at the Emergency Surgical Hospital for War Victims in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372756/VQA_051_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Noorahan, 12, a landmine victim, recuperates at the Emergency Surgical Hospital for War Victims in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372756'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372756 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:07 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372756 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372756/VQA_051_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Noorahan, 12, a landmine victim, recuperates at the Emergency Surgical Hospital for War Victims in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372756'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Abdul Salman, a war veteran and landmine victim, pictured here at home in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372759/VQA_006_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Abdul Salman, a war veteran and landmine victim, pictured here at home in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372759'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372759 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372759 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372759/VQA_006_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Abdul Salman, a war veteran and landmine victim, pictured here at home in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372759'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Said Karim, 18, a landmine victim, receives treatment from staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372762/VQA_014_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Said Karim, 18, a landmine victim, receives treatment from staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372762'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372762 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:19 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372762 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372762/VQA_014_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Said Karim, 18, a landmine victim, receives treatment from staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372762'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Hazamullah (right), a landmine victim, receives rehabilitation from a staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372765/VQA_050_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Hazamullah (right), a landmine victim, receives rehabilitation from a staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372765'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372765 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372765 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372765/VQA_050_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Hazamullah (right), a landmine victim, receives rehabilitation from a staff at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372765'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Marahan (left), 12, prepares for his new artificial limb at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. Marahan was playing when he accidentally walked on a landmine. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372768/VQA_035_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Marahan (left), 12, prepares for his new artificial limb at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. Marahan was playing when he accidentally walked on a landmine.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372768'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372768 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372768 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372768/VQA_035_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Marahan (left), 12, prepares for his new artificial limb at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004. Marahan was playing when he accidentally walked on a landmine.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372768'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach Hussain Ali, pictured here at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004 was injured by a landmine seven years ago while collecting firewood. <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372771/VQA_002_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Hussain Ali, pictured here at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004 was injured by a landmine seven years ago while collecting firewood.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372771'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372771 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:56:42 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372771 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/372771/VQA_002_Kabul_small.jpg' /><br />Hussain Ali, pictured here at the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2004 was injured by a landmine seven years ago while collecting firewood.<br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/372771'>view full-size image</a> Phuc Quach