Posted on 9 December, 2011

“On the top of Kirumba we take our first rest. The porters sit down and start eating their favourite bugali. I can already see Masango, where we have a health centre. It looks so close, almost touchable. I squint my eyes in an attempt to distinguish...

“On the top of Kirumba we take our first rest. The porters sit down and start eating their favourite bugali. I can already see Masango, where we have a health centre. It looks so close, almost touchable. I squint my eyes in an attempt to distinguish the MSF flag. Another 3 hours to get there.”

- Ferry Schippers, MSF field coordinator, trekking across the Hauts Plateaux in Congo (DRC) to deliver medical supplies and set up a mobile clinic

Photo: © Ferry Schippers