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Photo Exhibition

PHOTO EXHIBITION ON MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT AID

The Photo Exhibition is part of a two year project by Global Initiative on Psychiatry/HealthNet TPO, titled 'Increasing Recognition of Mental Heath as an Integral Part of European Development Assistance'.
The aim of the exhibition is to show what the impact is of (poor) mental health care in low and middle-income countries and how important it is to include this care in development aid programs. The photo's show people with mental health problems in Afghanistan, Burundi, Cambodia, Georgia and the Ukraine.

The photographers are:
Koen Wessing - Burundi and Cambodia
Jeannette Cornelisse - Afghanistan
Harrie Timmermans - Albania, Georgia, Ukraine

When and where 
The exhibition can be visited from September 22nd through October 20th at the Mondiaal Centrum in Haarlem - during office hours. Please make an appointment by phone: 023 542 3540.
Lange Herenvest 122 | 2011 BX Haarlem
Admission: free

On Wednesday September 29th the exhibition will be opened from 20.00 to 22.00 hours, with a lecture, music and more. For more information about the opening please click here.

Three pictures of each serie are presented below.
For more information please call Margi Kirschenmann at: 035-6828727.


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Koen Wessing - children with older sibblings in Burundi


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Koen Wessing - father with psychotic son in Burundi


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Koen Wessing - treatment by female traditional healer in Burundi


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Harrie Timmermans - psychiatric hospital in Albania


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Harrie Timmermans - psychiatric hospital in Ukraine


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Harrie Timmermans - psychiatric hospital in Georgia


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Jeannette Cornelisse - mental institute in Afghanistan


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Jeannette Cornelisse - mental institute in Afghanistan


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Jeannette Cornelisse - refugee camp in Afghanistan


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Koen Wessing - girl receives treatment from a traditional healer in Cambodia


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Koen Wessing - children living in aids house in Cambodia


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Koen Wessing - ritual preformed to cleanse body and mind in Cambodia 


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