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Dr. Scott Kellerman's Batwa hospital

As an outsider I at first met a lot of hostility from the Batwa Pygmies who are all too used to being exploited and photographed by well-wishers whom they never see again afterwards.
I am myself very suspicious of charity work and therefore always try to measure the effect of it in the eyes of the people who are supposed to benefit from it. However, when I experienced how even the most hostile Batwas opened up to me when I used Dr. Scott Kellerman's local outreach person Levi as my guide and interpreter I became deeply impressed with his tireless work for the Batwas in his hospital and urge the world to give it all kinds of support. I only had time to take a few photos from the hospital (on this page), but was lucky to attend....

 
The Batwa festival

which Scott Kellerman organized in honor of his largest donor for the hospital, Diane Stanton, who was coming with all her co-workers from Texas to inaugurate a new wing of the hospital. These photos from the festival may not have general interest, but I include them here for all the people who were present as well as their friends and relatives at home in America who suffer from their long absences as volunteers in the hospital, but can here - in the eyes of the Batwas - see the real value of their sacrifices.
 

       
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