Photograph showing a Red Cross worker in Uganda giving a child medicine
Production date
1964
Audio tour
Description
Black and white photograph of medical care for refugees in Uganda in 1964, showing Mrs Biathemarie Bauder Ross giving medicine to a child.
Mrs Bauder Ross was a trained nurse from Bristol who worked at the Kahunge resettlement centre in Uganda, to support Watutsi refugees who fled Rwanda, following independence in 1961.
The picture shows how Mrs Bauder Ross gives medicine to a child in her arms. It seems like a regular day of medical appointments, with children watching and pulling funny faces while they are waiting for their turn.
The history of the Rwandan Genocide in the 1990s is well known. However, I did not know about previous conflicts in the country. Africa’s history is a topic that most of the time is not even mentioned in European schools, and I feel that it should be, due to the deep connection that this continent has with ours.
Audio recording by Alba Cuevas (Volunteer), Edinburgh.
Mrs Bauder Ross was a trained nurse from Bristol who worked at the Kahunge resettlement centre in Uganda, to support Watutsi refugees who fled Rwanda, following independence in 1961.
The picture shows how Mrs Bauder Ross gives medicine to a child in her arms. It seems like a regular day of medical appointments, with children watching and pulling funny faces while they are waiting for their turn.
The history of the Rwandan Genocide in the 1990s is well known. However, I did not know about previous conflicts in the country. Africa’s history is a topic that most of the time is not even mentioned in European schools, and I feel that it should be, due to the deep connection that this continent has with ours.
Audio recording by Alba Cuevas (Volunteer), Edinburgh.
Collection Type
Archives
Level of Current Record
item
Catalogue Number
RCC/5/12/55/IN9271
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