Bidibidi

In August 2017 the one millionth refugee from South Sudan entered Uganda in escape of the war. For decades of war South Sudanese have been moving back and forth between their homes and Uganda. Bidibidi is with its more than 270 000 people considered one of the worlds largest refugee settlements. 

Full story in National Geographic.

Pictures made 2017-2020.

In Bidibidi food distribution boxes and empty bottles turn into toy trucks and wire and plastic into miniature bicycles. For those who can’t find anything else, clay is moulded into phones, helicopters or a little man pushing a wheelbarrow.

These kids would have been the first generation to grow up in an independent South Sudan. Now they are re-building their lives in refugee camps all over Uganda. Feeding on their memories from home they have learned to entertain themselves with the minimal resources, creating a home in a foreign land. 

Full toy-story in National Geographic.