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The street children of Kinshasa
Reuters Alertnet
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During a visit to Kinshasa in August, AlertNet contributor Katherine Arie spent a day photographing some of the Congolese capital's street children. Many were AIDS orphans or had been displaced by war, but most were accused of practising sorcery and abandoned by their parents. Arie visited a girls' boarding school operated by the Work for the Rehabilitation and Protection of Street Children, known by its French acronym, ORPER, where all 29 girls had been accused of sorcery by their parents.
Photo by KATHERINE ARIE
A "family" of about 10 children live in Kinshasa's Sayo-Kasavubu cemetery.
Photo by KATHERINE ARIE
A group of former street children wait to greet the visitors in the compound of the ORPER school.
Photo by KATHERINE ARIE
Chores are a big part of life at schools run by ORPER.
Photo by KATHERINE ARIE
A young girl on kitchen patrol duty cooks rice for the group. 
Photo by KATHERINE ARIE
Eleven-year-old Suké works as a prostitute.
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