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Poverty - the problem of all mankind
In stories about poverty in Africa race has always played a significant role. Photographer Finbarr O'Reilly arrived in South Africa this year and visited one of the many camps Afrikaners - the white South Africans - to preserve their stories and show that, despite the fact that the number of poor blacks in the region is far superior to whites, poverty - the problem all mankind, regardless of race. "While the majority of South Africans still enjoy life relatively wealthy and privileged, the number of poor whites steadily increasing the past 15 years. Now researchers have found that about 450,000 whites live below the poverty line, and 100,000 people are just trying to survive in places like Coronation Park - the former camp, home to more than 400 squatters. Previously prosperous Afrikaners, are now forced to live on the edge of society, consider themselves "victims of reverse apartheid", which, according to them, puts them in a more difficult position than millions of poor black population.
57-year-old Andre Coetzee drinking coffee in camp for the poor in Krugersdorp on March 6. After the economic crisis for many whites came difficult times. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
64-year-old Mara Udvesfigitsen sits in his tent in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Lucas Gous smokes in camp for the poor in Krugersdorp on March 6. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Boy playing cricket in a camp for poor white Africans. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Girls playing in the garden in the Leger for the poor in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
23-year-old Donovan Durand (center) cries, looking at the smoldering fire in bloody rags, after his girlfriend gave birth to a premature baby who died shortly after birth. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
People came to serve in a makeshift church, which was built out of the tent in a camp in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
40-year-old Desmond Thomas (right) podkurivaet at the charred remains of his "home", which burned down the night before, when he forgot to put out the candle in a tent. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
42-year-old Vincent Abbott smokes while his wife Esther Botha knits on the bed in their small one-room huts in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Girl tying her hair in a ponytail, going to school. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
20-year-old Anna Snyders mourns next to her boyfriend Donovan Duran at the funeral of a child who was born prematurely and died shortly after birth. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Accountant Vernon Nel checks mail on a computer running on electricity generated by the generator. To access the internet it uses a wireless modem, which he shares with six people in the camp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Residents of the camp for the poor in Krugersdorp get food. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Residents of the camp for the poor stand in line for food. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
The girl is crying after his father beat her in a dilapidated hut in Krugersdorp on March 12th. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
A woman looks out the window of her one-room house in the camp for the poor in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
57-year-old Andre Coetzee drinking coffee in camp for the poor in Krugersdorp on March 6. After the economic crisis for many whites came difficult times. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
64-year-old Mara Udvesfigitsen sits in his tent in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Lucas Gous smokes in camp for the poor in Krugersdorp on March 6. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Boy playing cricket in a camp for poor white Africans. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Girls playing in the garden in the Leger for the poor in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
23-year-old Donovan Durand (center) cries, looking at the smoldering fire in bloody rags, after his girlfriend gave birth to a premature baby who died shortly after birth. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
People came to serve in a makeshift church, which was built out of the tent in a camp in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
40-year-old Desmond Thomas (right) podkurivaet at the charred remains of his "home", which burned down the night before, when he forgot to put out the candle in a tent. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
42-year-old Vincent Abbott smokes while his wife Esther Botha knits on the bed in their small one-room huts in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Girl tying her hair in a ponytail, going to school. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
20-year-old Anna Snyders mourns next to her boyfriend Donovan Duran at the funeral of a child who was born prematurely and died shortly after birth. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Accountant Vernon Nel checks mail on a computer running on electricity generated by the generator. To access the internet it uses a wireless modem, which he shares with six people in the camp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Residents of the camp for the poor in Krugersdorp get food. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
Residents of the camp for the poor stand in line for food. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
The girl is crying after his father beat her in a dilapidated hut in Krugersdorp on March 12th. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
A woman looks out the window of her one-room house in the camp for the poor in Krugersdorp. (REUTERS / Finbarr O'Reilly)
