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WAIT IN LINE DANIEL BUTOTO
WAIT IN LINE
DANIEL BUTOTO
This painting reflects the monthly endurance refugees faced to
collect rations from the World Food Programme. It meant rising
before dawn and standing in line for hours, only to risk the supplies
running out before reaching the front. The wait was made harder by
the presence of Kenyan police, who patrolled the queues and
sometimes struck people without cause. It was a day no one looked
forward to – yet they had to endure it. Month after month, they
stood, and waited in line because survival depended on it