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Martin Parr 

Founded by Gregoire Ahongbonon the Saint Camille Association is a catholic charity that offers care for psychologically ill people in the north of the Ivory Coast, in and around Bouake. Local traditions mean that mental illness is perceived as a result of possession by evil spirits, the consequent 'treatment' is based around superstition invariably physically whipping the madness out of people, or chaining them up to a tree in a wood, or simply abandoning them to wander around the town scavenging for food. Ivory Coast only has two psychological hospitals for it's 16 million inhabitants, so a lack... 
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