Existing Member?

    IN HIGH SPIRITS

    Belgium

    There are [5] photos and [1] story about Belgium

    From time to time some volunteers come and organize educational activities or just play with the kids. People who are coming frequently to Gesu say that also artists and homeless people live here from time to time. by: feel_the_world Views[167] Some NGOS are coming to help children and their parents to have a better life and to provide them with a set of skills. by: feel_the_world Views[204] The people need to pay a monthly fee to keep staying in a room. Some of them are renting their room to other poor people. Some also say that drugs are selled during the night or in the early mornings. The NGOs representatives say that here are supposed to live around 70 children, but one person who was analysing the place for the last 6 months says that he only saw 40. He doesn't exclude the fact that the children could be trafficked. by: feel_the_world Views[293] Some people say that the landlord has benefits of owning this place and he doesn't pay taxes. The local media presents that the landlord has some plans of transforming the place in a 5 star hotel, with tens of luxurios rooms and a generous parking lot. Gesu is shared by migrants especially from North Africa, Slovakia and some other Eastern European countries. Some came here with their hole family. Many of the people are undocumented and jobless. by: feel_the_world Views[190] L'Eglise du Gesu used to be a place for jesuits and is placed right in the center of Brussels, near Botanique metro station, a 20 minutes walk from the most important EU institutions. Gesu means home for many migrants. The NGOs representatives say that here are living around 200 people, but nobody exactly who comes in and who goes out. Gesu is a private squat, owned by a landlord who has many 5 hotels around the world. by: feel_the_world Views[451]
     

    Photos: My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

    Monday, 7 Jan 2013 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

    I am a young journalist and I want to break the barriers and start learning more about visuals. I really love to travel and to discover touching stories which change people's thoughts. I want to be able to take the right pictures with the emotions, gestures, ... Read more >
    See all 5 photos >>
     

    Tags: travel photography scholarship 2012

    About feel_the_world


    Follow Me

    Where I've been

    Photo Galleries

    My trip journals

    See all my tags 
     
     

    Travel Answers about Belgium

    Do you have a travel question? Ask other World Nomads.