Olivier Asselin photography

DRC08.1214.GOMA025

Maombi, 15, stands in front of the blackboard in a classroom at the Angalisho adventist primary school in Goma, Eastern DRC, on Sunday December 14, 2008. "When I finish school, I want to become a teacher, I want to be someone in life," she says. Maombi and her family found shelter the school when they arrived in Goma after conflict forced them out of their home in Burumba, 12km from Goma. Every morning, they vacate the classroom to allow children to attend school, and come back in the afternoon. "I feel uncomfortable living here. I sleep on stones, i dont eat well. I like to go to school, now I do nothing," says Maombi. "I'm jealous to see other children go to school."

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Maombi, 15, stands in front of the blackboard in a classroom at the Angalisho adventist primary school in Goma, Eastern DRC, on Sunday December 14, 2008. "When I finish school, I want to become a teacher, I want to be someone in life," she says. Maombi and her family found shelter the school when they arrived in Goma after conflict forced them out of their home in Burumba, 12km from Goma. Every morning, they vacate the classroom to allow children to attend school, and come back in the afternoon. "I feel uncomfortable living here. I sleep on stones, i dont eat well. I like to go to school, now I do nothing," says Maombi. "I'm jealous to see other children go to school."