Tag: community
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Scary world
Anupma wrote to me this morning. She arrived back from the Mara and took a flight to Zanzibar in order to spend more of her “limited time” there. As a photojournalist she’d been asked to submit a story but had no idea of what was about to unfold. “..it was insane here .. couldnt stop…
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The world at our fingertips
The Uhundha Orphanage Centre Committee is now a fully registered CBO; Community Based Organisation, able to apply for funding and be audited and managed efficiently – thanks to AVIF’s own Bollywood movie star, Anupma Sud 😉 If this wasn’t result enough, Anu has already stayed an extra fortnight to collect signatures, hold meetings and open…
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Dancing in the rain
I’m on holiday in beautiful, coastal Cornwall right now, surrounded by fishing villages and beaches – and rain! I’m working on the Uhundha project, assisting a fishing community on the shores of Lake Victoria. One of our volunteers, Katalin, put together a fantastic photographic archive of her trip, with details, from 2008 (feel free to…
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Rastas and beads
Photojournalist and volunteer Anu is currently in the idyllic community of Uhundha, on the shores of Lake Victoria, western Kenya, far far away from the hustle and bustle of Nairobi. Before she left the metropolis, however, she met with many other travelers, one of whom introduced her to the Shiriki <to share> organisation. Her wonderful blog…
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And the winners are ……
… E V E R Y O N E !! Partners Travel 2 Change have announced the winners of their Ideas Challenge and we’re thrilled that AmazonArt are included. A year ago (July 7, 2010) Nidderdale High School hosted the Brazilian Ensemble, an “Amazonian” folk and classical fusion trio of cellist Diego Carneiro de Oliveria, accompanied by Carla Ruaro Pires on…