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Not missing, just missed.
It has been ages since I’ve seen or spoke to many of you, but as you know I’ve been in Kenya working with the Tumaini Children’s Project. It was a great time being back home briefly. My friends and family really circled around and helped me make the most of the time between trips. For those who were following along on the Piga Picha blog - the World Youth Congress (Quebec) exhibit and lecture went well. I felt so privileged to be a delegate, and I am extremely pleased with the response to the children’s photographs. The lecture went smoothly, and generated a lot of interest in the project. I met tons of great youth leaders who I am excited to work with in the future.
Laconic Reply
I took this shot last year right about this time in Ethiopia. I really liked this man. He was a Sheik with a really great sense of humour. This is the only serious shot I got of him - it happens to be my favourite shot of the day.
Eric Hacke writes about this shot and others in his blog Laconic Reply. Check it out: laconicreply.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/alyssas-photography
Alyssa Goes to Africa Pt.II
I modified one of my source book entries as a flyer for a benefit I’m having. It’s been a long time since I’ve “designed” something. I’m pretty happy with it
For the month of July I will be going to Kenya with an NGO called The Tumaini Children’s Project. I’ll be leading a team who will be teaching photography to 90 children living at St. Theresa’s Orphanage. Not only are many of the children living with HIV/ AIDS, but they also face incredible hardships and the stigma associated disease.
The photographs that the children take will be exhibited at the end of July at a block party in their community. It is an effort to raise AIDS awareness and to finally give the children of St. Theresa’s a voice. When we come back we will be taking the exhibit to Quebec City for the World Youth Congress. Also, we will be documenting the whole process for a documentary similar to “Born into Brothels.”
Help us get to Kenya to benefit some very deserving children by donating online on the TCP website: http://www.tumainichildrensproject.ca/
Please make sure to specify that the money is for the PIGA PICHA Project and is in support of me (Alyssa Bistonath) by sending an email to Julie Hakim through the contact page. You will receive a tax receipt in the mail. It would be helpful if you could send me an email as well so I can keep track of what I still need to raise.
We are also accepting camera donations! Please contact me if you have a digital or film camera that is in working condition that you would like to donate to the project.
Many thanks,
Alyssa
