Back to Nairobi
Our trip is half over and we are leaving Kenya and flying to Ethiopia today.
So far this trip has exceeded every expectation I had for this project. It has taken a few new turns but has been very successful. I was able to get 5 young men that had little or no experience with cameras and my star student had never touched a camera and did not know what one was before I placed one in his hands. Wait until you see the images this young man shot right out of the blocks. Internet service in Kenya is very slow and uploading photos is not going to happen before I return so you will have to wait.
We flew into a small town in North Kenya called Merti. The las missionary to this area left 10 years ago and there had never been a medical team of doctors there ever until we arrived. We did a clinic a day for 2 days and saw over 400 patients. I found my 5 students and we went to work. I am still in shock at the quality of images that we got out of these students with no experience at all. Most of us try for years to develop a style of shooting. Two of the students have there own style that is very strong from the first few pictures they took. And one of them takes amazing environmental portraits that I can not believe. He captures people in action in their settings and tells stories in their photos. I told them that is what I wanted but never thought that they would just pick up the camera and do it.
In Ethiopia we will be traveling to a traditional Borana village and try finding another student to work with. I could go on for hours but will stop here for now.
I now know that the Through Their Eyes Africa project is not only possible but will be a huge success! I am sure we will be able to bring the attention to these needy people and bring help to them and in the process help to save their culture. That is the addition that I have for the vision of these people. Global Hope as a very doable model in place now to help these people help themselves. I will share a lot about that later but for now we have added that this project will be focusing on the traditional culture of the Borana tribe that reaches from Ethiopia, south to Kenya and even over to Somalia.
I am so excited for what the future holds for this project now. Thanks for all your interest and support up to now and we are off to a very good start thanks to all of your interest and generous support.
I do not know if I can post in Ethiopia but will keep you posted when I can.
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