Daily Foto: Travel Blogger takes Foto to Rwanda!
NEW Phodographer Dave Lee near Lake Kivu, Rwanda, March 2010
Dave Lee just returned from Rwanda after seeing the gorillas in the wild and trying out the new hand-held mini-printer for Dog Meets World. Foto, the dog, and the printer created a bit of a wild scene too and he retreated to the car to print out the kids’ pictures. See the parents studying these first pictures. Anyone can carry this small printer when space is ultra limited and have fun sharing photos in the field. Follow Dave’s adventures in Rwanda at GoBackpacking.com.
904 Magazine Highlights DMW
The April edition of 904 Magazine headlines an article about Dog Meets World under Philanthropy as “Lasting Images” and describes the cultural connections that the project builds. 904 Magazine serves the business and executives of northeast Florida.
Daily Foto: A true wandering educator in Peru
NEW Phodographer John Rader in Cusco, Peru April 2010
John, a music teacher from NYC has been visiting Peru over spring break, by definition a wandering educator. He packed along a Foto pup and a portable printer to let him share photographs with these children on the streets of the old Incan capital city of Cusco. While many stop to take pictures of such children, John took it one step further and shared their image with them! In sync it just so happens that Dog Meets World is featured on the Wandering Educators website! Thanks to all.
Daily Foto: Changing Perspectives in Uganda
Phodographer Marti Johnson in Kampala, Uganda January 2010
Marti, a recent college grad currently lives and works within St. Mary Kevin Orphanage, a facility home to over 150 orphans. Her job is to coordinate our child sponsorship program which provides for the basic needs to the children. Marti’s passion for photography led her to develop Project Perspective, a separate program to teach photography to the children in order to provide the world with a new perspective of African youth (Project Perspective).
These are some of her Primary Six students. To teach them about Dog Meets World she took and printed their pictures. She asked the kids in her photo class about owning pictures. For a majority, these were the first images of themselves that they have ever owned! The students are excited to share DMW with other children as student phodographers.
Daily Foto: Amazement abounds in South America
Phodographer John Carr in Venezuela in Sept. 2009
John Carr backpacked over months throughout South America carrying a printer and a Foto pup for Dog Meets World. He would randomly pull out the equipment and on-the-spot take pictures and print them to share. What a simple and fun way to give back on your travels. Where ever he went the children found the process “absolutely amazing“. Join the DMW community of phodographers.