Browsing articles from "December, 2010"

Foto’s Blog: New home & first photos in Kenya

Dec 27, 2010   //   Foto's Blog, Kenya  //  Comments Off



Phodographer Rob Willet in Kisii, Kenya, June 2010

Rob is a CPA from Los Angeles and volunteered on an international build for Habitat for Humanity in Kenya. Adding Dog Meets World was just another way to engage and connect cultures AND leave an indelible memory of this special time in their lives…..receiving one’s first home!

Rob’s said “throughout the entire process, the adults and kids alike were smiling, laughing and enjoying their/our time together as well as playing with Foto and watching the photos print. Once we began to hand out the photos, the enjoyment continued as they were excited and overjoyed to have a picture of themselves and/or family to keep and share with others.“

Foto’s Blog: Foto helping to spread love & peace in El Salvador

Dec 13, 2010   //   El Salvador, Foto's Blog  //  Comments Off



Phodographer Sarah Henry on the road in El Salvador, Aug. 2010

The children are studying the paws of the mascot Foto dog, which have embroidered on them the symbols of LOVE and PEACE. Acknowledgment and affirmation of the individual and sharing love and peace through photophilanthropy and citizen diplomacy is the mission of Dog Meets World. Phodographer Sarah is the Executive Director of World Connect-Kids to Kids and has partnered with Dog Meets World. Kids to Kids is a global youth-led program of World Connect committed to creating opportunities for kids everywhere to participate in arts, sports, education and environmental projects. They, like us believe that kids can, and DO, change the world.

Foto’s Blog: Foto at a Kenyan Sign Language School

Dec 6, 2010   //   Foto's Blog, Kenya, Uncategorized  //  Comments Off


NEW Phodographer Paul Blair in Mombasa, Kenya November 2010

Paul is a Peace Corps volunteer. He says he’s “serving as a teacher in Mombasa, Kenya, a pretty big city near the equator along the coast of the Indian Ocean. I’ve been teaching for two years using Kenyan Sign Language in the subjects of Art, English, Math, and Computers. All of my students are Deaf, and range in age from 6 to 30. I’m happy to say that I’ve put Dog Meets World to use and boy I wish I had done it sooner, because the kids loved it!

I have taken many photos in my time here, and have become accustomed to the students always wanting printouts, which I cannot possibly accommodate myself, since I take so many pictures. The times that I do print some of my photos in town, the students who don’t get their own pictures become jealous, so the Dog Meets World project really made a difference for them, since it allowed me print out all their pictures instantly as they watched to make them all happy!“

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Praise for DMW

"Participating in Dog Meets World was a truly magical experience, bringing joy and wonderment to all I met."

John Carr, Phodographer across South America

"Dog Meets World unleashes the power of photography as a diplomatic and personal tool in building connections among the people of the world. It embeds a memory in photographer and subject alike."

Prof. Patrick Fleming, Fulbright scholar & Phodographer Cambodia & Kyrgzystan

"You will never know just how important that photo will be long after it is taken and given."

Delores Barr Weaver, co-owner Jacksonville Jaguars

"Dog Meets World went over fabulously in my village. It is a perfect option for Peace Corps volunteers like myself. I like the Foto dog mascot, kids like it, and it is a representation of the peace and the ideas of the project."

Kristen Woodruff, Phodographer Costa Rica

"The kids are absolutely loving Dog Meets World. For a majority, these were the first images of themselves that they have ever owned."

Marti Johnson, Phodographer Uganda