Daily Foto: College Students connecting in Brazil
Phodographers Melissa Waksman and Michael Fox in Mangueira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 2010
ATTENTION ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS planning to study abroad or take alternate breaks in areas of need around the globe. Like these students doing a service project in Brazil, just bring along Foto and a printer to add a new interactive dimension to your experiences.
Giving children the simple gift of a single photograph was priceless. The love, the laughter and the instant happiness is something you must experience in order to understand what it means to really study your abroad surrounding.
Daily Foto: First pictures from El Salvador!
NEW phodographer Sarah Henry on the road in El Salvador, Aug. 2010
Sarah Henry is the Executive Director of World Connect-Kids to Kids and has partnered with Dog Meets World. Just back from El Salvador she reports:
We had a fabulous time. We were able to get Foto and the equipment into the eager hands of the Peace Corps Volunteers. This is just one of the great pictures with Foto that we took though out our journey. Foto was an incredible companion and an easy way to win the hearts and smiles of children along the way!
Can’t wait to see more pictures and stories!
Daily Foto: From Ghana in honor of Labor Day
NEW Phodographer Maia Pelleg in Ghana, April 2010
Maia Pelleg, now a first year law student at Duke University, enthusiastically embraced Dog Meets World while volunteering as a Kiva Fellow in Ghana last spring. This picture is of Elizabeth a leader of her community microfinance group. She operates a small market kiosk from which she sells paint. Elizabeth is 65-years-old and continues to provide for her family, including her grandchildren’s school fees. She was thrilled to have this picture. Dog Meets World honors all the workers of the world.
Daily Foto: Magical Smile in Orphange in Honduras
NEW Phodographer Itza Carbajal in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Aug. 2010
Itza, a student at the University of Texas in San Antonio spent part of her summer volunteering at an orphanage in Honduras. She said about doing Dog Meets World with the children that “I think what struck them the most was that they could actually keep their pictures. As for my helpers, the kids were my phodogers. Many of them became very good photographers by the end of my visit. This little girl (above) had the most beautiful smile I have ever seen. I loved asking her to pose with Foto because her smile would always appear like magic. She radiated with joy in very picture I took of her. Surprising, how children who has gone through so much pain can still shine with happiness in a photograph!”
Daily Foto: Playdate with Foto in Honduras
NEW Phodographer Itza Carbajal in San Pedro Sula, Honduras Aug. 2010
Itza (seen lower right) is a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Itza volunteered at an orphanage called San Nektario Hogar Para Ninos. She said “This hogar is special. Instead of the typical orphanage that acts as a temporary home for the kids, this hogar expects to keep the kids until they are 18. Also, these kids aren’t only from the streets as the vast majority of them came from abusive homes. None of them kept any pictures they might have had from their childhoods, so a little playdate with Foto of Dog Meets World was very special. This little girl, would not let go of Foto, and constantly asked to have his picture taken. It was great to see the happiness Foto brought.”