Daily Foto: From Kenya, Love is our Global Root III
Phodographer Patrick Firouzian in Mtito-Andey, Kenya, July 2010
Nothing like having a professional photographer as a Dog Meets World phoDOGrapher to get really cool pictures. Foto the dog was a big hit!
Daily Foto: From Kenya, Love is our Global Root II
Phodographer Patrick Firouzian in Mtito-Andey, Kenya, July 2010
See Patrick’s latest video of his volunteer mission to Kenya with Global Roots here. Dog Meets World is thrilled that Patrick brought the Dog Meets World photo sharing project to HIV orphans as he believes “they more than any other children they need support”. Thanks Patrick for your compassion!
Daily Foto: From Kenya, Love is our Global Root I
NEW Phodographer Patrick Firouzian in Mtito-Andey, Kenya, July 2010
Patrick volunteers as a video-photographer for Global Roots. Their mission is to empower local humanitarians. In Mtito-Andey they were working with the head nurse of a hospital when Patrick met some of the children who came to take their medicine. Patrick said “Some were with their parents, some with adoptive parents. It was very emotional for all our volunteers to meet orphans, some deprived from motherly and fatherly love and fighting with a deadly disease. We could see in their eyes that they knew exactly which situation they were in. I took some photos of the children and the puppy as part of Dog Meets World. Most of the children had an instant smile, were so curious, looking at it, playing with its ears. Some children were more reserved, weaken by their struggle. We all left the hospital with a heavy heart, and the strongest motivation ever, to immediately return to continue building the orphanage headquarters“.
Daily Foto: Dancing for Joy in Kenya
NEW 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. He heard about Dog Meets World and enthusiastically embraced the project and recruited his fellow team members.
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.
The moment I remember the most involved the village matriarch. She wanted to have a photo of her and all of the children of her village so we had them stand together for a group photo. Once we handed her the photo, she smiled from ear to ear, held the photo to her head, she looked up into the sky and started singing and dancing – which continued for around 10 minutes.