Foto’s Blog- Remembering Haiti
Phodographers Carolyn Lane, Leah Hudson and Brittany Lane in Haiti 2009
A year has passed since the devastating earthquake hit this island nation. Dog Meets World today shares earlier pictures of kids, which were for almost all their very first photographs. It is our hope that the Haitian children and young people can “see their potential” more clearly in their pictures. Haiti needs their indomitable spirits, energy, hard work and tenacity to move forward. It reminds us all to stay involved and help.
Foto’s Blog: Foto at a Kenyan Sign Language School
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!“
Daily Foto: At the Cowboy Preschool in Zambia
Phodographer Samm Coffin near Livingston, Zambia May 2010
Cowboy Clif was absolutely thrilled when Samm Coffin and friends arrived with the Dog Meets World project to Take & Give first photos to his students!
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.
Daily Foto: One Year Anniversary of DMW’s Charitable Status!
NEW Phodographer Adrienne Gerard printing pictures and connecting in Kayamandi, South Africa, April 2010
One year after being recognized as a public charity with 501(c)(3) status as a tax exempt organiztion, Dog Meets World is touching lives on BOTH SIDES of the CAMERA’S LENS. Volunteers for DMW are discovering that people can easily connect one-on-one through the power of photography. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to DMW today.
Phodographer Adrienne Gerard while in South Africa succinctly summed up the DMW experience of over 120 photodographers who have taken FOTO the mascot dog to 27 countries and touched thousands of lives. “I knew I was sharing something so meaningful, but it meant so much to me. I cannot wait to continue with DMW.”