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A week after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Evelyn posed for me early one morning just outside her home. Crumbling at the edges with large cracks streaking down her walls, Evelyn slept on the dirt with her babies outside her door – fearful of another earthquake bringing the roof down as they slept. I had asked at the time if she was hopeful with all of the relief work taking place in Jacmel. Her answer was starkly simple.. "No I am not confident of anything anymore today or in the future." Out of hope – presenting what appeared to be the spirit of stoicism, was actually a blanketed mix of fear, tears and the spirit – to survive.
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This location was found in Manipur, the eastern most region of India during the filming of "LOG ON.RISE UP. for WORLD PULSE, a poignant online platform created for women. Urmila.. is a leading activist campaigning for womens causes – specifically focused to end the stigma within Indian society – of menstruation and the indignities women face by both genders. Urmila has made it her lifes work to bring change to outlying villages where education can prove limiting.
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"Blessed are the innocent.. and blessed are the prayers of our children.. "
This young boy in his best school shirt, prepares for his day in prayer with and for his HIV positive mother. I met their humble, warm-hearted family while on assignment in Ethiopia for respected NGO, Food for the Hungry, while shooting a Day in the Life – with their mother who was suffering through the pains of HIV/AIDS. Thankfully the medicine she received under the loving eyes of volunteers, enables her to live a full life caring and tending her family, with the love only a mother can give. Many of us seem to know someone in pain these days as there never seems to be a shortage of suffering in our midst – so this young boys un-staged image.. his innocence.. his silent prayer – touched me tonight.
