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A picture of Shada

I leave you with this picture of a slum called Shada. You can see how the awe-inspiring landscape is made even stranger with the addition of ad-hoc structures and a sea of trash. As one doctor said… we all know that places like this exist, but don’t really contemplate it fully until we are walking […]

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Hands up for Haiti

Hands up for Haiti is one of many small NGO’s that have sprung up in Haiti over the last ten years (and particularly right after the earth quake). Started by several medical doctors who felt called to help the Haitian people, Hands Up has started to hone in on its niche here in northern Haiti: […]

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Beautiful

It’s a shame people don’t mention beauty when they talk about Haiti. My first impression looking out of the airplane window was that northern Haiti was simply stunning… a cradle of farmland between mountain ranges. This entire trip we’re hoping to tell an honest story about Haiti, one that involves the immense long-lived suffering of […]

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Bon jour Haiti

Remember that earthquake in Haiti? Bad news about a place of which you’ve only ever heard bad news about? Last year when world attention and charitable pocketbooks turned for a brief moment to Haiti, I found myself feeling helpless. What other stories could be heard amongst the devastating images of destruction and news of despair […]

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About Barnard!

Last fall, we had the pleasure of collaborating with Barnard College to create a sort of comprehensive video for their new website that answers the question… “What is Barnard?”  As you can probably imagine, it’s not a simple task to create a video that shows off the best of what a college has to offer, […]

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The Olevolos Project – New Video!

The Olevolos Project – New Video!

As the Holidays draw near, and we get farther and farther away from our summer trip to Africa, it’s been a gift to be able to look through the footage we shot and photos we snapped to remember what an incredible journey we had. Some of you may remember from our post in June that […]

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Energy in Common- Flip that switch!

Energy in Common- Flip that switch!

The smell of cooking fires. Certainly one of the sensory souvenirs we left Africa with. Indeed throughout the developing world, energy poverty (lack of access to clean, safe, reliable energy) is something you can physically feel.Energy in Common is a wonderful organization that uses the fundamentals of micro-finance to help entrepreneurs in the developing world […]

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NCLEJ – Moving Mountains

NCLEJ – Moving Mountains

As we are catching up on sharing some of the videos we did earlier this year, we simply can’t forget NCLEJ – the National Center for Law and Economic Justice. NCLEJ is a nonprofit organization that advances the cause of economic justice for low-income families, individuals, and communities. Their work is hugely important and very […]

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The Bronx River Alliance: I Am the Bronx

The Bronx River Alliance: I Am the Bronx

One afternoon late this spring I came upon the boy in this picture skipping rocks with his friends. I should say they were trying to skip rocks. In the Bronx you get the feeling that no matter how streetwise our urban youth may seem, they still have lots to learn out on the water. Still […]

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Building Futures- When I Walk

Building Futures- When I Walk

It is the deep beauty and privilege of childhood to be able to smile in a difficult place. That’s what I learned on one hot day walking along a winding dirt path towards the hillside school yard of Mbaka Oromo Primary. Ahead of us, two girls walked. Bare feet. Torn sweaters. No books. Giant smiles. […]

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