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The world’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction!
In the last 100 years, the world has lost 90% of the wild cheetah population and there are only less than 7.500 of them roaming in the wild and one-third of them lives in southern
Africa.
The really need our help ... Happy Caturday !
More facts and information on internationalcheetahday.com!
Cheetah / Gepard (Acinonyx jubatus)
Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa
"Change the world to save the Cheetah!"
Cheetah / Gepard (Acinonyx jubatus)
Tarangire N.P., Tanzania, Africa
The world’s fastest land animal is racing against extinction!
In the last 100 years, the world has lost 90% of the wild cheetah population. Today, one-third of wild cheetahs live in southern Africa.
More facts and information on internationalcheetahday.com!
Cheetah / Gepard (Acinonyx jubatus)
Ndutu Area, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, Africa
Prendre un nouveau virage,
S'engager,
Et se perdre.
LACPIXEL - 2022
Please don't use this image without my explicit permission.
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Adult male Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - in Fall colors
New Jersey
Photograph captured with a Canon EOS 1DXII and 600mm lens
If you are interested in seeing more of my Peregrine Falcon photographs, please visit my gallery: www.greggard.com/falcons
Please help to continue the preservation of a New Jersey's threatened and endangered wildlife by supporting work of Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ: www.conservewildlifenj.org/getinvolved/donate/
as well as The Peregrine Fund: peregrinefund.org/donate
You can also support their efforts by shopping on Amazon, at no additional cost to you, via smile.amazon.com <- make sure to pick either Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Inc or Peregrine Fund Inc as you charity!
If you make your Amazon purchase via this link: amzn.to/19kQxUT I will personally donate 3x the amount that Amazon would!
Ditto: "...weeeeelll, a carbon footprint is a "measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_footprint
A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/carbon_footprint
A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted through fossil fuel combustion. A carbon footprint is often expressed as tons of carbon emitted on an annual basis. See Environmental Footprint.
www.nada.org/green/getinvolved/glossary/
It measures total amount of greenhouse gas emissions released into the environment. Greenhouse gas emissions from all sources are summed up and changed into units of CO 2 equivalent which is used to standardize greenhouse gas emissions and help make comparisons from different time periods and ...
www.altuslumen.com/sustainability_terminology.html
a measurement of the effect of a project on the climate in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide generated by the combustion of fossil fuels. ...
www.eastsiderailnow.org/glossary.html
The total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product or service.
A form of carbon calculation that measures the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent that a country, a business, an industry or an individual produces or is responsible for. The footprint calculates the direct and indirect level of CO2-e emissions. ...
fsd.monash.edu.au/green/climate-change-glossary-key-terms
Your carbon footprint is the sum of all CO2 emissions that are directly and indirectly associated with your activities over a given time frame (usually a year).
www.carbondescent.org.uk/glossary.php
The estimated emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other GHGs associated with a particular activity (eg a plane trip), use of your car, your ...
www.tcnj.edu/climate/GlossaryofTerms.htm
An individual's carbon footprint is the direct effect one's actions and lifestyle have on the environment in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. This is usually estimated by using a Carbon Calculator. In Hong Kong, almost all of our electricity is generated from burning coal. ...
www.wwf.org.hk/eng/conservation/climate/glossary.php
A measurement of the volume in pounds of Carbon Dioxide generated by business operations.
www.42u.com/efficiency/data-center-glossary.htm
The amount of land needed to support a person’s consumption of goods and resources. It describes the amount of land required to farm a person’s food, mine their energy sources, transport their goods and services, and hold their waste.
www.dummies.com/how-to/content/green-living-glossary.navI...
A measure of an individual's, family's, community's, company's, industry's, product's or service's overall contribution of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It takes into account energy use, transportation methods and other means of emitting carbon. ...
www.firemansfund.com/servlet/dcms
Energy consumption of your electronic equipment for heat, light, power and refrigeration.
dti.delaware.gov/greenit/information/terms.shtml
*gulp* ...and...
The amount of greenhouse gas emitted each year through direct (such as driving) and indirect (such as electrical purchases) sources.
standardcarbon.com/resources/
...and that's about it... "
Bloo: ....o...sorry I asked.
Adult Peregrine Falcon in flight as seen from above
Please help to continue the preservation of New Jersey's threatened and endangered wildlife by supporting work of Conserve Wildlife Foundation: www.conservewildlifenj.org/getinvolved/donate/
Photograph captured with a Canon EOS 1DXII and 600mm lens
If you are interested in seeing more of my Peregrine Falcon photographs, please visit my gallery: www.greggard.com/falcons
he's the mascot for Daffodil Day
Daffodil Day was first held by the Canadian Cancer Society in the early 1980s, and by the NSW Cancer Council in 1986. Established as an Australia-wide event in 1992, Daffodil Day has become the largest fundraising event of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Cancer Council now raises around $8 million each Daffodil Day, providing vital funds for research, education and support services.
If you have a mother, father, sister, brother or best friend, there’s every chance your life will be touched by cancer.
You can donate here...
I know this is a re-post but theres a very good reason for it...
A while ago I shot this photo for my good friend Stephen Smith,to use as a cover for a CD he was recording called Next train to nowhere.
One of the songs on the disc is Called 'Liar liar' ,a song in memory of what happened at Hillsborough all those years ago and the way some of the events following were (badly) handled.Theres a pretty big facebook following regarding the song and as a result it will be released on the 4th of April as a download through Itunes and Amazon,with all proceeds going to the charities involved.
If anyone would like to get involved please follow the links below to see what its all about,
Thanks,
Chris.
Heres a link to the video:
www.stephensmithmusic.co.uk/#/media/4547295983
or visit www.stephensmithmusic.co.uk for more information
Adult male Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
This year's foliage was excellent here in Northern New Jersey and local birds were also very cooperative. Almost like they were enjoying the beautiful scenery themselves 😁
Photograph captured with a Canon EOS 1DXII camera and Canon 100-400mm IS II lens
If you are interested in seeing more of my Peregrine Falcon photographs, please visit my gallery: www.greggard.com/falcons
Please help to continue the preservation of a New Jersey's threatened and endangered wildlife by supporting work of Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ: www.conservewildlifenj.org/getinvolved/donate/
as well as The Peregrine Fund: peregrinefund.org/donate
You can also support their efforts by shopping on Amazon, at no additional cost to you, via smile.amazon.com <- make sure to pick either Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey Inc or Peregrine Fund Inc as you charity!
If you make your Amazon purchase via this link: amzn.to/19kQxUT I will personally donate 3x the amount that Amazon would!
Fledgling Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) stretching its wings.
Please help to continue the preservation of New Jersey's threatened and endangered wildlife by supporting work of Conserve Wildlife Foundation: www.conservewildlifenj.org/getinvolved/donate/
Photograph captured with a Canon EOS 1Dx and 600mm lens
If you are interested in seeing more of my Peregrine Falcon photographs, please visit my gallery: www.greggard.com/falcons
Sister Virgini nurses her baby boy Gigi.
This image was taken for a not-for-profit that has changed its named, focus, and mission to KEZA.
Remera, Kigali.
Rwanda. Central Africa.
October 9, 2006.
Dogs are for life!
youtu.be/jiFFzFSKIxk?list=TLGG4w1y6zWodoQxNTA3MjAyMg
On 29 April 2021, we celebrated a milestone victory for animal welfare and we couldn't have done it without you. After years of dedicated campaigning from our teams and supporters, the UK Government has passed the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill in England.
The UK will now boast a law which will transform animal welfare by increasing sentences for animal cruelty from six months to five years.
Now that the Bill has completed all stages in the Houses of Parliament and has received Royal Assent, this means that animal abusers convicted under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 could face up to five years in prison.
This means that animals who have suffered unbearable, unnecessary cruelty at the hands of human beings, will finally get the justice they deserve.
www.rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/campaign/sentencing
quote
Don't Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Song by Crystal Gayle
(fyi, this is my girl, she was a rescue girl and is loved very much, she just likes to pose for the camera!)
The kitchen sink had a French drain system that clogs easily, so you have to remove all food particles before washing off the grease and such. In other news, you have a beautiful view of Scoville Point and Lake Superior while you do your dishes.
About the Dassler Cabin: www.nps.gov/isro/getinvolved/dassler-cabin.htm
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
The text below is from www.orphansofrwanda.org
"Centre Memorial de Gisimba (Gisimba Memorial Center)
The Gisimba orphanage, located in the Nyamirambo quarter of Kigali, is led by Damas Mutezintare Gisimba. Damas's father founded the orphanage in 1980 with 18 children living in one house. Damas took over in 1986 after the death of his father. During the genocide Damas sheltered over 400 children and adults in the small orphanage compound from the predations of the interahamwe [the Hutu paramilitary squads that carried out much of the genocide]. Though the orphanage was repeatedly menaced, Damas and his colleagues held their ground and did not give in to the genocidaires. He has been honored for his heroism by the Rwandan government and many other organizations.
The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected."
PLEASE DONATE TO GISIMBA MEMORIAL CENTER VIA ORPHANS OF RWANDA: www.orphansofrwanda.org/getinvolved.php#donate
For statistics on Rwanda: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/rwanda_statistics.html
Moose?!
Rachel Hovel and Bon Waldrop, the director of regional fisheries non-profit, went out to check this camera-trap with me--we went nuts when we saw this moose staring back at us.
Getinvolved.transport.vic.gov.au: Melbourne’s iconic Flinders Street Station is undergoing an upgrade to ensure that this city landmark is protected for current and future generations. Early works on this Victorian Government funded project have commenced and are due for completion in 2018.
In February 2015, the State Government announced a $100 million investment to repair the exterior of the station’s administration building as well as improve access and facilities for commuters.
Flinders Street Station — the busiest station in Victoria — handles more than 200,000 passenger journeys every day.
The Flinders Street Station upgrade will include customer experience works to revamp/improve the station’s access and facilities, and refurbishment works to give renewed life to a key landmark on Melbourne’s cityscape"
I have my camera on the ground to get the front of the Flinders Street Station and seeing people coming out from the station crossing the road to join the crowd for the Australia Day Parade.
I have always loved badgers, they are fascinating creatures. I am lucky enough to have a Badger set very close to where I live and enjoy very much watching them forage in the undergrowth for food.
I hope you like Roger! He was quite a challenging build and I think I've done these cute creatures justice :-)
Badgers are beautiful creatures, they are at risk from our government at the moment as they believe they are the reason for the spreading of TB through livestock. They are spending £65,000 to kill each badger and I as well as many others believe this is WRONG! Scientists have proven that it would be a lot more effective and cheaper to innoculate the badgers so they can share this land with us. Please get behind the campaign and help to put a stop to this atrocious cull!
www.rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/campaigns/wildlife/stop-the-...
Sunrise over Lake Superior from the Dassler Sleeping Cabin. The NPS describes the main cabin (not visible) here:
Local friendly match between Wyre Villa FC of the West Lancashire League and AFC Blackpool of the North West Counties League as a warm up for the 2021/22 season. The match was played at Wyre Villa's home ground on Tuesday 6th July 2021. Images taken by Adam Gee.
a bonus shot: sick and tired of it hanging around on my hard drive...it's one of those "do i really like it?" shots. you tell me.
upper west side, nyc
blackberry curve
I am posting this message here as the power of Flickr has proven
a tremendous social-networking tool to creatively collaborate and
cross-support missions both in the field and at home.
I will be returning to Rwanda and Uganda August - September this year (2011).
Please get in touch with me if you or someone you know might like to
collaborate--I photograph and write and help bring awareness, raise
funds for good work being done by good people for good people.
--Kresta King
Mother with Child Portraits from Rwanda By Kresta K.C. Venning Book Preview
I might be causing badger fatigue here but I'm not going to let it go, I know I'm clinging to petitions like a drowning man but please if you have the time think about signing the League Against Cruel Sports petition as well as the main one. It's brilliant so many people have helped our stripey friends out, thanks so much : )
This seems to be a new one, a pre-written email to send to the ' government ' from the RSPCA and League, please take a look
www.rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/campaigns/wildlife/stop-the-...
Government petition..
A different kind of post today, on this day of Thanksgiving in the United States.
This interesting motorhome (or Caravan, or RV, whatever you prefer) is a Mobile Traveler, a high-end class C motorhome built from the early seventies until the late eighties using a van chassis (usually either a Dodge Ram Van or a Chevrolet/GMC van) as a basis. The cab and the vivid colors are straight out of the mid-1970s, and for a forty year old motorhome, it's in pretty good shape. These gas-hungry machines are usually about 20 feet long and get maybe 8 to 10 mpg from their big 440-cubic inch engines, but nobody buys something like this for speed or economy.
In fact, although people still use these for recreational camping (they're cheap, and still good at what they do), that's not what this is about either.
The streets of San Francisco, Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles and other western cities are dotted with such vehicles. As property values skyrocket, particularly in cities with high-dollar tech industries, more and more people are pushed out of places with reasonable rents, which are often then torn down to make way for luxury condos or worse - expensive pied-a-tierres that nobody actually lives in year round. The result in many of these cities has been a spectacular increase in homelessness. In the area where this Motorhome was seen, average rents have risen by 61% in six years.
Earlier this year, the annual "one night count" - done nationwide to assess the number of homeless living in various cities, showed a 21% increase in homelessness in Seattle. Tent cities and lines of RVs parked in industrial areas are increasingly common sights.
If you're home with your family and well fed, remember that some are not - and there but for fate, that could be you. It is incumbent on those who have to help those who don't, and always remember that if circumstances were different, it could be you needing help.
Flickr's users are global, but if you'd like to help in the United States, please visit some of these links to find out how:
The National Coalition for the Homeless.
National alliance to end homelessness.
National coalition for homeless veterans.
©2015 A. Kwanten.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
"The warmth of his tiny body snuggled against mine filled me with a peace and serenity that elevated me above the chaos. This child was alive yet terribly hungry, beautiful but covered in dirt, bewildered but not fearful. I made up my mind: this would be the fourth child in the Dallaire family. I couldn't save Rwanda, but I could save this child.
Before I had held this boy, I had agreed with the aid workers and representatives of both warring armies that I would not permit any exporting of Rwandan orphans to foreign places. When confronted by such requests from humanitarian organizations, I would argue that the money to move a hundred kids by plane to France or Belgium could help build, staff and sustain Rwandan orphanages that could house three thousand children. This one boy eradicated all my arguments. I could see myself arriving at the terminal in Montreal like a latter-day St. Christopher with the boy cradled in my arms...
That dream was abruptly destroyed when the young soldier, fast as a wolf, yanked the child from my arms and carried him directly into the bush. Not knowing how many members of his unit might already have their gunsights on us, we reluctantly climbed back into the Land Cruiser. As I slowly drove away, I had much on my mind.
By withdrawing, I had undoubtedly done the wise thing: I had avoided risking the lives of my two soldiers in what would have been a fruitless struggle over one small boy. But in that moment, it seemed to me that I had backed away from a fight for what was right, that this failure stood for all failures in Rwanda.
Whatever happened to that beautiful child? Did he make it to an orphanage deep behind the RPF lines? Did he survive the following battles? Is he dead or is he now a child soldier himself, caught in the seemingly endless conflict that plagues his homeland?
That moment, when the boy, in the arms of a soldier young enough to be his brother, was swallowed by a whole forest, still haunts me. It's a memory that never lets me forget how ineffective and irresponsible we were when we promised the Rwandans that we would establish an atmosphere of security that would allow them to achieve everlasting peace. It has been almost nine years since I left Rwanda, but as I write this, the sounds, smells, and colours come flooding back in digital clarity. It's as if someone sliced into my brain and grafted this horror called Rwanda frame by blood-soaked frame directly on my cortex. I could not forget even if I wanted to. For many years, I have yearned to return to Rwanda and disappear into the blue-green hills with my ghosts. A simple pilgrim seeking forgiveness and pardon. But as I slowly begin to piece my life back together, I know the time has come for me to make a more difficult pilgramage: to travel bcak through all those terrible memories and retrieve my soul...
...That mission, UNAMIR, failed. I know intimately the cost in human lives of the inflexible UN Security Council mandate, the penny-pinching financial mangement of the mission, the UN red tape, the political manipulations and my own personal limitations. What I have come to realize as the root of it all, however, is the fundamental indifference of the world community to the plight of seven to eight million black Africans in a tiny country that had no strategic or resource value to any world power. An overpopulated little country that turned in on itself and destroyed its own people, as the world watched and yet could not manage to find the political will to intervene. Engraved still in my brain is the judgment of a small group of beaurocrats who came to 'assess' the situation in the first few weeks of the genocide: 'We will recommend to our government not to intervene as the risks are high and all that is here is human.'"
Lt. General Romeo Dallaire, Force Commander of the UN Assistance Mission to Rwanda, 1993-1994 in his introduction to _Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda_.
The text below is from www.orphansofrwanda.org
"Centre Memorial de Gisimba (Gisimba Memorial Center)
The Gisimba orphanage, located in the Nyamirambo quarter of Kigali, is led by Damas Mutezintare Gisimba. Damas's father founded the orphanage in 1980 with 18 children living in one house. Damas took over in 1986 after the death of his father. During the genocide Damas sheltered over 400 children and adults in the small orphanage compound from the predations of the interahamwe [the Hutu paramilitary squads that carried out much of the genocide]. Though the orphanage was repeatedly menaced, Damas and his colleagues held their ground and did not give in to the genocidaires. He has been honored for his heroism by the Rwandan government and many other organizations.
The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected."
PLEASE DONATE TO GISIMBA MEMORIAL VIA ORPHANS OF RWANDA: www.orphansofrwanda.org/getinvolved.php#donate
We are beyond thrilled to announce that we have officially met our goal of raising $10 MILLION at the 44th Annual Prouty. And donations continue to come in! We are in awe of this amazing community. Because of you we are funding ground-breaking research and important patient and family support services! Hope starts here. Hope starts with you! getinvolved.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/site/TR?fr_id=2160&am...
20250712-3912
I am posting this message here as the power of Flickr has proven
a tremendous social-networking tool to creatively collaborate and
cross-support missions both in the field and at home.
I will be returning to Rwanda and Uganda August - September this year (2011).
Please get in touch with me if you or someone you know might like to
collaborate--I photograph and write and help bring awareness, raise
funds for good work being done by good people for good people.
--Kresta King
Kareem emulates one of so many soldiers he's seen.
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
39-2006-03-04-1650-topphotoblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/gisi...
The text below is from www.orphansofrwanda.org
"Centre Memorial de Gisimba (Gisimba Memorial Center)
The Gisimba orphanage, located in the Nyamirambo quarter of Kigali, is led by Damas Mutezintare Gisimba. Damas's father founded the orphanage in 1980 with 18 children living in one house. Damas took over in 1986 after the death of his father. During the genocide Damas sheltered over 400 children and adults in the small orphanage compound from the predations of the interahamwe [the Hutu paramilitary squads that carried out much of the genocide]. Though the orphanage was repeatedly menaced, Damas and his colleagues held their ground and did not give in to the genocidaires. He has been honored for his heroism by the Rwandan government and many other organizations.
The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected."
PLEASE DONATE TO GISIMBA MEMORIAL CENTER VIA ORPHANS OF RWANDA: www.orphansofrwanda.org/getinvolved.php#donate
For statistics on Rwanda: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/rwanda_statistics.html
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/interviews/...
The kids familiarize themselves with the Nikon D70.
This is the second day of the kid_camera_rwanda Photo Workshop and we're all having a blast! The finished project will be a little book about life at the orphanage, as depicted by them. Let me know if you'd like to contribute to the project's funding. All proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Gisimba Memorial Center when more than 150 children live. Any questions about Gisimba Memorial Center, don't hesitate to email me.
Gisimba Memorial Center
An orphanage on the outskirts of Kigali in Nyamirambo.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
Camera Literacy...
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
A car zooms past the Alamo in downtown Newnan, Georgia.
From Main Street Newnan www.mainstreetnewnan.com/p/getinvolved/downtown-history: "Built in 1880 as a commercial building, home to a harness shop, general store, and a butcher through the decades. A blacksmith, and later a barbeque stand once occupied the alley space behind. The building was converted into a movie theater with one screen and 551 seats in 1928."
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Badgers are beautiful creatures, they are at risk from our government at the moment as they believe they are the reason for the spreading of TB through livestock. They are spending £65,000 to kill each badger and I as well as many others believe this is WRONG! Scientists have proven that it would be a lot more effective and cheaper to innoculate the badgers so they can share this land with us. Please get behind the campaign and help to put a stop to this attrocious cull!
www.rspca.org.uk/getinvolved/campaigns/wildlife/stop-the-...
The feet of Gisimba. #2
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
The text below is from www.orphansofrwanda.org
"Centre Memorial de Gisimba (Gisimba Memorial Center)
The Gisimba orphanage, located in the Nyamirambo quarter of Kigali, is led by Damas Mutezintare Gisimba. Damas's father founded the orphanage in 1980 with 18 children living in one house. Damas took over in 1986 after the death of his father. During the genocide Damas sheltered over 400 children and adults in the small orphanage compound from the predations of the interahamwe [the Hutu paramilitary squads that carried out much of the genocide]. Though the orphanage was repeatedly menaced, Damas and his colleagues held their ground and did not give in to the genocidaires. He has been honored for his heroism by the Rwandan government and many other organizations.
The orphanage currently houses over 150 children. Ten years ago almost all were genocide victims, but many of the newer arrivals have been orphaned by AIDS. Because their parents were HIV+, a number of them are also infected."
PLEASE DONATE TO GISIMBA MEMORIAL CENTER VIA ORPHANS OF RWANDA: www.orphansofrwanda.org/getinvolved.php#donate
For statistics on Rwanda: www.unicef.org/infobycountry/rwanda_statistics.html
it's liquor week here at lowrevolution! perhaps that's why i can never remember the location of my shots...
woca
Updates of November 7, 2018
Jean de Dieu Ngirabaganwa Jardon is a filmaker in Rwanda. He and I remain in contact and I want to share his work with the world! Years ago, Films Without Borders/ filmswithoutborders.org brought him to study in London.
To read more about John's work and to contact him, please go to ngjadon.wixsite.com/home
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1600 ISO. No flash, it's almost pitch black as I show kids examples of playing around with angle, perspective, composition. This first lesson is emphasizing The Portrait, but I've encouraged the kids to fool around, choose any subject. Building confidence is tres importante, and experimentation is key to developing an eye. As I watch the orphans work the camera, I learn from them how to see differently.
This is a portrait of John de Dieu (10). He's normally quite serious, so I was so
surprised when I turned around and squinted through the darkness to see him with
this expression. He's the little guy who is learning computer skills, helping me to identify the names in the hundreds of photographs I've taken across two summers
here at the orphanage. All this builds community, as every step of the process
attracts several children all eager to work together to learn and be creative.
Please note: all the photos on this Flickr site were taken by me. I'm in the process
of starting a Flickr site for the kids... :)
Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.
If you are interested in sponsoring an orphan at Gisimba Memorial Center, direct contact information is listed below.
Ildephonse Niyongana - Director
Damas Gisimba - Founder
gisimbacmg@yahoo.com
Gisimba Orphanage
B.P. 1433 Kigali Rwanda
Ave de la Nyarugenge
Nyamirambo
District of Nyarugenge
tel +250 08524515 or +250 08532596
Bank of Kigali 040-0013914-76
swift BK IG RWRW
Additional information can also be found on www.orphansofrwanda.org
Please consider making a difference in the lives of orphans in Rwanda
by visiting "Orphans of Rwanda": www.orphansofrwanda.org/getinvolved.php#donate
Rwanda: Hundreds Illegally Detained in Former Warehouse
Detention Center in Gikondo Must Be Closed and Children Released
(New York, May 15, 2006) Hundreds of persons, many of them
children, are being held in deplorable conditions in an unofficial detention
center in the Gikondo neighborhood of the Rwandan capital Kigali,
Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper issued today.
The 13-page paper, "Swept Away: Street Children Illegally Detained in
Kigali, Rwanda" documents life at the center based on the testimony of
children and young adults formerly detained there.
"Kigali city officials who are running the detention center recognize that it
must be closed," said Alison Des Forges, senior adviser to the Africa
division of Human Rights Watch. "From the perspective of the children
held there, the sooner, the better."
Thousands of Rwandan children eke out a bare living on the streets of
Kigali and other urban areas, many having no adult care as a consequence
of the 1994 genocide, war or the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Since 1997 city
authorities have regularly rounded up street children as well as beggars,
street vendors and sex workers. In 2005 they began detaining many of
these people in a former warehouse in Gikondo, a short distance from the
luxury hotels frequented by international visitors.
Authorities hold the detainees as "vagrants" under colonial-era regulations
but rarely formally charge them, bring them to court, or afford them the
due process rights guaranteed under the Rwandan constitution and
international conventions by which Rwanda is bound. According to
authorities, the site is officially meant to be a "transit center" with persons
detained for no more than three days.
In fact, some detainees have spent weeks or months in detention before
being released without any judicial procedure. Detainees receive
inadequate food, water, and medical care; they sleep on the floor without
blankets or mattresses.
"Detaining children just because they are poor, dirty, and have no one to
care for them violates their rights," said Des Forges. "Under international
and Rwandan law, the state must protect these children, not just sweep
them out of sight."
"Swept Away: Street Children Illegally Detained in Kigali, Rwanda"
is available at: hrw.org/backgrounder/africa/rwanda0506/
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Deborah wearing my hat and offering me the stuffed animal I gave her last week.
This image was taken for a not-for-profit that has changed its named, focus, and mission to KEZA.
Remera, Kigali.
Rwanda. Central Africa.
October 3, 2006.
i loved the name of the shop, a minor continental change of name transforming the owner into a fabulous 1940's crooner: 'vonnie fontaine'! googling vonnie to see if there was the possibility of locating the store (chinquapin, north carolina, incidentally), i came across an entry saying he was related to the equally splendidly named 'doshie brown fountain'.
olympus trip