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Tag Archives: children
Anjezika: Antananarivo’s “Waterworld”
This is Anjezika. Once a vibrant fishing and rice-growing village, it has gradually been encircled and choked off by the surrounding city of Antananarivo, Madagascar. Now, nobody grows anymore rice here. A few small fish can be collected from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anjezika, Antananarivo, charity, children, literacy, Madagascar, poverty, school, Teach for Madagascar, Zanaky Ny Lalana
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Children of the Street: Ankorondrano
A group of about a dozen kids gathers on a small patch of green with a few benches and trees. Basically a large roundabout. Imagine an oblong Dupont Circle, except Starbucks is 3,000 miles away. The sound of traffic is … Continue reading
Posted in Good Causes, Madagascar, Uncategorized, Zanaky Ny Lalana
Tagged Ankorondrano, Antananarivo, charity, children, literacy, Madagascar, poverty, school, Teach for Madagascar, teaching, volunteer
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Children of the Street: Ambohijatovo
In this third installment on a project Anne and I are involved in, we assist “Zanaky Ny Lalana”(Children of the Street) at yet another location. This week we went to Ambohijatovo, one of the ten locations where Malagasy volunteers for “Teach for … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambohijatovo, Antananarivo, children, learning, literacy, Madagascar, Teach for Madagascar, teaching, volunteer, vulnerable, Zanaky Ny Lalalna
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Love Your Neighbor
Truth be told, we didn’t ask to come to Madagascar just for the lemurs – although they’re a pretty nice bonus. A big reason we came here because we want to try and make a difference, somewhere, in someone’s lives; … Continue reading
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Tagged Antananarivo, charity, children, crowdfunding, Love Your Neighbor, Madagascar, poverty, school assistance
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Children of the Street: Ampefiloha
Last week I posted about a new project Anne and I are involved in – assisting the NGO “Teach for Madagascar” via a group of street photographers called “Zanaky Ny Lalana” (Children of the Street). This week we went to another … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, children, literacy, Teach for Madagascar, teaching, Zanaky Ny Lalana
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Photographing Chennai’s Kids
A number of different photographer groups in Chennai regularly organize photowalks – walks through various neighborhoods in Chennai. The potential photographic subjects will vary – sometimes it’s market vendors, or stately old buildings, still life, fishing villages. In certain situations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chennai, children, India, Island Ground, photowalk
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Video: the Home of Good Hope
Every now and then I get an opportunity to take a break from filming bugs and upside down chins and silly stuff, to making a video with some social value. I heard there was a need to show overseas donors … Continue reading
Video Contest for Kids
Looking for something productive for the kids to do until school starts again? Check out the Write it, Film it video contest being sponsored by Reading Rockets. The contest web site reads: ‘Central casting’ at AdLit.org and Reading Rockets is … Continue reading