United Children of the World

Surviving...

2012-02-09T01:19:00.001-02:00

Surviving..., originally uploaded by carf.

- Surviving the impossible of human development: 500 years of abuse, but how much longer will the Guarani people endure the changes and demands of the dominant world?

A major problem today for the indigenous people's healthy survival and integrity is how to address the imbalance created by the non-indian society, caused when one controls the indian's way of life by strictly demarcating very limited and inferior areas for them to live and practice their traditional way of life (whilst the non-indians continues to destroy more and more of their natural territory to sustain their own insatiable needs), creating dependency on irresponsible government assistance programs and forcing upon them the non-indian's economic system to be able to survive in this new unbalanced world (with not even the basic know-how or education to do so), also deciding how they are to live (exist) and showing very little respect for their peculiarities.

In such a scenario, the indigenous people's lives become merely a tough plight for survival, barely hanging on to their very personal spiritual customs, but far from living the "ideal" life they have lived for centuries, with traditions passed on from generation to generation.

Today the indigenous people of Brazil are imprisoned in the non-indian's world without the means to defend themselves. No matter what national or international legislation exists to protect their rights, the genocide continues......

See my Facebook for more Social Critisism

Sobrevivendo...

- Sobrevivendo o impossível do desenvolvimento humano: 500 anos de abuso, mas quanto tempo mais irá o povo Guarani suportar as mudanças e exigências do mundo dominante?

Um grande problema hoje para a sobrevivência saudável dos povos indígenas e a integridade deles, é como lidar com o desequilíbrio criado pela sociedade não-indígena, causada quando essa sociedade controla a maneira de vida dos índios pela estrita demarcação de áreas muito limitadas e inferiores para que possam viver e praticar a seu modo de vida tradicional (enquanto os não-índios continuam a destruir cada vez mais o seu território natural para sustentar suas próprias necessidades insaciáveis), criando dependência de programas irresponsáveis de assistência do governo e impondo-lhes o não-índio sistema econômico para sejam capazes de sobreviver neste novo mundo desequilibrado (mesmo sem o básico know-how ou educação para fazê-lo), também decidindo como eles devem viver (existir) e mostrando pouco respeito pelas suas peculiaridades.

Em tal cenário, as vidas dos povos indígenas tornam-se meramente uma situação difícil para a sobrevivência, apenas segurando em suas costumes muito pessoais e espirituais, mas longe de viver a vida "ideal" que eles viveram por séculos, com as tradições passadas de geração em geração.

Hoje os povos indígenas do Brasil são presos no mundo do não-índio sem os meios para se defender. Não importa que a legislação nacional ou internacional existe para proteger seus direitos, o genocídio continua....

Veja meu Facebook album Críticas Socias

Embrace the stars...

2007-12-13T19:42:00.001-02:00

Embrace the stars..., originally uploaded by carf.

A short RETROSPECTIVE of 2007 – Watch our latest Video HERE!

Reaching for a Star Campaign - 2007
To Date: USD$775,00

Beginning with three contributions of USD$50,00 each for the "purchase" of three personalized CHRISTMAS GIFT CERTIFICATES to friends and family from a Flickr member, the Reaching for a Star Campaign 2007 got off to a roaring start this week.

I hope many of Flickr's members, new to the community, will discover this alternative method of giving at Christmas, ideal for friends and family whom you feel already have everything.

Still having problems trying to decide what to give at Christmas?
Then this is surely the ideal gift that everyone will appreciate. Our children certainly do!

Simply go to our Christmas Gift Certificate Campaign Page and decide how much you would like to give by clicking on one of the donation buttons provided on the page. You can give any amount you desire.

This will bring you to our PayPal payments page ( PayPal is a global leader in online payment solutions with more than 153 million accounts worldwide. No need to worry, you don't need to have an account because payments can be made using most credit cards).
Don't forget to leave a message on the PayPal payments form stating who your certificate is to be made out to and from whom it is being given. We will then prepare your personalized gift certificate with those names and e-mail it off to you ready for printing on your desktop printer. Fast and easy without even leaving your computer.

100% of your gift goes towards the Hummingbird Project, attending more than 600 underprivileged children. This year's campaign funds will be used for purchasing musical instruments for our new community prevention centre in Sítio Joaninha due to open in February 2008.
This will be the first social development program available to at-risk community children in the region and a most important step towards bettering their lives.

Please join us to make it the success they deserve!

Gregory J. Smith
Social Entrepreneur and Founder
The Children At Risk Foundation - CARF

Brazilian innocence...

2007-09-19T01:43:00.001-03:00

Brazilian innocence..., originally uploaded by carf.

Photo by Gregory J. Smith - São Paulo, BRAZIL.

Underprivileged but happy children like Tamiris may soon be able to enrichen their lives by participating at our preliminary community prevention centre in their very own community, the Sítio Joaninha. It is the childhood innocence of kids like Tamaris that drives us hard enough to believe in what we do and why we do it. For her reason and for the reason of many others like her, we are preparing our new community centre in an existing building until we receive planning permission for the actual centre that we aim to set-up in her abandoned community.

You see, children like Tamiris don’t have time to wait until corrupt politicians put their minds to where their public funding is and start doing something to benefit the needy populations of this country instead of enrichening their own lives. Brazil is by far a poor country, but who will change the reality of the likes of Tamiris and millions of other angels like her if we don’t? As long as our society continues to accept impunity as if it was just another of those ridiculous Soap Operas blindly fleeting past on our TV-screens, the needs of children like her will continue to be neglected..........

Our actions can’t wait either, so we aim to tend to Tamiris’ needs and better the lives of many other children like her, whilst they are still children. Growing-up in preparation for the adult World is never really so very far off for young girls like Tamaris, considering that each year more than 32.000 of them get pregnant before the age of 14 in this country.

With the help of those who are conscious enough to support what we are doing and with the help of those young community youth we are preparing for work in our new community centres, such as the one Tamiris may be lucky enough to experience; her beautiful Jabuticaba eyes might just see new horizons.

Please join us by following the Blog of our Youth Capacity Building Programme, ASAS do Beija-Flor or WINGS of Hummingbird. If you feel you can share something, then leave a comment or just take the liberty to make an online donation whilst you’re there. We need all the support we can get as do all the innocent Angels like Tamiris, my Brazilian reason for doing what I do.............

Little Hannah

2007-03-21T21:33:00.001-03:00

Little Hannah, originally uploaded by The Treezy.

Photo by Ed Trillo, USA.

Newborn

2007-03-13T22:39:00.001-03:00

Newborn, originally uploaded by blaine davis.

A mother with her daughter and newborn son in Samecouta. This is just before his naming ceremony.

Photo by Blaine Davis, Brooklyn – USA.

Buhay Basura

2007-03-12T23:20:00.001-03:00

buhay_basura3, originally uploaded by Edwin_Martinez.

Life in Trash
A place forsaken by men but not by God, a place of waste but also of profit. A place where most would think hope has abandoned....most but not all. Few find this place a paradise to feed their families.

This is from my series of the children whose life evolves in one's trash.

Photo by Edwin Martinez, PHILIPPINES.

Somewhere else

2007-03-08T07:43:00.001-03:00

somewhere else, originally uploaded by another story.

Countless on the streets of Senegal, boys, some as young as 4 years old, wander barefoot with plastic cups in their hands, dirty, clothes half missing or torn, begging for change in the darkest of places. They scurry alone across busy streets, small enough to be unseen below a driver’s dashboard, onto the next pitying glance and dismissive gesture.

They are orphans by either natural cause or by intentional circumstance, given by their parents to men who falsely call themselves “imams”, who promise parents money, schooling and safe boarding, but who put these children out to the streets to beg, only to take their earnings at the end of the day, or at times beat them for not earning a quota.

They are truly “the least of these”, and i never saw a smile from any of them.

There was tremendous noise and chaos all around this boy when i took his picture. cars and motorcycles honking, engines gunning, street musicians playing, people yelling, pouring out of stores into busy streets as the siesta time began. He sat totally still, right in the thick of things but completely apart from it, empty bucket at his side, looking for all the world like he was fully somewhere else in his mind’s eye.

I have been asked several times, with a just glint of misgiving and disapproval, how i felt “comfortable” taking photographs of children like this. My answer is the same: I was not comfortable with anything about this situation, but the greatest exploitation of these children is a world of educated people ignorant of their plight, unaware of their existence. that’s why I took this picture. some may disagree, but I will make no apology for it.

Photo by Dana, Pacific Northwest - USA.

Pippi Langstrumpf auf nepalesisch

2007-03-06T22:10:00.001-03:00

Pippi Langstrumpf auf nepalesisch, originally uploaded by Uhlenhorst.

Nepalese Pippi Langstrømpe - Nepal 1988.

Photo by Franz U, GERMANY.

Todo es menos

2007-03-05T22:06:00.001-03:00

todo es menos, originally uploaded by verboomz.

Photo by Jordi Cañas, SPAIN.

AFRICA - Surma Children

2007-03-04T08:38:00.001-03:00

AFRICA - Surma Children, originally uploaded by BoazImages.

Colorful boys from the Surma tribe on the banks of the Kibish river, lower omo valley, Ethiopia.

Photo by Boaz, Nanjing – CHINA.

At Lord's Mercy

2007-03-03T00:00:00.001-03:00

At Lord's Mercy, originally uploaded by HappyHorizons.

Photo by Kshitiz Anand, Bangalore - INDIA.

That smile...

2007-03-01T00:56:00.001-03:00

That smile..., originally uploaded by Divs Sejpal.

Photo by Divyesh Sejpal, Ahmedabad – INDIA.

At the Door of Knowledge

2007-02-28T07:20:00.001-03:00

At the Door of Knowledge, originally uploaded by Meanest Indian.

Outside Qu'ran Class in Raikhad, Ahmedabad.

Photo by Meena Kadri, Ahmedabad – INDIA.

Poooooooolska goooooooola ;-)

2007-02-26T19:02:00.001-03:00

Poooooooolska goooooooola ;-), originally uploaded by mivella.

(maybe next time.. ;P)

Photo by Magdalena, Berlin - GERMANY.

Stung Meanchey

2007-02-25T22:48:00.001-03:00

, originally uploaded by marcinbab.

Stung Meanchey is an industrial neighborhood on the southwestern outskirts of Phnom Penh. Many tourists pass through it on their way to visit the Killing Fields Memorial at Choeung Ek unaware of the day-in day-out events taking place but a single kilometer off the main road. Every day at the Stung Meanchey garbage dump several hundred people scavenge through Phnom Penh's daily refuse. Most are looking for recyclable materials which they turn in at small local recycling businesses earning themselves an average daily income of about 2000 Cambodian riels (US 50 cents). Most of the people working at Stung Meanchey are teenagers, though I have met children as young as 7 and adults well into their 40s.

Photo by Marcin Babul, Cardiff - UK.

Coo Cooo.. je te vois.

2007-02-24T15:31:00.001-02:00

Coo Cooo.. je te vois., originally uploaded by Nádasdy.

A father and child on a Sri Lanka train to Kandy, sometime pre 1995.

Photo by Shawn Koppenhoefer, Lausanne - SWITZERLAND.

Everyone a Changemaker...

2006-11-08T20:59:00.000-02:00

Happy Hugging..., originally uploaded by carf.

Happy Hugging!

I know our picture galleries will never reach as many views as 5.724.662 (five million, seven hundred and twenty four thousand, six hundred and sixty two) with 12.956 comments and 36.879 faves but THIS did!!!!

Go give someone a HUG!

The caterpillar

2006-08-28T20:26:00.000-03:00

The caterpillar, originally uploaded by gobou.

Little abbey girls during traditionnal festivities in the city of Agboville - Ivory Coast

Photo by Gobou, West Africa.

Primary School

2006-08-10T18:52:00.000-03:00

Primary School, originally uploaded by camera_rwanda.

Red Uniforms.
Boarding School.

The key around this young boy's neck unlocks a metal
chest that contains all of his belongings. In this two-room
building sleep 100 boys; on each bunkbed is a metal chest.
The boys sleep curled up, their metal locker taking up a
third of the bed.

Catherine's Primary School.
Outside Jinja. Uganda. Afrika.
June 14, 2006.

Photo by Kresta King Cutcher, Based in East Africa at the moment.

Two kids looking from the window

2006-08-09T02:13:00.000-03:00

Two kids looking from the window, originally uploaded by Ragawa.

My son and daughter looking from the window.

Photo by Ragawa Indra Maruti, Kuala Lumpur - MALAYSIA

La Petite Fille De La Mer

2006-08-08T01:02:00.000-03:00

La Petite Fille De La Mer, originally uploaded by -saint-.

Taken at Süleymaniye / Istanbul.

Photo by Omer Babadag, Istanbul - TURKIYE.

World Ceasefire Vigil

2006-08-07T22:23:00.000-03:00

World Ceasefire Vigil, originally uploaded by carf.

During the last week I’m sure there are many visitors to the Flickr photostreams who have noticed all the small black ribbons that Flickrites are now using as their buddy icons. Those icons represent more than just another Flickr identity, they represent a strong desire for world peace and a stop to the recent war breakout, by the many who have chosen to wear them for this peace action, an important action against yet another war to destroy thousands of innocent citizens, their families, their homes and their countries.

This is why over 4000 Flickrites decided to unite their actions this last week in a group called MUNDO UNO

…and the group is constantly growing as one of the fastest and most
meaningful on Flickr.

* MUNDO UNO means ONE WORLD.
* MUNDO UNO is a call for peace.
* MUNDO UNO is a virtual protest against the madness of the war.
* MUNDO UNO is a way to say: stop the killing of civilians in both sides.

Shall we be ONE, one world, one face, one people to change this?

I hope and believe so and that is why I am asking you, my Flickr friends and contacts and anyone else visiting this Blog, to be part of this important action for World Peace.

Please join us today and take part in the group's CEASEFIRE action in
support of Amnesty International's WORLD CEASEFIRE VIGIL.
More information about this can be found in the group's discussion
threads.

I thank you and I'm sure our group members thank you.
MUNDO UNO

Gregory J. Smith (CARF)
Social Entrepreneur and Founder
Children At Risk Foundation - CARF

Children Of Hope

2006-08-05T15:46:00.000-03:00

Children Of Hope (30), originally uploaded by Parc Cruz.

Photo taken last July 30, 2006 at Baseco Compound in Manila. This is a settlement near the pier (Manila Bay). The place covers around 300 hectares. Many families here make a living from their surroundings, by clearing the bay area of plastic and other waste.

Photo by Parc Cruz Manila, Philippines.

On the earth - beneath

2006-03-17T22:27:00.000-03:00

on the earth - beneath, originally uploaded by Maningi.

Captured this face on the funeral of one of my best friends. It started to rain and the boy pulled his raincoat over his head.

Photo by Alexander Pecnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

M A D R A S A. Bidar

2006-03-16T00:02:00.000-03:00

M A D R A S A. Bidar, originally uploaded by Claude Renault.

This image was shot inside the Madrasa in Bidar..
Young girls a bit worried by my presence..

Photo by Claude Renault, Reykjavik - ICELAND.

Dominican Child

2006-03-15T21:42:00.000-03:00

Dominican Child, originally uploaded by EssPea | Photography.

Taken on my recent trip to the Dominican Republic

Photo by Shane Porter

Mask

2006-03-14T07:29:00.000-03:00

mask, originally uploaded by marcinbab.

Stung Meanchey is an industrial neighborhood on the southwestern outskirts of Phnom PenhEvery day at the Stung Meanchey garbage dump several hundred people scavenge through Phnom Penh's daily refuse. Most are looking for recyclable materials which they turn in at small local recycling businesses earning themselves an average daily income of about 2000 Cambodian riels (US 50 cents). Most of the people working at Stung Meanchey are teenagers, though I have met children as young as 7 and adults well into their 40s

Photo by Marcinbab

Gisimba Memorial Center

2006-03-13T00:55:00.000-03:00

Gisimba Memorial Center, originally uploaded by camera_rwanda.

He emulates one of so many soldiers he's seen.

Gisimba Memorial Center.
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
June, 2005.

The text below is from Orphans Of Rwanda

"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

For statistics on Rwanda.

More statistics

Photo by Kresta King Cutcher, USA.

Peru

2006-02-23T22:18:00.000-03:00

, originally uploaded by jto_.

Photo by James, New York - USA.

Eyes

2006-02-22T23:14:00.000-03:00

Eyes, originally uploaded by Carutapera | Pixel Alibi.

Photo by Luca Prasso, USA.

Kid

2006-02-21T01:07:00.000-03:00

kid, originally uploaded by ko-knia.

Photo by Ko-knia, CANADA.

Brother and Sister

2006-02-20T20:34:00.000-03:00

Brother and Sister, originally uploaded by wiseacredesign.

Photo by Paul Armstrong, Cincinnati - USA.

Yellow green blue jazz

2006-02-19T23:42:00.000-03:00

yellow green blue jazz, originally uploaded by blacqbook.

Photo by Blacqbook, Toronto - CANADA.

Can I ?

2006-02-18T00:04:00.000-02:00

Can I?, originally uploaded by carf.

Is it possible to change my reality?

Claudiney is one among 15.000 lost children still roaming the streets of São Paulo.
He is also one of the children attended by our Street Migration Prevention & Rescue Programme

Photo by Gregory J. Smith - CARF, São Paulo - BRAZIL.

Never

2006-02-17T07:27:00.000-02:00

Never, originally uploaded by Shavar.

Photo by Shavar Ross, Los Angeles - USA.

H'mong School Kids

2006-02-16T00:11:00.000-02:00

H'mong School Kids, originally uploaded by fotobot.

Photo by Ty Roblin, CANADA.

Visit <"http://www.fotobot.blogspot.com" target="_blog">www.fotobot.blogspot.com

His baby sister..

2006-02-15T23:46:00.000-02:00

his baby sister.., originally uploaded by Evren Sahin.

This Dalit kid gave me a very natural pose without asking..
He was so fond of his baby sister..

Moti Bagh / New Delhi

Taken with a Nikon D2X 17-55mm

Photo by Evren Sahin, New Delhi - INDIA.

Boy Blue

2006-02-14T22:35:00.000-02:00

boy blue, originally uploaded by sesame ellis.

Not on purpose, but kinda the same colors as the LA sky today.

Photo by Rachel, Los Angeles - USA.

Laos Smile

2006-02-13T23:54:00.000-02:00

Laos Smile, originally uploaded by sheilaz413.

Picture of a little girl I took in a village in Laos, located right off the banks of the Mekong river. This picture turned out to be one of my favorites from my time spent in Southeast Asia.

Photo by Sheila, Beijing - CHINA.

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Katya Reflecting

2006-02-12T23:25:00.000-02:00

Katya Reflecting, originally uploaded by HopeHubris.

Photo by HopeHubris

Visit: www.ehubris.com

Kristi

2006-02-11T23:39:00.000-02:00

Kristi, originally uploaded by jaroslavd.

Photo by Jerry Dohnal, Sydney - AUSTRALIA.

Angry

2006-02-10T21:51:00.000-02:00

Angry, originally uploaded by Sachin Bharadwaj.

This kid belongs to MIAO minority community who dwell at Longdao village near Fenghuang town in Hunan province, central China.

Wonder what he was angry at!!!

Photo by Sachin Bharadwaj, Shanghai - CHINA.

Happy Time

2006-02-09T23:52:00.000-02:00

Happy Time, originally uploaded by WayneMethod.

Photo by Wayne Method.

Visit my Blog: www.waynemethod.blogspot.com

Cool Dude in Leather Jacket

2006-02-08T00:02:00.000-02:00

Cool Dude in Leather Jacket, originally uploaded by Mr. Physics.

My son Eric; in quadtone. I told him I wanted to try some special lighting shots and use him for a model. He said he wanted to look really cool. This is what we came up with. For 10 years old, I think we succeeded. :)

Photo by Marc Soller, Rochester Hills - USA.

Stun

2006-02-07T23:48:00.000-02:00

stun, originally uploaded by Santosh Korthiwada.

Photo by Santosh Korthiwada, Hyderabad - INDIA.

Shy Boy on a Train

2006-02-06T01:22:00.000-02:00

Shy Boy on a Train, originally uploaded by TomMarkey.

Photo by Tom Markey, Tokyo - JAPAN.

Trabajo de hombre

2006-02-05T00:54:00.000-02:00

trabajo de hombre, originally uploaded by rafaelguillenfot.

Man's work.

Photo by Rafael Guillen, Barquisimeto - VENEZUELA.

www.platofotografico.com

Hidden Tears

2006-02-04T10:41:00.000-02:00

Hidden Tears, originally uploaded by Jim Johansson.

Photo by Jim Johansson, Eskilstuna - SWEDEN.

Flower Girl

2006-02-03T22:36:00.000-02:00

flower girl, originally uploaded by awfulsara.

Working on some special request filter stuff. Not really my thing, the very softened portraits, but people really seem to want them. I must admit, it's purty.

Photo by Sara Heinrichs, San Luis Obispo, California - USA.

Kalleda photoblog kids

2006-02-02T06:01:00.000-02:00

Kalleda photoblog kids, originally uploaded by gdstone.

The Kalleda Photo Project is a photoblog run by kids in Kalleda village, Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh, India. These are some of the photoblog kids.

Photo by GDStone

Untitled

2006-02-01T11:34:00.000-02:00

, originally uploaded by sesame ellis.

Photo by Rachel Devine, Los Angeles - USA.

Eid-Mubarak

2006-01-31T21:05:00.000-02:00

Eid-Mubarak, originally uploaded by Arindam Thokder.

Photo by Arindam Thokder,
Bangalore - INDIA.

In the tribal village......

2006-01-30T07:02:00.000-02:00

in the tribal village......, originally uploaded by Sanzen.

Photo by Sanzen, New Delhi INDIA.

Friends Forever

2006-01-29T06:56:00.000-02:00

Friends Forever, originally uploaded by Jennifer Esperanza.

My 8 year old son Gabriel & his 8 year old friend Chloe. They have been friends since they were little babies.

Photo by Jennifer Esperanza ©, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Oh boy!

2006-01-28T23:51:00.000-02:00

oh boy, originally uploaded by bies.

Photo by Bianca de Blok, The Netherlands.

Bungamati, Nepal

2006-01-27T09:34:00.000-02:00

Bungamati, originally uploaded by snapshots.

Photo by Naoko, Kyoto - JAPAN.

Hugo et Antoine se racontent une histoire

2006-01-26T22:43:00.000-02:00

Hugo et Antoine se racontent une histoire, originally uploaded by jalb.

Photo by Jean-Alain Le Borgne, Paris - FRANCE.

There are many who seek the stars

2006-01-25T20:41:00.000-02:00

There are many who seek the stars, originally uploaded by carf.

Will you help us to make a difference in 2006?

Please see my introduction about Vando.

Photo by Gregory J. Smith - CARF, São Paulo - BRAZIL.

B2

2006-01-24T07:36:00.000-02:00

B2, originally uploaded by leilanimarie.

Photo by Leilani Techaira.

Practice?

2006-01-23T06:34:00.000-02:00

Practice?, originally uploaded by *kishore.

Photo by Kishore Nagarigari, INDIA.

Chefchaouen, Morocco.

2006-01-22T06:15:00.000-02:00

A boy sits on the stairs in front of his home in Chefchaouen, Morocco., originally uploaded by ryan.devries.

A boy sits on the stairs in front of his home in Chefchaouen, Morocco.

Photo by Ryan Devries.

Matheus

2006-01-21T07:09:00.000-02:00

Matheus, originally uploaded by D.Candian.

Photo by Daniel Candian, Juiz de Fora - BRASIL.

Smiling pink (suggested title)

2006-01-20T06:05:00.000-02:00

DSC_0006, originally uploaded by jameswashing10.

Photo by James Washington, Los Angeles - USA.

My Friend from the Orphanage

2006-01-19T09:04:00.000-02:00

My Friend from the Orphanage, originally uploaded by Lucy in London.

During my visit to the Orphanage in Jinja, Uganda this little boy asked me to spend time with him. All he wanted was to have someone's attention and a big hug. He was lovely ... so gentle. It was heartbreaking to leave him there at the end of the day and know that all he wanted was to be part of a family again.

Photo by Lucy, London - UK.

Um por todos...

2006-01-18T23:45:00.000-02:00

Um por todos..., originally uploaded by Fred Casagrande.

Photo by Fred Casagrande, BRAZIL.

ABC

2006-01-17T22:58:00.000-02:00

ABC, originally uploaded by ° ° °.

Annapuna, Himalayas.
Nepal - 2001

Photo by Sam, Switzerland / Indonesia

Gaborone, Botswana - Africa

2006-01-16T11:02:00.000-02:00

IMG_0336, originally uploaded by emster214.

A suspicious face peers up at me after having his face painted when we visited the day care for the orphan children. Gaborone, Botswana. (Have you ever seen such an amazing reflection in such dark eyes?)

Photo by Emily Chastain.

...and put it in your pocket,

2006-01-15T07:59:00.000-02:00

...and put it in your pocket,, originally uploaded by carf.

...save it for a rainy day.

Photo by Gregory J. Smith - CARF, São Paulo - BRAZIL.

Kyrkogatan

2006-01-14T10:44:00.000-02:00

Kyrkogatan, originally uploaded by Visserligen.

Photo by Visserligen, Stockholm - SWEDEN. Sweden

Cargadora

2006-01-13T11:31:00.000-02:00

Cargadora, originally uploaded by Memo Vasquez.

Un alto honor recibió esta niña: fue elegida como Cargadora de la Virgen del Escapulario en la Iglesia de Santa María Tonantzintla, en Puebla.
Está a la espera del inicio de la ceremonia en la cual cargará la pesada imagen desde la entrada hasta el altar.

Photo by Memo Vasquez.

мальчик и птица

2006-01-12T05:20:00.000-02:00

мальчик и птица, originally uploaded by lena kashirskaya.

The boy said he found the crow on the ground barely alive a few days before and he decided to nurse it.
The bird was sitting in a box when i met them and didn't look like it's gonna survive. So miserable guy, it was shaking and not even trying to get out fom the box. But when the boy took it out it spread its wings, and though they didn't look well both their span and all the picture was impressive.
I love this photo very much, though I was almost crying whilst taking it..

Photo by Lena Kashirskaya, RUSSIA.

Passion Eyes

2006-01-11T07:17:00.000-02:00

Passion Eyes, originally uploaded by Shavar.

Photo by Shavar Ross, Los Angeles - USA.

A Lingaite school. Sri Sailam

2006-01-10T06:01:00.000-02:00

A Lingaite school. Sri Sailam, originally uploaded by Claude Renault.

Some students in a Lingaite school. This is shot inside the temple where they were studying.
This place is just so wonderful, not a single tourist in sight...

Photo by Claude Renault, Reykjavik - ICELAND.

Girl

2006-01-09T14:52:00.000-02:00

girl, originally uploaded by awfulsara.

She may look familiar to you. Don't think it possible to take a bad photograph of this amazingly lovely young one.

Photo by Sara Heinrichs, San Luis Obispo, California - USA.

Guta

2006-01-08T06:22:00.000-02:00

Guta., originally uploaded by .Marina.

Photo by Marina Sobral, Brasil.

Good times

2006-01-07T20:15:00.000-02:00

Good times, originally uploaded by Araleya.

Children just ran to the camera and post lively. They enjoy their posts and make new posting.
Photo taken in Kathmandu Durbar square

Photo by Araleya, Thailand.

Tears (suggested title)

2006-01-06T22:13:00.000-02:00

MG 4259, originally uploaded by arenalabs.

Photo by Sergio Recabarren, Santiago - CHILE.

Smiling Floater

2006-01-05T10:56:00.000-02:00

smiling floater, originally uploaded by phitar.

This little girl is mute, but one of the smartest I have ever met. She was moving around so fast in her tub, and understood everything.

This in on the Tonle Sap, a huge lake in the center of Cambodia. A world in itself, it actually provided for the Khmers incredible ability to build Angkor: a near infinite source of proteins.

On this lake, there are floating villages, that move as the lakes goes up and down. Kids get their own tub and use it as a boat to move around, paddling in front and using the turbulences created behind the motion to advance. Hard to describe and mesmerizing to watch. Also requires incredible balance.

Photo by Philippe Tarbouriech, Geneva - SWITZERLAND.

The boy and the downtown butterfly...

2006-01-04T14:17:00.000-02:00

The boy and the downtown butterfly in the almost emptyness of an afternoon on the first day of january, originally uploaded by Frederico Mendes.

The boy and the downtown butterfly in the almost emptyness of an afternoon on the first day of january.

O menino e a borboleta urbana na tarde quase vazia de um primeiro dia de janeiro.

Photo by Frederico Mendes,
Goiânia - BRASIL.

Welcome to visit my FOTOLOG

Perplexed

2006-01-03T10:26:00.000-02:00

perplexed, originally uploaded by Manish MIshra.

Photo by Manish Mishra, Mumbai - INDIA.

Generations....

2006-01-02T10:56:00.000-02:00

Generations...., originally uploaded by S u d a r s h a n.

Photo by Sudarshan, INDIA.

Boy on Dock

2006-01-01T21:26:00.000-02:00

Boy on Dock 2, originally uploaded by PaulVernon.

Photo by Paul Vernon, Northampton - USA.

Little blonde girl

2005-12-31T00:19:00.000-02:00

Little blonde girl, originally uploaded by Nahda.

Photo by

Kids...

2005-12-30T23:58:00.000-02:00

kids.., originally uploaded by Evren Sahin.

Kids are just all over in Dalit quarter..

Moti bagh / New Delhi

Nikon D70 18/70 mm.

Photo by Evren Sahin, New Delhi - INDIA.

Venise

2005-12-29T01:02:00.000-02:00

Venise, originally uploaded by Vu Bui.

Venise, the adorable model and daughter of Bonny, in Malibu.

Photo by Vu BuiOrange County, CA, USA

rock star

2005-12-28T03:16:00.000-02:00

rock star, originally uploaded by paigewatkins.

I love taking pictures of my kids, they are three of the most beautiful things on this earth. I have just recently started taking pictures and have found I really enjoy it. I love sharing photos with others that enjoy it and love looking at other photographers work in hopes that I too could be that gifted.

Paige Watkins, Topeka.

Tuned to a smile

2005-12-27T01:11:00.000-02:00

tuned to a smile, originally uploaded by Sam Lamb.

I went to Mexico today and had a lovely time as always:)
I asked this little man to teach me to play..., but I was horrible:(
But he pointed at my camera and I snapped a couple of shots...
This is what came out:)

Photo by Samantha Lamb, Oklahoma city, Oklahoma - USA.

Josefina

2005-12-26T22:04:00.000-02:00

Josefina, originally uploaded by carlosluis.

My aunt Nancy was playing around with Josefina's hair using some ribbon from one of our christmas presents.

Photo by Carlos Luis, USA.

a m e r i c a n c h r i s t m a s X. . .I

2005-12-25T10:19:00.000-02:00

a m e r i c a n c h r i s t m a s X. . .I, originally uploaded by dR. . ..

Photo by dR...

A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees
Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees
African / Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
Albanian: Gezur Krislinjden
Arabic: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Argentine: Feliz Navidad
Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri-Azerbaijan: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal
Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha
Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
Chile: Feliz Navidad
Chinese (Cantonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Chinese (Mandarin): Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Chinese (Catonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Corsian: Pace e salute
Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian: Sretan Bozic
Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish: Glædelig Jul
Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
Dutch (Netherlands): Prettig Kerstfeest
Eskimo: (Inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
French: Joyeux Noel
Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Galician: Bo Nada
Gaelic (Irish): Nolag mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fe Mhaise
Gaelic (Scots): Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
German: Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lausitzian: Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
Maltese: LL Milied Lt-tajjeb
Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori: Meri Kirihimete
Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
Navajo: Merry Keshmish
Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
Papiamento: Bon Pasco
Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!
Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese: Feliz Natal
Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
Romanche (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
Romanian (in Moldova Republic): La Anul si La Multi Ani
Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele
Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
Serbian: Hristos se rodi
Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Serbian: Hristos se rodi.
Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slavey (a Dene Language from the Northwest Territories in Canada): Teyatie Gonezu
Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
Spanish: Feliz Navidad
Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Trukeese (Micronesian): Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic
Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

Face

2005-12-24T10:12:00.000-02:00

face, originally uploaded by Karthik T.

"No money for milk", he said...
amidst his sadness, started laughing when i took out my camera.

Photo by Karthik Thyagarajan, Chennai - INDIA.

8th Street revisited

2005-12-23T22:25:00.000-02:00

8th Street revisited, originally uploaded by Box of Light.

S'more neighbors of mine when I lived in Allentown, PA this summer for internship number 1

I excitedly accepted the internship and found an apartment in a rowhouse before I'd even been to Allentown... let alone Pennsylvania. When i told people at work that i lived downtown, they gasped. one by one.
Living downtown wasn't bad, non-downtowners (mostly white) were just caught up with the their newspaper headlines of mounting murders in that area and the recent influx of Puerto Rican immigrants.
It pained me to have outsiders look down on the downtown neighborhoods and I became defensive. They were just missing out on the spice of it.

Photo by Kendrick Brinson, Baltimore - USA.

Boy-in-Train

2005-12-22T22:06:00.000-02:00

Boy-in-Train, originally uploaded by Arindam Thokder.

Photo by Arindam Thokder, Bangalore - INDIA.

May this moment last forever too!

2005-12-21T22:28:00.000-02:00

May this moment last forever too!, originally uploaded by carf.

If we could all simply hug each other just a little more, what a warmer place this Earth would be...

If we could all simply share just a little more with each other, what a fantastic life we would all be living...

If we could all simply love one another just a little more than we do, what a friendly place this planet would be...

If we could all simply care just a little more about each other, what a wonderful world this would be...

If...? If...? If...? If...?

Why so many if’s, when all we need to do is act like it was Christmas; every minute of each hour, every hour of each day, every day of each week, every week of each year, and every single year of our lives.

Born today and gone tomorrow, we don’t have time to waste!

We need to hug each other more, feel more love from each other, care more about each other, and share a little more of our abundance with those less fortunate.

Make your Christmas spirit last forever; embrace this wonderful Christmas present brought to you by our dear friend and supporter, Marília (Mylens)

I thank all friends and colleagues on Flickr who have contributed, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you so much for sharing your Christmas with our children, may this moment last forever!

Photo by Gregory J. Smith, São Paulo, BRAZIL.

Dandelions

2005-12-20T20:57:00.000-02:00

dandelions, originally uploaded by ko-knia.

Photo by Ko-Knia, CANADA.

Flying

2005-12-19T22:58:00.000-02:00

Flying, originally uploaded by carlosluis.

Flying through the grocery store.

Photo by Carlos Luis, USA.

Rainbow H'mong Girl

2005-12-18T00:51:00.000-02:00

Rainbow H'mong Girl, originally uploaded by fotobot.

Photo by Ty Roblin, CANADA.

Visit my Blog. Thanks!

Moments

2005-12-17T00:57:00.000-02:00

moments, originally uploaded by Agron.

Photo by Agron Dragaj, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Welcoem to visit my Blog

Timidez - Shyness

2005-12-16T00:20:00.000-02:00

timidez, originally uploaded by trepasitos.

Photo by Mario Delgado,

We use Sunsilk.... and you . copy

2005-12-16T00:05:00.000-02:00

We use Sunsilk.... and you . copy, originally uploaded by Milapsinh Jadeja.

Just got up from a good night sleep... still in the bed..

Photo by Milapsinh Jadeja, Ahmedabad - INDIA

BRASIL

2005-12-15T03:22:00.000-02:00

brasil, originally uploaded by ccarriconde.

Brazilian Indigenous taken in Paraty.

Photo by Cristina Carriconde, Rio de Janeiro - BRAZIL