My life living in the largest favela in Rio de Janeiro. I want to help educate people about the realities of life here. There is much misinformation about favelas and we who live here.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
The Camera Project
Above are fotos of Leandro opening his gift of a new Camera..and hopefull to his dream of being able to become the photo journalist.
Mission accomplished!!
Some of you read the entry where I wrote about some of the projects that I’m involved in here in Rocinha. At the end of that entry, I wrote about Leandro who had his camera stolen and how I made plans to buy him a new one. Well, Leandro had his birthday party at the Verandao, a dancehall half way up the hill here in Rocinha on Saturday October 16th. Dj Fernadinho spun the music and everyone had a great time. I took some fotos of Leandro receiving his new camera for his 28th birthday. When he saw what it was he was in shock and gave me a big hug!
I want to thank ALL OF YOU who went on tours with me the month of August, September and October as your money helped to buy Leandro a new camera and keep alive his dream of one day becoming a photo journalist.
Again, thank you sooooo much!!!