Sharliz Adhiambo, mother Caroline and brother Fidel [This is the third in a four part series from my time in Nairobi Kenya, photographing for Orphan Outreach in the Mathare slums.] From my interview with Patmos student Sharliz Adhiambo and her mother Caroline. Mother Caroline Atieno What does it...
[This is the third in a four part series from my time in Nairobi Kenya, photographing for Orphan Outreach in the Mathare slums.] From my interview with Milka Adhiambo and her daughter (and Patmos student), Latifa Achieng What does it mean for your child to attend Patmos...
A classroom at Patmos School [This is the second of four posts from my time in Nairobi Kenya, photographing for Orphan Outreach in the Mathare slums of Nairobi Kenya] Yesterday I introduced you to the Mathare slums where over 600,000 people live in extreme poverty. Today...
Mathare Slums Can you imagine for a moment living in one of the largest slums in Africa? Can you imagine if you were a single mom with no resources to educate your children and provide them with a life that is any less painful than your own? Most...
With Barista Wycliffe During my time in Nairobi Kenya last October I was fortunate to find Connect Coffee and get to know barista Wycliffe. My discovery of Connect Coffee came right after a nasty fall on a boda boda (motorcycle) and several other incidences that I would...
One year ago next month I had the privilege of meeting Sarah in Kenya and photographing her for Orphan Outreach. I remember Sarah for her smile that always invited others into her happiness. Sarah was loved by her friends, you could see it on their faces...
After days of hard work in Kenya with the staff of Joy Divine, we decided to have a little fun climbing Mount Longonot. Not only did we summit this amazing crater but we hiked around the spine before descending from it’s peak of almost 10,000’....
I struggle at how to photographically tell this story. Most of my photographs depict the after, not so much the before. Capturing Grace, I call it, telling stories with photographs and words of those who are the recipients of Gods grace, love and mercy. Bear with...
Even before my departure for Kenya, the stories had become familiar. Children surviving in the slums without parents, six and seven year olds joining groups of children with similar fates in an effort to survive. In time they learned to sniff glue and jet fuel,...
The smiles and laughter I experienced upon arriving to Madeline School gave no clue to what these children have survived. Here in the remote African countryside, these precious children all have one thing in common, their lives have been hard, really hard. The road these children...
