It was Valentine’s Day. Nastya was just a little girl, carefully preparing small cards for her classmates, each one filled with the kind of simple love only a child knows how to give. The kind that doesn’t ask questions. The kind that believes the world is...
She remembers the feeling of home — not the orphanage, not the institutions, but a brief time when she had a mother, a father, and a family. After being placed in the orphanage at age three, Yana’s life became a series of transitions without stability....
Nestled in the middle of Lalitpur, Nepal is a community center. Every day after school, students from the Godawari Slum come to receive homework help, free resources, and a home-cooked meal or snack. The after-school program has become a significant support for families like Bindu...
During mine and Dasha’s time in Latvia, searching for solutions to her being unable to return home to Ukraine due to the war, we had the opportunity to work with one of my favorite ministries, Dallas based Orphan Outreach. ...
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...
Photographing for Orphan Outreach in Latvia - Capturing Grace on a 21 day journey through Sweden, Latvia, Ukraine, Moldova, Prague and France. As I sat across from Dana and her precious Sofia, hearing her story, I had questions I could not answer. How do you give,...
Photographing for Orphan Outreach in Latvia - Capturing Grace on a 21 day journey through Sweden, Latvia, Ukraine, Moldova, Prague and France. Here in Liepāja, there is a bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel Alexander, the architect of the Eiffel tower. The Oskars Kalpaks Bridge allowed for...
