Global Compassion | photos, video, and stories from around the world » nicaragua http://www.globalcompassion.com See the World! People, life and culture in picture, video, and written stories Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:09:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 La Chureca, people and the life at the dump in Managua, Nicaragua http://www.globalcompassion.com/2008/07/07/samantha-oulavong/ http://www.globalcompassion.com/2008/07/07/samantha-oulavong/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:35:52 +0000 Andrew Gray http://www.globalcompassion.com/?p=230 Photograph by Samantha Oulavong Photograph by Samantha Oulavong Photograph by Samantha Oulavong Photograph by Samantha Oulavong Photograph by Samantha Oulavong Photograph by Samantha Oulavong Photograph by Samantha Oulavong Photograph by Samantha Oulavong Photograph by Samantha Oulavong

La Chureca is the landfill outside Managua, Nicaragua.

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Photographed by Samantha Oulavong during a LOVE workshop in Nicaragua

LOVE’s Website: www.lensofvisionexpression.org
LOVE on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/love-love

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LOVE stands for “Lens Of Vision & Expression.” LOVE is a fledgling non-profit created by Samantha Oulavong to provide digital photography workshops for non-profit organizations working with marginalized children. All of these photos were taken by her students, whose lives revolve around La Chureca, the landfill outside of Managua, Nicaragua.

The children from LOVE’s workshop have documented their lives photographically and the issues surrounding them: their living conditions, environment, work situations, as well as their dreams for the future. LOVE is addressing these issues by empowering marginalized children to escape the cycle of poverty. Against this background of poverty, the children’s photographs illustrates the dignity and sensitivity of the community and of each other.

By allowing these children the freedom to use their creativity, it gives them a voice that otherwise goes unheard. Because the future of humanity is dependent on children, LOVE is committed to helping marginalized children to be witnesses to their world and to challenge those who have seen their stories unfold through their body of work to take actions.

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Photographed by various children who participated in a LOVE workshop in Cambodia

LOVE’s Website: www.lensofvisionexpression.org
LOVE on Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/love-love

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