Jason Florio & Helen Jones-Florio

RISC Benefit Photo Auction – 1 day left to bid!

Aperture Gallery – 547 West 27th Street, #4, New York December 3, 2014 – 6:30 PM One day left to get your bids in! Jason was very fortunate to be chosen to take part in the inaugural RISC (Reporters Instructed in Saving Colleagues) training course in New York, in 2012, and therefore honored to haveContinue reading “RISC Benefit Photo Auction – 1 day left to bid!”

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The hunter turned conservationist – protecting sea turtles in The Gambia, West Africa

Over the weekend, we made our way down to Kartong – the last village before the border of the Casamance – Southern Senegal, to stay with old friends, Maurice and Geri, at their eco lodge, Sandele. The main purpose of our visit was to interview LJ – an ex- local bush meat hunter, whoContinue reading “The hunter turned conservationist – protecting sea turtles in The Gambia, West Africa”

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Crowdfunding – a very personalized way to say ‘thank you’ to your sponsors and donors

Early in January 2013, we completed our ‘River Gambia Expedition – 1044km source-sea Africa odyssey‘, after covering three West African countries, from the source of the river in the Fouta Djallon Highlands of Guinea, on into Senegal, finally reaching our journeys end where the River Gambia flows into the Atlantic Ocean in The Republic ofContinue reading “Crowdfunding – a very personalized way to say ‘thank you’ to your sponsors and donors”

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Gambia is Good (GIG)! locally grown vegetables…and fresh coffee (incoming!)

We stopped by the Gambia is Good grocery store and café yesterday, to admire their new signage, and to say ‘esama‘ (good morning) to the staff. On entering the store, we were very pleasantly surprised to see one of Florio’s images from an assignment we worked on for NGO, Concern Universal, here in TheContinue reading “Gambia is Good (GIG)! locally grown vegetables…and fresh coffee (incoming!)”