An interview with photographer, Jason Florio, for NGO Concern Universal

Jason had some great questions from Concern Universal guest blogger, Morgan Meeker, including: ‘You’ve documented the collapse of the World Trade Center – how do you make sense of it scenes like that?‘ Read Jason’s answers to all the questions on the CU site Profile image of Jason Florio © Helen Jones-Florio  

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The Gambia, West Africa – paying the price for being Ebola free

  ‘Gambians, and local businesses, are hurting… and it’s not going to get better any time soon. Which is why I keep spouting on, annoyingly so perhaps, about Ebola-free Gambia! The beaches are deserted, the juice bars are abandoned, hotels and lodges are no where near the to capacity they should be by now (andContinue reading “The Gambia, West Africa – paying the price for being Ebola free”

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Photo of the Day: Women of Community-led Total Sanitation, Nigeria

  ‘In Nigeria, Concern Universal‘s approach to improving rural sanitation and hygiene has led to the emergence of inspiring women leaders. Our approach, known as Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS), creates an environment where entire communities are mobilized to end open defecation, and in the process, opens the door for women to become powerful agents ofContinue reading “Photo of the Day: Women of Community-led Total Sanitation, Nigeria”

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Wish you were here – postcards from the edges of another place and time

  I once read an interesting travel article by a writer, Guy Trebay, about how he still sends postcards from wherever his travels take him to. I say ‘still’ because it does seem, at least for the vast majority of people I know, as if the action of putting pen to paper (or card) andContinue reading “Wish you were here – postcards from the edges of another place and time”

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