Another taster of some of the remarkable work by MOAS‘ Phoenix crew (and various documentarians – through video and photography – including Jason Florio) – rescuing people in distress, from the Mediterranean Sea, as they endeavour to make the treacherous crossing, from Libya to Italy, on seriously overloaded fishing boats and dinghy’s, Related links: Youtube: Night Rescue of boat migrants fromContinue reading “Youtube: MOAS – Migrant Offshore Aid Station – remarkable rescue work in the Mediterranean Sea”
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Youtube: Forest Festival, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa
Late last year, Jason Florio and I traveled the short distance, south, across the border from our home in The Gambia, into the Casamance region of Senegal, West Africa – on assignment for a local NGO, Concern Universal; who we had worked with on previous projects. The purpose of the assignment was to document a celebratory ‘Festival des Forêt‘,Continue reading “Youtube: Forest Festival, Casamance, Senegal, West Africa”
Battleface: Meet the Storyteller – Jason Florio
Battleface: Describe your most rewarding career moment. Jason Florio: ‘Completing the first recorded source-sea navigation of the River Gambia, documenting life along one of Africa’s the last, major, free-flowing rivers – a 1044km expedition, by canoe and motorcycle, with my wife and expedition partner, Helen (Jones-Florio).‘ How do you protect yourself? How do youContinue reading “Battleface: Meet the Storyteller – Jason Florio”
‘150,000 Cross Med.’ in 2015 – Migrant Report
‘Some 150,000 migrants are believed to have reached Europe by sea to date so far in 2015, with virtually all of them landing in Italy (74,947) or Greece (75,970), according to the International Organisation for Migration.. .’ read more on Migrant Report, by Mark Micallif
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