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Off to work we go – photos for NGO, Concern Universal, #ebolafree Gambia, West Africa
We’re looking forward to working with one of our favorite NGO’s, Concern Universal, again. Today, we’ll be shooting in Gunjur, Kartong and surrounding areas.
Please do check out CU’s current campaign: ‘Ebola – Urgent Appeal‘
We’ll share new images from today’s photo assignment later!
Thank you!
The Florios – Jason & Helen
Related Links:‘ Hello, my name is Alieu’ Tippy Tap Hygiene in The Gambia, CU
Group photo shoot with Jason Florio, Kartong #ebolafree Gambia, West Africa
We traveled down to Kartong again this past weekend not only to work more on our sea turtle conservation story, but also to help out two of our best friends in The Gambia, Geri and Maurice – who run a truly peaceful eco lodge, ‘Sandele‘, in Kartong – on a campaign to raise awareness of how the ebola crisis in three other West African countries is adversely effecting tourism, and the socioeconomic balance, in #ebolafree Gambia.
I met this wonderfully inspiring, indefatigable couple in 1998 on one of my first trips down here, when they were then running a small hotel called Safari Garden. The forthcoming campaign involves the 32 full time staff employed by Sandele, and the numerous family members their wages help to support.
Later in the day, we hung out again with ex-hunter turned sea turtle conservationist, LJ, as he took us to meet a couple of local guys, who continue to hunt, to enable us to get a fully balanced picture of our ongoing turtle conservation story.
We’ll be posting more about both stories very soon, so please bear with us.
Thanks, as ever, for stopping by.
The Florios – Helen & Jason
Related posts: The Hunter Turned Sea Turtle Conservationist
“Hello, my name is Alieu” – the Tippy Tap is in The (#ebolafree) Gambia, West Africa
It’s great to see Jason’s images from our ‘Tippy Tap‘ assignment – we did a few months back here in The Gambia – for NGO, Concern Universal, up on their new website. For such a simple, affordable, invention the rewards of using the Tippy Tap are tenfold for the people we met… such as Wuday and Alieu.
