On Friday night I was invited to the opening of the Africa Awakes photography exhibition in Poole. Africa Awakens is a series of exhibitions that started in August 2008 by Italian photographer Manuel Scrima. It is supporting the work of two non-government organisations (NGO's): ICROSS - International community for the relief of starvation and suffering, and NWI - New world international. I was very impressed with Manuel's photography and got to talk to him for a while about what I've been trying to do in East Africa. I nearly cried at one point when I recognised some of the children in a photograph of Nakuru, where I spent 2 months last summer. Hopefully I will be meeting up with him or some of his team next summer in Kenya. There might even be room for me in their car for a trip to Turkana! It was so refreshing to meet someone who is successfully managing to do exactly what I want to do. He can't do it as a full time job, because it doesn't pay the bills, but he is saving peoples lives through photography. If you would like to read more about ICROSS or NWI or make a donation, you can check out their websites http://www.icrossinternational.org/ http://www.nwikeny.com/ or the Africa Awakes website http://www.africa-awakes.com/.
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