Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:47 PM 3/31/00 -0500, you wrote: > But people >who live in the dump have a different outlook on work and life than those >who are just as poor yet live elsewhere. > >If it were me, I would try the program with a different group of >underprivileged people in Guatemala who truly have a sincere desire to learn >what you want to teach first before attempting it with those who live in the >dump who may not. > >Duane Duane - This may be true of the parents. Not the kids. I work with organizations that are helping children who live on the streets in Honduras and Guatemala. These children deserve a chance. Just because their parents have fallen on hard times - it's true sometimes through their own faults - that is no reason to give up on the children. If you read the information on the web site, the children are learning more than photography at the school. The photography gives them a reason to try to escape the dump. They do have a sincere desire to learn. In my experience working with street children, they know that education is the way out and they will do anything to stay in school until their situation is hopeless and then they turn to drugs and crime. I know children in Honduras who have been in seemingly hopeless situations, abandoned by their parents and living on the streets, who are attending the university in Tegucigalpa and doing well because of an organization called Project Alternatives. If they are not presented with alternatives, there is no way out of extreme poverty. They are not living in the dump by choice. Please read the information on the web site before you jump to conclusions. Tina (LUG - sorry for this off-topic subject, but it does relate to photography. Please delete if you are not interested.) Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com