http://www.kids-with-cameras.org

This org was set up by Zana Briski to help kids like the ones in Calcutta, athough the senario is different the situation is the same.

from this website, i found out that most of the kids from her class are all now in school and doing very well and thier future will forever changed from thier own hard work.

My fav kid avijit is now in the us...speaking perfect american english...:D.

And to my suprise, this org did some work with the garbage kids in Cairo....cairo is massive garbage bin and pll are living withing this garbage..its their life, they are a community known as "Zaballen" or "garbage collector". They too have kids are certain that thier future are being a zabellen...and this was noticed by the org.

Im sorry that i missed this..it was done over the summer. I wished i had known.

I wish all of them well...God BLess.

http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/aboutthekids/
http://www.kids-with-cameras.org/cairo/

Born into Brothels

Since my back has been killing me the gym is out of the question...(i don't know where these back ache comes from...had it for 3 days now..:( going to have it checked out on Saturday )i have been at home...yes updating my blog, watching greys anatomy, finished up season 4 nip tuck ( the docs are moving to LA ...woohoo...i bet u it will be more screwed) and of coz lazing in front of the telly...iw as flipping channels and i came across this movie...1st of all the title was pretty interesting...born into brothels.
The title may sound R-rated, but this movie made me giggle,laugh and cry all together.

This movie its nothing of a R-rated movie, its a movies about how these kids from Calcutta India go about their daily lives in red light district.Most of them are the child from prostitution's...either their mum is working the line..or their grandma is working...almost all hey female family members has been in the line one time in their life. Its almost cynical..these kids..are aware of whats going on they know that the guys will come to their house a.k.a the liquor house and get drunk..then get a woman and give her some money to spend time with him..

Its great to see that these kids are soo positive about like yet they know what their future is going to like, they are soo mature yet soo innocent in their tiny little world and its great what Zana Briski aka Zana Auntie( the film maker and what the kids calls her) did by teaching them photography was an excellent idea..u see their live thru the lenses and the photos they take...some neither me or anyone else can capture with out d80 or d200 their photos are genuine and sincere.I must say its very noble what she did.

This movie is seen thru their eyes...every kid is special in their own way but every single oe of them are talented!..my fav kid is Avijit.

I just hope these kids make it thru life...and not follow the path of their parents.

Again, it makes us realise how lucky we are and for fortunate our kids are...

This movies is highly recommended....im looking if theres anymore stories of these kids...it will be interesting to know whats going with them now..


:D

ello..elllo...ellllo....back in Cairo again...

as much as i dread leaving KL and coming back to Cairo, i must say im happy to be at home again...i actually do miss the house..not cairo excuse me! although i wish that we stayed n KL longer 3 weeks just flew like a wind...i managed to see everyone i wanted to see...ate everything i wanted to eat..bought what i wanted to buy maybe bought alittle too much (we were 15Kg overweight at the airport!!!) but still wasnt enuff...but i guess it will never be enuff if u balik kampung!.Most of all im glad that everything went well and now we miss everyone again..uhuk..uhuk...

the 1st couple of days back here..bubbles kept asking for aatok...aatok...i guess she is too little to understand that she just been on a 10 hours flght to be with them and now she is back at home...:D. She progressed alot back home...her vocab is great now..she has learn alot of new words...and of course picked u new habits too :D.

managed to go to penang for 4 days before we left and it was great!!.the hotel was lovely...thanks lis for recommending and the weather was just perfect..lucky we didnt liste to the jabatan kajicuaca malaysia..kekekkeke....we didnt do much sideseeing but we did do the penang hills..the tropical spice garden,the kandar rampage and the rest was just spend at the hotel..relaxing! i think safeia enjoyed it the most! she even when on the horse riding!

http://www.lonepinehotel.com/lph/index.htm