Monthly Archives: August 2009

Tanzania Thirst Relief Team

It was such a blessing to work alongside such a talented, solid group of photographers. Before going on this trip I only knew two of the people on the team. I tell you what, you put 15+ crazy outgoing people in Africa together for ten days, and you’re bound to get comfortable very quickly. I’m...

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Cute Tanzanian Orphans

Posted by Melissa Jill

Get ready for some super-cuteness in this post. There’s a lot of it!
Our team was able to visit a second orphanage in Tanzania. This one was in a very poor village and there were a lot more kids there. I guess a lot of the orphans in Tanzania actually...

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tanzania : on film

posted by Ben Harrison
yes … you read that right … I shot about 18 rolls of 120/220 film when I was in Tanzania. I shot them with my Mamiya 645 medium format camera, which I am falling in LOVE with! Some of you may be wondering why I would shoot film in Africa...

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Delivering Life-Saving Water Filters

Posted by Melissa Jill

Besides being able to work at the workshop where Thirst Relief bio-sand filters are made, we also had the chance to be a part of the delivery of a filter to a Tanzanian home. I really enjoyed this because it gave us the opportunity to see the inside of a Tanzanian...

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Tanzania Culture Shock

As I’ve started looking back at some of my images from this trip, I just couldn’t get over the vast difference between the two places we were when we started our trip. As you may have read earlier, we had a layover in Dubai, and then flew into Tanzania. I thought it would...

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