- deep eyes it tells a story - BrazilLover21
Half a million views today...
...and yet very few of those eyes were directed at the real live children still struggling to survive alone on the streets of the big cities all over the world.
How many more generations of street children are to tolerate our indifference...?
In Brazil, there are still very few people who believe in the recuperation of street children. If they did, they would be doing everything in their power to change all this and would simply not accept the fact that their wealthy country still allows more than half a million of its children to sleep out on the streets alone and abandoned, open to all kinds of violence, drugs and abuse -- not forgetting the millions more, who spend most of their time on the streets or as child labourers and drug traffickers, fighting for the survival of their poverty stricken families, whilst corrupt politicians continue to help themselves from the funds designated to public services.
Street children in a country like Brazil are a clear reflection of the people’s ignorance of their own future as a responsible nation.
While governments steal and squander untold millions on failing political projects, NGO’s struggle to keep their successful and ethical programmes alive. Where are the priorities...? Where are the people...? For how much longer...?
At CARF, we believe in the impossible. We believe that there are future productive citizens in every street child and lucky for us, our many existing supporters also believe in our capability to implement positive social change. Hopefully some of those 500.000 views will bring new supporters of our actions.
2007 will be an important year for our organization, where youth who have grown up in the programme will take on more responsibilities. If our plans succeed and thanks to a significant Norwegian funder, the birth of our first independent, youth-run community nucleus will become a reality. Our needs will be many......
This video presentation from our kid’s Norway Tour in 2006 and made by them, serves as a reflection of just how far some of our former street kids have reached during our 14 years of hard labour for positive social change.
The World is full of Changemakers and we would like you to become one
of them.
If they can do it, then everyone can!
Please make Everyone a Changemaker your New Year’s resolution!
NB! Thanks to Parc Cruz for this post-processing.
It is in deepest regret and sadness that I inform you of Roney's cold-blooded murder on the early morning hours of January 15th. May he find peace wherever his journey has taken him.......
IMPORTANT NOTE:
On June 27th. we also lost our beloved Claudiney.
Comments and faves
custardmonkeys, Victoriano, daseinpaul, © dina marie, and 515 other people added this photo to their favorites.
carf (66 months ago | reply)
custardmonkeys (66 months ago | reply)
very powerful portrait and message
QueenBee77 (66 months ago | reply)
What a shame! My gosh....great work that you do.
daystar297 (66 months ago | reply)
haunting and beautiful face . . . thanks . . .
* Ahmad Kavousian * (66 months ago | reply)
Great work, I enjoyed the video.
Mackeson (66 months ago | reply)
Great portrait!
Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak (66 months ago | reply)
this quality...what camera is that?
elee1147 (66 months ago | reply)
another powerful hypnotic image.....
thank you for the work that you do.
Dick Verton (66 months ago | reply)
Congrats with you half a million views!
George Sampaio (66 months ago | reply)
Mais uma pérola, parabéns pelo lindo retrato!
Solitaire Miles (66 months ago | reply)
Happy New Year!
mykl mabalay (66 months ago | reply)
one of my first faves for 2007!
wonderful!
Parc Cruz (66 months ago | reply)
Wonderful ideas Carf! Hope you have a blessed 2007!
PARC
jot.de (66 months ago | reply)
fantastic portrait!
DWinton (66 months ago | reply)
happy new year!
lia costa carvalho© (66 months ago | reply)
Wonderful!!!!
Keli Jean (66 months ago | reply)
I hope this continues to open everyones eyes. A Powerful image like this cannot and should not go unnoticed. Are there other places that you could exhibit this to gain more exposure?
PEEJ0E (66 months ago | reply)
Stunning!
Leeanne munn (66 months ago | reply)
fabulous, tremendous, you are one of my favourite portrait photographers.
dblues (66 months ago | reply)
Wonderful photograph!
Levistrauss (66 months ago | reply)
Your fantastic color picture is my winner!
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Yorick... (66 months ago | reply)
From the other side of the world
giullong (66 months ago | reply)
Harald Mieling (66 months ago | reply)
excellent portrait!
wise wolf (raul.r.goncalves) (66 months ago | reply)
this had to be a Fav.. a super portrait..lovely.. and a very good message
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nsbkaizen (66 months ago | reply)
This portrait is superb - worth at least a thousand words. I took a look through your photostream - fantastic and inspiring work.
Tous les noms sont déjà pris... pfff... (66 months ago | reply)
Fantastic portrait.
Strong strong strong !
_sarchi (66 months ago | reply)
I want to teach..
stoneth (66 months ago | reply)
excellent
Emilique (66 months ago | reply)
Stunning!!
Darien Chin (66 months ago | reply)
Powerful.
pixinalasidra (65 months ago | reply)
I have to say this is a fantastic portrait, one of those that leads you to think and to imagine...
And in this respect, I think it perfectly suits that awakening of the consciences that you call for vis a vis street children. At least you have done with mine today...
pASTELgIRL (65 months ago | reply)
Belo retrato e belo trabalho! :)
Brandon Proctor's (65 months ago | reply)
well done.
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jeridaking (65 months ago | reply)
This is an extraordinary piece of artistry.
Love the pose..with his hand on his neck....
Awesome shot...
Very nice of you to bring pictures of these children to the world.
thommygun (65 months ago | reply)
this is what photografy is all about!
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fantastic face,great emotion, total overall
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Really an amazing portrait!!!
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Jim Skea (64 months ago | reply)
Terrific portrait because it's so true to life.
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Wstreet (64 months ago | reply)
power of the camera, respect
Tman2396 (63 months ago | reply)
Another excellent capture!
JHutch (63 months ago | reply)
Amazing portrait!
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Brilliant, gripping, compassionate portrayal of human resilience.
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Luiz Fonseca (62 months ago | reply)
Extreme expression!
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absolutely remarkable shot...so very powerful. i hope that your gifts with photography will be returned to you and the kids you work with one hundred times over. amazing work.
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