Take the plunge...!

Hummingbird holidays are over for this year.
Monday morning we take the plunge; rolled-up sleeves and lots of hard work ahead of us!

We look forward to a promising year of changemaking...

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Levan Kakabadze (tabu) says:

great!
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Lo M says:

Gorgeous!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Sam' place says:

Beautiful!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

SuperKarmen says:

Your photos are amazing.. :_)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Memo Vasquez says:

Maravillosa!!!!
Saludos, amigo!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

parade in the sky says:

oh wow, amazing.

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Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Emerald2810 says:

Wow, what a fantastic photo carf!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

jcfilizola says:

Wonderful picture... fantasyic feeling of mouvement... and we may see the children's faces smiling!!!!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

QueenBee77 says:

Beautiful Image!!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Maria K. says:

gorgeous!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

MoonGirlNYC says:

speechless
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

BigBlonde says:

What a great shot! Love the color!!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

www.ipernity.com/home/colso [deleted] says:

Gregory, as always... Have a good start at work tomorrow!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

polka2006 says:

it's amazing! you've managed to catch the boys is such a volatile pose! and the sun set, colors! wow
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

ba's on the slates says:

Woah, superb shot.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Casal Fotografia  says:

Wonderful!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Canuck with a camera says:

That is such a wonderful photo. They look so carefree.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Jennifer Esperanza {Mahita} says:

≈ this image is full of love and the power of pure beauty ≈
you are a good man my friend
Om Shanti, Jenny
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

More Altitude says:

Beautiful orange light, and lovely energetic silhouettes. Captures fun and a beautiful location.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

.tintin. says:

love this !!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

lakshmi.prabhala says:

Wonderful!!! love this absolutely!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Trank Grappa [deleted] says:

very nice photo to tell the message - yes, lot's of work ahead, always.
:-)
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Morela says:

great photo...
free as the fishes in the ocean...
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

carf says:

Thank you everyone for such inspiring comments!
Gives me even more energy to tackle the difficult job ahead...............
- Gregory
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Mylens* says:

What a delightful image.
Where did you find this sun??? Not here for sure:)))
Lets go back to work, then.
Abração.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

mseidman says:

Simply gorgeous.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

matkaantytto [deleted] says:

I still owe you the $$
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

matkaantytto [deleted] says:

When I was in northeast Brasil this past month (I got back home on Saturday) I helped out with the extreme poor and street kids with my friend and the group he works with or just on our way. You're absolutely right, these kids need to get off the streets more than anything else! Of course, I would never give them money b/c it would go to drugs. I met tons of Brazilians there in Recife who helped the huge number of street kids. Unfortunately, I also met other Brazilians that I did not exactly agree on and I would like to hear your opinions. I was walking around on an extremely hot day with a cool drink. This street boy came up looking VERY fatigued and reached for my drink so I gave it to him. A girl said that I should not do that. I talked to 2 other Brazilians who said what I did was fine. She said it attracts him to the streets, well the kid is already on the streets and I'm not going to drink cool water in front of a kid who looks severely dehydrated whether he's a Brazilian street kid or a wealthy kid. A child is a child. Also, she also said never to give them food and was mad at my friends Mateus and Joao b/c they bought these kids food who asked for it b/c their parents can buy. True, many street kids have parents and their parents make them go out to sell to get food (unless this is a misconception) but it was 1am, these kids weren't going home. I'd just like to know your opinion about the water bottle incident and the incident where I talked to 1 of the street kids and another girl said not to talk to them cuz they are trash kids. It's not the child's fault for being on the streets. I talked to the kid and got him to go to the church and sleep there instead of on the street corner. We'll talk later.

Have a good day : )
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

belgiumpsy says:

great photo! love the orange light and the careless and the joy of the children in this picture
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Eric Feathers says:

This is beautiful. Ocean waves make children of us all.
I lived in Bahia for more than 7 years and in response to matkaantytto, I would never deny water to anyone with thirst but in my experience (and in praise of Gregory's work) I have to paraphrase an old proverb: "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will never go hungry."
Many of Brazil's social problems stem from poverty and ignorance and it's hard to know where to begin to resolve them. All I could do was to teach a kid a simple skill, give him or her a simple chore and reward them for learning or helping. Building self-esteem is a start.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

carf says:

@Eric Feathers and Matkaantytoo,
....continuing along the lines of that well-known proverb Eric, we try as best we can at Hummingbird to teach our kids how to fish. It is the only way they will never need to go hungry.

Today was my first normal working day with all my staff back at Hummingbird, after their well-earned summer holidays. What better news am I brought than that from Célio, one of my youth scholarship holders, who helps teach our kids music and guitar. Célio has been supported with a so-called Youth Capacity Building Scholarship these last eighteen months (several Flickr members contribute on a monthly basis towards these scholarships as we have 23 such youth in our programme). Our aim is to create new capacities within our programme, youth agents of social change within their own communities.

Célio above, is one such agent and a good one at that.

With a near "broken heart" and very reserved feelings about his decision, Célio waited for hours today, just to exchange a few personal words with me and express his feelings. He told me of the difficult choice he had now taken to leave his position as a scholarship holder at Hummingbird due to other responsibilities he had taken on. Knowing that he comes from a particularly difficult family situation with many smaller brothers and sisters, I asked Célio why he had chosen to leave so suddenly. He then explained how during the holidays he had entered a major song contest arranged by a professional recording company here in São Paulo, competing against 36 other groups and had managed to win first place, where upon he had just signed a 3-year registered recording contract, which would pay him a guaranteed minimum monthly wage of approx. $800,00.
Now for an 18-year old kid from utmost poverty in Brazil, who comes from a family trying very hard to survive on the occasional odd jobs for his parents and a fraction of that amount to live on each month, Célio was of course overwhelmed by this opportunity. He had won the contest with the music he had recorded here at Hummingbird's own little studio and was reserved about his decision because he felt he was abandoning the organization that had lifted him from almost nothing and given him the capacity to realize his dreams. He really didn't want to leave all that behind because he loved what he was doing here.
Of course I was saddened to know that we will be losing a great kid who means a lot for other kids here at Hummingbird, but at the same time I shared this optimistic fisherman's hopes for a bigger catch.
I told him exactly what you just mentioned above Eric, that I was so happy to hear this wonderful news and to know that we had eventually managed to teach him how to go fishing.

Matkaantytoo,
How one acts towards street children on the streets requires the use of common sense. Here is a great story about just how difficult it is when we, the public, are faced with this tragic situation.

Thank you both for your in-depth comments! - Gregory
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

LindsayStark says:

i think we are mutual admirers of each others' work. i love your shots!! this one is lovely.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

matkaantytto [deleted] says:

i agree with the fishing, but saying "go forth my son and find a job to pay for your own water bottle" wouldn't go well with a 7yr. old, so I just gave him the water bottle.

I call it, realistic fishing
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

matkaantytto [deleted] says:

that is a wonderful story and hopefully he will lead his family out of dire poverty. Great example of "fishing" hope to see more like it : )
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

matkaantytto [deleted] says:

obrigada, mas eu preciso ler dps pq agora tenho uma aula jaja.

bjus!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

matkaantytto [deleted] says:

but what I am saying Greg is Mateus and Joao bought food for a young group of boys in the middle of the night. How would these boys, age 6-11 be able to get jobs to support themselves? Oh, they had a thing on the BBC a couple months back about this 11 yr. old Indian street boy who opened up his own "bank" for street kids, incredibly bright child.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Eric Feathers says:

Wonderful to hear a "success story" from Hummingbird. I know the mixed feelings you must have when it's time for one "to leave the nest." Parabens Celio!
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

matkaantytto [deleted] says:

I'm going to read it now...vou ler agora
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

matkaantytto [deleted] says:

I was just saying before this girl told me it is better to ignore street kids and do nothing for them, I disagree as do you, and believe we need to teach them "to fish", but sometimes realistically we cannot deny a child water. Also, her opinions were racial as well.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

jkairvar says:

great shot with candid capture of the playful kids with beautiful warm colour tones
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JucaFii says:

master fellow little big man, brother greg.
fast passing, time is shorter and shorter these days.
always with my eyes and soul attempted to you.
luck & joy f/ you
hugs.

and the pic is a wonderful one, amen.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Neidinha says:

Essa foto e perfeita!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Payamm says:

Great shot..
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

wana2b says:

Nice shot... perfect timing, lovely view too !
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Hel Des says:

So beautiful! they are like tree little dolfins jumping in the water.
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po-pad says:

nice
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KaurFlicks says:

Beautiful
great capture!
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leontjr says:

where is it?
santos?
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

carf says:

On the coast in the town of Santos (the main port that serves the country), 40 minutes from São Paulo. As a matter of fact it takes less time for us to take a trip to Santos by car than to get to the other side of town on an excursion, and so much more healthier! The evenings there can sometimes be very "tropical".
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Silcami says:

Beautiful shot.
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َahmEd_H says:

Wonderful light & composition
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

gobou [deleted] says:

Wonderful capture - que c'est beau !!!!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

pictureinfocus says:

So beautiful...

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johannes asgeir says:

beautiful photo
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Wstreet says:

very nice .. a fav
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

seelike_me says:

I'm speechless......
It's phenomenal that you can capture such a wonderful moment in time. How do you take such beautiful portraits?
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khosey1 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Kids and nature, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
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Roberto Salvaggio says:

Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo chiamato Besttt. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere le tuo foto al gruppo.
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premasagar says:

I've used this on a post about Neohumanism. Thank you for your exceptional photography and your CC licensing...
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.leela. says:

love the colors!
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sgbaughn says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called LMN8R, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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cuegeee says:

Love it!
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alif daniel says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called nature&kids, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

nice moment.beautifull place.
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Hel Des says:

Like tree dolphins. : ) I remember that one.
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zJMac says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Sunset light, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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