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great!
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Gorgeous!
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Beautiful!
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Your photos are amazing.. :_)
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Maravillosa!!!!
Saludos, amigo!
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oh wow, amazing.
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Wow, what a fantastic photo carf!
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Wonderful picture... fantasyic feeling of
mouvement... and we may see the children's
faces smiling!!!!
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Beautiful Image!!
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gorgeous!
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speechless
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What a great shot! Love the color!!
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www.ipernity.com/home/colso [deleted] says:
Gregory, as always... Have a good start at
work tomorrow!
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it's amazing! you've managed to catch the
boys is such a volatile pose! and the sun
set, colors! wow
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Woah, superb shot.
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Wonderful!
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That is such a wonderful photo. They look so
carefree.
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≈ this image is full of love and the power of
pure beauty ≈
you are a good man my friend
Om Shanti, Jenny
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Beautiful orange light, and lovely energetic
silhouettes. Captures fun and a beautiful
location.
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love this !!
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Wonderful!!! love this absolutely!
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very nice photo to tell the message - yes,
lot's of work ahead, always.
:-)
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great photo...
free as the fishes in the ocean...
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Thank you everyone for such inspiring
comments!
Gives me even more energy to tackle the
difficult job ahead...............
- Gregory
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What a delightful image.
Where did you find this sun??? Not here for
sure:)))
Lets go back to work, then.
Abração.
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Simply gorgeous.
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matkaantytto [deleted] says:
I still owe you the $$
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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 : )
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great photo! love the orange light and the
careless and the joy of the children in this
picture
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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.
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@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
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i think we are mutual admirers of each
others' work. i love your shots!! this one is
lovely.
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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
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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 : )
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matkaantytto [deleted] says:
obrigada, mas eu preciso ler dps pq agora
tenho uma aula jaja.
bjus!
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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.
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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!
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matkaantytto [deleted] says:
I'm going to read it now...vou ler agora
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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.
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great shot with candid capture of the playful
kids with beautiful warm colour tones
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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.
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Essa foto e perfeita!
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Great shot..
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Nice shot... perfect timing, lovely view too
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So beautiful! they are like tree little
dolfins jumping in the water.
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nice
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Beautiful
great capture!
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where is it?
santos?
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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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Beautiful shot.
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Wonderful light & composition
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Wonderful capture - que c'est beau !!!!
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So beautiful...
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beautiful photo
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very nice .. a fav
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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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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Ol' Swimmin Hole, and we'd love to have your photo added to
the group.
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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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Ciao, sono amministratore di un gruppo
chiamato Besttt. Ci farebbe piacere aggiungere le tuo foto
al gruppo.
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I've used this on a post about Neohumanism. Thank you for your exceptional photography
and your CC licensing...
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love the colors!
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