Help make our Christmas a more colourful one!

    Elias and Leandro are certainly in for a more colourful Christmas this year.
    Living in utmost poverty, they will be among the more fortunate kids who will have the opportunity to go to the coast and experience the sea and sand for a short holiday break this summer, away from the favela (shanty), where they live in a tiny shack. They have never been away from thefavela before, and certainly never to the beach, even though the coast is only an hour’s drive from Hummingbird.

    There are many who won't be so lucky to have such a colourful Christmas this year.

    It's probably hard for most of us to understand that even the simple joys of childhood are missing in the lives of many of the kids we attend at Hummingbird.
    But Flickr members have started to understand the value of their contributions and are steadily uniting their forces in support of our programme for street children and other children at risk, through an initiative mounted by another Flickr member, Marília (Mylens).

    Elias and Leandro's holiday trip to the coast is thanks to YOU, our supporters on Flickr. I know how much joy your gift will bring to those kids and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

    Flickrs United! - So far we have received USD$2.208 from you.
    Please visit the Reaching for a Star group and make your contribution.

    Comments and faves

    1. Kristina J. [deleted] (79 months ago | reply)

      such a gorgeous image. I do hope they have a fab time at the seaside. Don't forget to show us all the photos that you will undoubtedly take. :)

    2. carf (79 months ago | reply)

      For sure Kiki!
      I'm hoping to get away from my daily routine for the summer break too (it's summer here in Brazil), as it's been years since I last did so.

    3. JucaFii (79 months ago | reply)

      greg

      very happy to participate of your precious and so beautiful effort and work.

      De Mim / From Me

      hugs , dear friend

    4. hélê (79 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful portrait, although we do feel some sadness in their eyes... Hope they'll have a smashing time playing on the beach and swimming in the see!!

    5. zu (79 months ago | reply)

      excelente

    6. carf (78 months ago | reply)

      THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
      A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR

      Thank Youuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Flickrs!

      Afrikaans: Gesëende Kersfees
      Afrikander: Een Plesierige Kerfees
      African / Eritrean/ Tigrinja: Rehus-Beal-Ledeats
      Albanian: Gezur Krislinjden
      Arabic: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
      Argentine: Feliz Navidad
      Armenian: Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
      Azeri-Azerbaijan: Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
      Bahasa Malaysia: Selamat Hari Natal
      Basque: Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
      Bengali: Shuvo Naba Barsha
      Bohemian: Vesele Vanoce
      Brazilian: Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo
      Breton: Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
      Bulgarian: Tchestita Koleda; Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
      Catalan: Bon Nadal i un Bon Any Nou!
      Chile: Feliz Navidad
      Chinese (Cantonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
      Chinese (Mandarin): Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
      Chinese (Catonese): Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
      Choctaw: Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito
      Columbia: Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo
      Cornish: Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
      Corsian: Pace e salute
      Crazanian: Rot Yikji Dol La Roo
      Cree: Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
      Croatian: Sretan Bozic
      Czech: Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
      Danish: Glædelig Jul
      Duri: Christmas-e- Shoma Mobarak
      Dutch: Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! or Zalig Kerstfeast
      Dutch (Netherlands): Prettig Kerstfeest
      Eskimo: (Inupik) Jutdlime pivdluarit ukiortame pivdluaritlo!
      Esperanto: Gajan Kristnaskon
      Estonian: Ruumsaid juulup|hi
      Faeroese: Gledhilig jol og eydnurikt nyggjar!
      Farsi: Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
      Finnish: Hyvaa joulua
      Flemish: Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
      French: Joyeux Noel
      Frisian: Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
      Galician: Bo Nada
      Gaelic (Irish): Nolag mhaith Dhuit Agus Bliain Nua Fe Mhaise
      Gaelic (Scots): Nollaig chridheil agus Bliadhna mhath ùr!
      German: Froehliche Weihnachten
      Greek: Kala Christouyenna!
      Hausa: Barka da Kirsimatikuma Barka da Sabuwar Shekara!
      Hawaiian: Mele Kalikimaka
      Hebrew: Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
      Hindi: Shub Naya Baras
      Hungarian: Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
      Icelandic: Gledileg Jol
      Indonesian: Selamat Hari Natal
      Iraqi: Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
      Irish: Nollaig Shona Dhuit, or Nodlaig mhaith chugnat
      Iroquois: Ojenyunyat Sungwiyadeson honungradon nagwutut. Ojenyunyat osrasay.
      Italian: Buone Feste Natalizie
      Japanese: Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
      Jiberish: Mithag Crithagsigathmithags
      Korean: Sung Tan Chuk Ha
      Latin: Natale hilare et Annum Faustum!
      Latvian: Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
      Lausitzian: Wjesole hody a strowe nowe leto
      Lettish: Priecigus Ziemassvetkus
      Lithuanian: Linksmu Kaledu
      Low Saxon: Heughliche Winachten un 'n moi Nijaar
      Macedonian: Sreken Bozhik
      Maltese: LL Milied Lt-tajjeb
      Manx: Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
      Maori: Meri Kirihimete
      Marathi: Shub Naya Varsh
      Navajo: Merry Keshmish
      Norwegian: God Jul, or Gledelig Jul
      Occitan: Pulit nadal e bona annado
      Papiamento: Bon Pasco
      Papua New Guinea: Bikpela hamamas blong dispela Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu
      Pennsylvania German: En frehlicher Grischtdaag un en hallich Nei Yaahr!
      Peru: Feliz Navidad y un Venturoso Año Nuevo
      Philipines: Maligayan Pasko!
      Polish: Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
      Portuguese: Feliz Natal
      Pushto: Christmas Aao Ne-way Kaal Mo Mobarak Sha
      Rapa-Nui (Easter Island): Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
      Rhetian: Bellas festas da nadal e bun onn
      Romanche (sursilvan dialect): Legreivlas fiastas da Nadal e bien niev onn!
      Romanian (in Moldova Republic): La Anul si La Multi Ani
      Rumanian: Sarbatori vesele
      Russian: Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva is Novim Godom
      Sami: Buorrit Juovllat
      Samoan: La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
      Sardinian: Bonu nadale e prosperu annu nou
      Serbian: Hristos se rodi
      Slovakian: Sretan Bozic or Vesele vianoce
      Scots Gaelic: Nollaig chridheil huibh
      Serb-Croatian: Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
      Serbian: Hristos se rodi.
      Singhalese: Subha nath thalak Vewa. Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
      Slavey (a Dene Language from the Northwest Territories in Canada): Teyatie Gonezu
      Slovak: Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
      Slovene: Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
      Spanish: Feliz Navidad
      Swedish: God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
      Tagalog: Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
      Tami: Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
      Trukeese (Micronesian): Neekiriisimas annim oo iyer seefe feyiyeech!
      Thai: Sawadee Pee Mai
      Turkish: Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
      Ukrainian: Srozhdestvom Kristovym
      Urdu: Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
      Vietnamese: Chung Mung Giang Sinh
      Welsh: Nadolig Llawen
      Yugoslavian: Cestitamo Bozic
      Yoruba: E ku odun, e ku iye'dun!

      Gregory - The Hummingbird Project (Projeto Beija-Flor)

    7. decoxx (78 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful!

    8. photoriel (61 months ago | reply)

      Impressive!

    9. Medicinemansam (36 months ago | reply)

      I love photos like these. They speak a thousand words. fantastic capture :D

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