<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Shoot 4 Change &#187; homepage</title>
	<atom:link href="https://www.shoot4change.eu/tag/homepage/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu</link>
	<description>Change the World with a Click! - official S4C website -</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 17:43:20 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38</generator>
	<item>
		<title>Autonomia2 &#8211; a nice story of inclusion</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/autonomia2-a-good-story-of-inclusion/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/autonomia2-a-good-story-of-inclusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catalogna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilità]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[formazione]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honorable mention s4c]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrazione]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inclusion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inclusione]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[menzione speciale shoot4change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[revela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoot4change.net/?p=12554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;[english below - espanol abajo] Siamo molto felici di presentare il reportage che ha vinto la Menzione Speciale Shoot4Change nell'ambito..]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="pl-12554"><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12554-0" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-0-0" >&nbsp;</div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-0-1" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12554-0-1-0"><div class="textwidget"><p><strong>[english below - espanol abajo]</strong></p>
<p>Siamo molto felici di presentare il reportage che ha vinto la Menzione Speciale Shoot4Change nell'ambito della Terza edizione del premio fotografico internazionale <a href="http://premiorevela.com" target="_blank">REVELA</a> (vinto l'anno scorso, lo ricorderete, da Tres Tres Tres). Anche quest'anno siamo stati molto orgogliosi di essere partner di un festival come Revela che, unico nel suo genere, premia non solo il fotografo ma anche la storia raccontata e l'Associazione affiancata dal fotografo.</p>
<p>Autonomia2 racconta la storia di cinque giovani immigrati che stanno partecipando a un corso di formazione come assistenti personali per le persone con disabilità.</p>
<p>Il progetto è portato avanti da Casal Dels Infants A.S.B. - in Catalogna - ed  è rivolto ad assistere ragazzi e ragazze tra i 18 e 23, che sono in una situazione di alta vulnerabilità sociale, senza famiglia, con una rete sociale debole e che necessitano di assistenza intensiva quotidiana.</p>
<p>E' una bella storia, come quelle che piacciono a noi di S4C. Una storia che parla di immigrazione e di vera inclusione attraverso programmi di formazione professionale.</p>
<p>Sono immagini positive di chi arriva in un Paese straniero, si sente accolto e vuole imparare un lavoro per aiutare - a sua volta - chi è in difficoltà.</p>
<p>Complimenti al fotografo Peter Porta e all'Associazione Casal Dels Infants</p>
</div></div></div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-0-2" >&nbsp;</div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12554-1" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-1-0" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_sow-slider panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12554-1-0-0"><div class="so-widget-sow-slider so-widget-sow-slider-base-abf3e628296a">
<div tabindex="0" class="sow-slider-base  " style="display: none">

	<ul class="sow-slider-images" data-settings="{&quot;pagination&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;timeout&quot;:8000}">
					<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_01.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_01" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_02.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_02" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_03.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_03" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_04.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_04" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1200px; ">
							<img width="1200" height="799" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_05-e1437659541301.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_05" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_06.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_06" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_07.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_07" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_08.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_08" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_09.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_09" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_10.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_10" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_11.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_11" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_12.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_12" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_13.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_13" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_14.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_14" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_15.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_15" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_16.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_16" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_17.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_17" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_18.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_18" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1333px; ">
							<img width="1333" height="2000" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_19.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_19" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_20.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_20" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_22.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_22" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_23.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_23" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_24.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_24" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_25.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_25" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1333px; ">
							<img width="1333" height="2000" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_26.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_26" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_27.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_27" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_28.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_28" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_29.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_29" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 2000px; ">
							<img width="2000" height="1332" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/casal_raval_peter_porta_30.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="casal_raval_peter_porta_30" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
				</ul>

	<ol class="sow-slider-pagination">
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="0">1</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="1">2</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="2">3</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="3">4</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="4">5</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="5">6</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="6">7</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="7">8</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="8">9</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="9">10</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="10">11</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="11">12</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="12">13</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="13">14</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="14">15</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="15">16</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="16">17</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="17">18</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="18">19</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="19">20</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="20">21</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="21">22</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="22">23</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="23">24</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="24">25</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="25">26</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="26">27</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="27">28</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="28">29</a></li>
			</ol>

	<div class="sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-next">
		<a href="#" data-goto="next" data-action="next">
			<em class="sow-sld-icon-thin-right"></em>
		</a>
	</div>

	<div class="sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-prev">
		<a href="#" data-goto="previous" data-action="prev">
			<em class="sow-sld-icon-thin-left"></em>
		</a>
	</div>

</div>
</div></div></div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12554-2" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-2-0" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12554-2-0-0"><div class="textwidget"><blockquote><p><em><span style="color: #800000;">Trabajamos desde el esfuerzo y el compromiso de los jóvenes para transformar su situación de partida . El proceso hacia la autonomía contempla 3 fases (acogida , vivienda y finalista) por donde pasan hasta 90 jóvenes al año.</span></em></p>
</blockquote>
</div></div></div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12554-3" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-3-0" >&nbsp;</div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-3-1" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12554-3-1-0"><div class="textwidget"><p><strong>[english]</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">We are very happy to present the reportage which won the Special Mention Shoot4Change as part of the Third edition of the international photographic Award <a href="http://premiorevela.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">REVELA</span></a> (won last year by the story "Tres Tres Tres").</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Also this year we were very proud to be partnering with a festival like REVELA that - only one of its kind - recognizes not only the photographer but also the story told and the Association backed by him.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Autonomia2</strong> tells the story of five young immigrants who are participating in a training course as personal assistants for people with disabilities.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">The project is carried out by Casal dels Infants ASB - Catalonia - and is intended to assist boys and girls between 18 and 23 who are in a situation of high social vulnerability, without a family, a social network with weak connections and in need of intensive daily care.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">It 's a beautiful story, such as those that we like at S4C. A story about immigration and real inclusion through vocational training programs.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Positive images of those who arrive in a foreign country, feel welcomed and want to learn a job to help - in their turn - those in need.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Congratulations to the photographer Peter Porta and the Association Casal dels Infants</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-3-2" >&nbsp;</div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12554-4" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-4-0" >&nbsp;</div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-4-1" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12554-4-1-0"><div class="textwidget"><p><strong>[english]</strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">We are very happy to present the reportage which won the Special Mention Shoot4Change as part of the Third edition of the international photographic Award <a href="http://premiorevela.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">REVELA</span></a> (won last year by the story "Tres Tres Tres").</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Also this year we were very proud to be partnering with a festival like REVELA that - only one of its kind - recognizes not only the photographer but also the story told and the Association backed by him.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>Autonomia2</strong> tells the story of five young immigrants who are participating in a training course as personal assistants for people with disabilities.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">The project is carried out by Casal dels Infants ASB - Catalonia - and is intended to assist boys and girls between 18 and 23 who are in a situation of high social vulnerability, without a family, a social network with weak connections and in need of intensive daily care.</span></p>
</div></div></div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-4-2" >&nbsp;</div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12554-5" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-5-0" >&nbsp;</div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-5-1" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12554-5-1-0"><div class="textwidget"><h3><span style="color: #800000;">[espanol]</span></h3>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">El reportaje cuenta la historia de 5 jóvenes inmigrantes que están participando en un curso de formación como asistentes personales para personas con movilidad reducida.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">El proyecto va dirigido a chicos y chicas de entre 18 y 23 años , que se encuentran en situación de alta vulnerabilidad social , sin referentes familiares en Cataluña , con una red social muy débil , y que requieren de programas de apoyo y acompañamiento intensivos e integrales para acceder a la autonomía.</span></p>
<p> </p>
</div></div></div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-5-2" >&nbsp;</div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12554-6" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12554-6-0" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12554-6-0-0"><div class="textwidget"><blockquote><p><em><span style="color: #800000;">Los motivamos para el cambio, potenciando sus competencias y habilidades y apoyando procesos educativos , que les permitan acceder a la red de vivienda y sostener un itinerario posterior para lograr la autonomía.</span></em></p>
</blockquote>
</div></div></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/autonomia2-a-good-story-of-inclusion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>I Guardiani della Terra dei Fuochi</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/i-guardiani-della-terra-dei-fuochi-2/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/i-guardiani-della-terra-dei-fuochi-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camorra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discariche]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giugliano ecomafia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rifiuti tossici]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S4C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[terra dei fuochi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wiff.it/s4cdemo/?p=12879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;Cominciamo una rassegna di alcune delle storie sugli eroi della Terra esposte al Maxxi, a Roma, nell'ambito della mostra Shoot4Planet..]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="pl-12879"><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12879-0" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12879-0-0" >&nbsp;</div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12879-0-1" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12879-0-1-0"><div class="textwidget"><p><em>Cominciamo una rassegna di alcune delle storie sugli eroi della Terra esposte al Maxxi, a Roma, nell'ambito della <a href="http://www.shoot4change.net/shoot4planet-2014-gli-eroi-della-terra/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">mostra Shoot4Planet</span></a> con EarthDay Italia. Sono tutte storie positive, di chi resiste e di chi cerca di cambiare l'ambiente con dedizione, passione e innovazione. La prima storia, però, è l'unica con dei profili drammatici. Sullo sfondo, è vero, una Terra malata, marcia dentro, umiliata e violentata che però verrà - lentamente - salvata. Ma la storia parla di chi la sta custodendo, al limite della sopportazione perché non percepisce stipendio da più di 16 mesi. Una storia triste che vi verrà raccontata dalle loro stesse voci.</em></p>
<p> </p>
</div></div></div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12879-0-2" >&nbsp;</div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12879-1" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12879-1-0" >&nbsp;</div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12879-1-1" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12879-1-1-0"><div class="textwidget"><p>Giugliano, paese campano con più di 100mila abitanti, è l’epicentro della matassa ingarbugliata e incandescente di ortaggi, contadini, rifiuti, tumori, pentiti, politica e camorra che è la terra dei fuochi.</p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/wD3D3aq-Qa4" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-12340" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AB2014_CustodiTerraDeiFuochi_14marzo_278-Modifica-2-Modifica-Modifica-Modifica-300x200.jpg" alt="Giugliano (Napoli)Discarica RESITI Guardiani della Terra dei Fuochi" width="300" height="200" /></a>Tra copertoni, materassi, stracci, bambole, frigoriferi e una puzza di uova marce che entra nel naso e nella gola, su un’area di 200 ettari sono state concentrate sette discariche, tra le più grandi della Campania, compresa la Resit, oltre 62mila metri quadri dove è stato sversato ogni sorta di rifiuto industriale.</p>
<p>Sull’avvelenamento di quest’area nel novembre del 2013 è stata inflitta una condanna esemplare: Francesco Bidognetti, boss dei Casalesi, è stato condannato a vent’anni di carcere per «associazione camorristica finalizzata all’avvelenamento della falda acquifera e al disastro ambientale», per aver seppellito rifiuti tossici nella discarica Resit, di proprietà dell’avvocato Cipriano Chianese, definito dalla magistratura come uno degli inventori della “Ecomafia”.</p>
<p>La discarica ora è sequestrata, circondata da plastica arancione. Ogni sei ore i custodi si danno il turno in un container precario, in cui si entra ed esce tramite una scaletta di ferro. «Siamo qui 24 ore su 24 a respirare questa puzza », dice il guardiano di turno, «siamo qui da soli, a farci compagnia ci sono solo questi cani. Ed è da 16 mesi che non veniamo pagati».</p>
<p><img class="alignright  wp-image-12339" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AB2014_CustodiTerraDeiFuochi_14marzo_204-Modifica-2-300x200.jpg" alt="Giugliano (Napoli) Discarica RESIT I Guardiani della Terra dei Fuochi" width="240" height="160" />I custodi, nel loro anonimo e scomodo impegno quotidiano, così lontano dalle onorificenze e dalle copertine patinate, sono il simbolo di quell’Italia vera che, anche se oltraggiata e dimenticata, continua a lottare per proteggere l’Italia e il suo ambiente anche attraverso la lotta per la salvaguardia del proprio lavoro.</p>
<p>Raccontare questa storia ci ha fatto male. Vedere quella Terra così oltraggiata, ci ha fatto male.</p>
<p>Vedere questi uomini lavorare senza stipendio, ci ha fatto male.</p>
<p>Vederne alcuni al limite di sopportazione e sapere di altri che purtroppo non ce l’hanno fatta, ci ha fatto male. Ci hanno raccontato che tre di loro si sono tolti la vita per la disperazione...</p>
<p>Ma è comunque la storia di una Terra che sta reagendo. Nonostante tutto.</p>
<p> </p>
</div></div></div><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12879-1-2" >&nbsp;</div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-12879-2" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-12879-2-0" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_sow-slider panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-12879-2-0-0"><div class="so-widget-sow-slider so-widget-sow-slider-base-abf3e628296a">
<div tabindex="0" class="sow-slider-base  " style="display: none">

	<ul class="sow-slider-images" data-settings="{&quot;pagination&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;timeout&quot;:8000}">
					<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AB2014_CustodiTerraDeiFuochi_14marzo_278-Modifica-2-Modifica-Modifica-Modifica.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="Giugliano (Napoli)Discarica RESITI Guardiani della Terra dei Fuochi" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AB2014_CustodiTerraDeiFuochi_14marzo_204-Modifica-2.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="Giugliano (Napoli)Discarica RESITI Guardiani della Terra dei Fuochi" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AB2014_CustodiTerraDeiFuochi_14marzo_120.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="Giugliano (Napoli)Discarica RESITI Guardiani della Terra dei Fuochi" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
				</ul>

	<ol class="sow-slider-pagination">
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="0">1</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="1">2</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="2">3</a></li>
			</ol>

	<div class="sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-next">
		<a href="#" data-goto="next" data-action="next">
			<em class="sow-sld-icon-thin-right"></em>
		</a>
	</div>

	<div class="sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-prev">
		<a href="#" data-goto="previous" data-action="prev">
			<em class="sow-sld-icon-thin-left"></em>
		</a>
	</div>

</div>
</div></div></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/i-guardiani-della-terra-dei-fuochi-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Storie da Zaatari &#8211; News from Zaatari</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/storie-da-zaatari-news-from-zaatari-2/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/storie-da-zaatari-news-from-zaatari-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2014 06:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[communitys4c]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEWS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[syrian refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNHCR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zatar refugee camp]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wiff.it/s4cdemo/?p=13056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[english below] Ancora una volta la nostra amica Anna Maria Bruni ci invia delle storie raccolte in prima persone nei..]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="pl-13056"><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-13056-0" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-13056-0-0" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-13056-0-0-0"><div class="textwidget"><p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>[english below]</strong></span></p>
<p>Ancora una volta la nostra amica Anna Maria Bruni ci invia delle storie raccolte in prima persone nei campi profughi siriani. E lo fa con la consueta sensibilità /<span style="color: #800000;"> Once again, our friend Anna Maria Bruni - photographer and activist - sends us news and stories from Syrian Refugee Camps. And she does it with her usual touch.</span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;" align="center"></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;" align="center"><b>Dalla Siria senza speranze</b></h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>All’ingresso dell’area destinata al controllo dei permessi ho incrociato tre uomini siriani. Erano appoggiati al muro e aspettavano la loro registrazione al campo. Sembravano tre cloni, tanto erano simili tra loro per l’aspetto, e anche il loro sguardo era in qualche modo clonato. Tutti e tre con la stessa espressione, un’espressione assente, silenziosa.</p>
<p>Di chi non sa bene come dove e quando. E soprattutto perché.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_12289" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class=" wp-image-12289 " src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_017.jpg" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" width="600" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C</p></div></p>
<p>Il sole e la primavera danno al campo profughi di Zaatari un aspetto più umano. Le strade si ripopolano dopo un freddo inverno e la temperatura non è ancora quella torrida dell’estate, che presto arriverà.</p>
<p>La primavera porta speranza, rinascita, e nuove aspettative .</p>
<p>Anche per i profughi siriani massacrati da tre anni di guerra.</p>
<p>Zaatari si trova a 10 Km dalla città di Masfraq, in Giordania, proprio vicino al confine siriano. L’UNHCR parla di 106 mila persone ospitate dentro il campo, diviso in dodici distretti, con scuole, ospedali, centri per donne, centri distribuzione cibo. Aree gioco. Negozietti.</p>
<p>La via principale, quella di entrata, l’hanno chiamata la Champs-Elysées, perché prende il nome dall’ospedale francese vicino, uno dei primi ad essere operativo. Una via lunghissima dove si può trovare qualsiasi cosa, frutta, verdura, profumi, abiti da sposa in affitto.</p>
<p>Dall’inizio della rivoluzione siriana, avvenuta nel marzo del 2011, l’esodo è stato lento ma costante. L’afflusso di siriani in fuga continua quindi a riversarsi prevalentemente sugli stati contigui, i quali, volenti o nolenti, mantengono aperte le proprie frontiere.  Libano, Giordania, Turchia e, in misura minore, Iraq ed Egitto.</p>
<p>Due milioni di profughi nel giro di tre anni. Un paese devastato come i suoi abitanti. Una guerra che non accenna a finire, inquinata da cellule terroristiche di diversa provenienza, da guerre religiose che poco hanno a che fare con quella rivoluzione popolare che chiedeva solo riforme e maggior dignità. Stroncata sul nascere da una repressione feroce da parte del regime.</p>
<p>Quello che i siriani oggi sanno è che non si può più aspettare la fine della guerra.</p>
<p>Chi ha resistito dentro il paese fino ad adesso l’ha fatto perché nutriva questa vana illusione. Oggi invece sempre più rifugiati sono consapevoli che non ci sarà un termine a breve.</p>
<p>“Non c’è futuro in Siria. In Siria si muore, e basta. Per mano del regime, di estremisti religiosi. Per bombe, armi chimiche, mitragliate o coltellate. Per fame.”</p>
<p>Tutti passano dal campo, per periodi brevi o lunghi, e molti lasciano il campo. La permanenza all’interno dipende dalle possibilità economiche di ciascuna famiglia: quelli che possiedono una piccola somma di denaro riescono ad affittare case nelle città vicine, mentre tutti gli altri sono destinati a rimanerci per lunghi periodi.</p>
<p>Mohamed, ventidue anni, viene da Damasco. e studiava architettura. Suo padre e suo fratello sono stati uccisi da un barile bomba. Quando mi racconta quello che gli è successo non vedo in lui nessuna traccia di disperazione, ma solo una terribile rassegnazione alla vita.</p>
<p>“Non ho soldi, vivo dentro la tenda con mia moglie da nove mesi ormai. Ho smesso di sperare in un futuro in Siria. Per questo vorrei almeno avere i soldi per iniziare una mia attività qui, nel campo. Mi piacerebbe vendere biciclette. Per adesso non posso far altro che sopravvivere, aspettando il mio caravan”</p>
<p align="center">La guerra dei prefabbricati</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I “Caravan” non sono altro che i prefabbricati, oggetto conteso da tutti i rifugiati, dal più piccolo al più anziano.</p>
<p>Chiunque si trovi nelle tende si lamenta di non aver il prefabbricato. E’ il primo argomento che affronti quando vai a visitarli. Chi vive nei prefabbricati è un privilegiato. Molti di quelli che sono arrivati due anni fa hanno questa grande fortuna, alcuni ne possiedono due o tre, per la propria famiglia e quella di madri, fratelli e sorelle.</p>
<p>Khaled Soliman è uno di questi.</p>
<p>Venditore di polli arrosto, trentasette anni, Khaled è arrivato a Zaatari nel 2012.  E mi dice “ Esattamente l’otto agosto alle quattro e dieci del mattino” perché certe cose non si dimenticano, precisa.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><div id="attachment_12286" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class=" wp-image-12286 " src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_014.jpg" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" width="600" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C</p></div></p>
<p>Khaled arriva da Dar’a, una delle città vicine al confine giordano, ed è un fortunato. Per diverse ragioni: è riuscito a portare tutta la sua famiglia nel campo, madre e zia comprese. Possiede un prefabbricato da circa due mesi, dopo otto di tenda. E’ riuscito in un anno a costruirsi un piccolo spazio dove vende polli arrosto e hamburger.</p>
<p>Ha sette figli, e vanno nelle scuole del campo.</p>
<p>Non si può dire che suo cugino Ragab, di trentasette anni, abbia avuto la stessa fortuna.</p>
<p>Lui è arrivato al campo privato di una gamba, un dito, e con un fratello in meno, che come lui combatteva contro il regime nella Free Army, ma sfortunatamente è rimasto ucciso durante un bombardamento.</p>
<p>“Non mi ricordo nemmeno più cosa vuol dire una vita normale. Tre anni possono sembrare una vita se vissuti così. Una gamba in meno è il male minore. Se non l’avessi persa, sarei ancora in Siria, a combattere fino alla fine dei miei giorni.”.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Dall’inizio del conflitto nel 2011 e, soprattutto a partire dal 2012, il flusso di profughi riversatisi nei paesi vicini si è intensificato in quantità e rapidità. Nell’arco di 18 mesi, il numero di siriani in esodo è passato da 40 mila, dato di marzo 2012, a due milioni, contati a settembre 2013. A questi, si aggiungono tutti coloro che ancora attendono di essere registrati e i 4,5 milioni di sfollati interni.</p>
<p>Ogni giorno arrivano al campo tra le 150 e 200 persone, ed è in questo fiume di persone che ieri è arrivata la giovane Amnah.</p>
<p>Seduta in un lettino nel limbo dei nuovi arrivi al campo, aspetta con ansia l’assegnazione di tenda, coperte e tappeti per iniziare la sua nuova  vita a Zaatari.</p>
<p>Ha ventuno anni e tiene in braccio una bambina di un paio di mesi. La guarda e mi dice che hanno dovuto aspettare per due giorni al confine siriano, senza acqua né cibo.</p>
<p>“ Ero disperata, non per me, ma per mia figlia. Ho pregato un soldato di darmi un po’ d’acqua almeno per lei e dopo quattro ore l’ha fatta bere dal suo bicchiere.”</p>
<p>Mio marito aveva problemi mentali, e con la guerra si è aggravato. Quando siamo arrivati al confine giordano ha dato un po’ di matto. I soldati giordani per paura gli hanno sparato ad una gamba. Adesso è all’ospedale a Mafraq, spero cahe ci raggiunga presto. Sono così felice di avercela fatta, di essere qui, finalmente al sicuro.”</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">Le spose invisibili</p>
<p>Asmae è una delle 53.000 donne del campo, presenze schive e fondamentali. Le donne nel campo rappresentano più della metà della popolazione. Tante hanno perso il marito, i fratelli, i figli. Molte sono adolescenti in età da matrimonio..</p>
<p>Considerando il fatto che vengono da famiglie disperate, non c’ è da meravigliarsi se esiste un nascosto mercato di spose “invisibili”.</p>
<p>Molti uomini decidono di acquistare la terza o la quarta moglie tra le rifugiate siriane, perché sono belle, giovani. E costano poco. Vendendole le famiglie sperano di assicurargli un futuro migliore, sicuramente lontano dalla guerra, dalla povertà, dalle privazioni e dai disagi del campo.</p>
<p>Queste fanciulle accettano tristemente questo destino e finiscono i loro giorni sotto il volere di qualche benestante arabo troppo annoiato dalle mogli precedenti.</p>
<p>Il 14 marzo scorso si è aperto il quarto anno di un conflitto di cui ancora non si scorge la fine e che sta trascinando con sé conseguenze che si protrarranno per diversi decenni. Oltre 140 mila vittime, più di un milione di bambini affetti da traumi legati al conflitto, un’intera generazione deficitaria in termini di istruzione e assistenza sanitaria, l’economia di un intero paese letteralmente dimezzata in termini di produzione e occupazione e una delle comunità di rifugiati più grandi al mondo che guarda come è diventata la propria terra e non vuole più farvi ritorno.</p>
<p>Facendo diventare Zaatari la quarta città giordana nel giro di pochi anni.</p>
<p>Quello che mi porto dietro della mia visita a  Zaatari è confusione, sole accecante, tempeste di sabbia, allegria, rassegnazione, rabbia, ingegno nel sopravvivere.</p>
<p>Quello che mi porto dietro di Zaatari è il cuore dei siriani, persi dentro una guerra infinita.</p>
<p>Anna Maria Bruni/S4C</p>
<p>PS Ringrazio ISPI - Anna Pascale per i dati sui rifugiati</p>
<p>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12286'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_014-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12281'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_009-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12292'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_020-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_020" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12275'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_003-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_003" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12290'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_018-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_018" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12273'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_001-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_001" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12274'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_002-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_002" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12276'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_004-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_004" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12277'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_005-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_005" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12278'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_006-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12279'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_007-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_007" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12280'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_008-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_008" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12282'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_010-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_010" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12283'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_011-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_011" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12284'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_012-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_012" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12285'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_013-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_013" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12287'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_015-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_015" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12288'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_016-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_016" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12289'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_017-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12291'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_019-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_019" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12293'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_021-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_021" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12294'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_022-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_022" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12295'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_023-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_023" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12296'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_024-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_024" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12297'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_025-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_025" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12298'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_026-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_026" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12299'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_027-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_027" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=12300'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_028-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AnnamariaBruni_028" /></a>
</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;" align="center"></h2>
<h2 style="text-align: left;" align="center"><span style="color: #800000;"><b>Hopelessness from Syria</b></span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> (story by Annamaria Bruni / traduzione di Ahmed Hegazi)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">I met three Syrian men at the entrance of the area destined for the control permissions. They were leaning against a wall and waited for their registration to the camp. They looked like three clones; so similar to each other in appearance, even their eyes were somehow identical.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> All three with the same expression, an expression of absence and silence; of those who are lost, do not quite know ‘how’, ‘where’ and ‘when’.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Above all, they certainly don’t know ‘why’.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The spring sunshine gives a different feel to the Zaatari refugee camp. The streets are recovering after a cold winter and still the temperature is not that hot as it is in the summer time, which is fast approaching. Spring brings hope, rebirth, and new expectations, even for Syrian refugees massacred by three years of war.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span><span style="color: #800000;">Zaatari is located 10km from the city of Masfraq, Jordan, right near the Syrian border. UNHCR has 106,000 people hosted in the camp, which is divided into twelve districts, with schools, hospitals, centres for women, food distribution centres, play areas and shops. The main street at the entrance is called the ‘Champs-Elysées’, named after the French hospital when it became operational. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">A long street where you can find anything; fruits, vegetables, perfumes and even wedding dresses for rent. Since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, which took place in March of 2011, the exodus has been slow but steady. The influx of Syrians fleeing their homes therefore continues to pour out, mostly into the states contiguous to the scene of the tragedy, which, haphazardly, keep their borders open. Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and, to a lesser extent, Iraq and Egypt. Two million refugees have fled within the last three years. A torn country and its torn inhabitants. A war that shows no signs of ending, polluted by terrorist cells of different origins, from the religious wars that have nothing to do with the popular revolution that was just asking for reforms and dignity; nipped in the bud by a ferociously repressive regime. What the Syrians know is that they cannot wait until the end of the war.</span></p>
<p><div id="attachment_12281" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class=" wp-image-12281 " src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_009.jpg" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" width="600" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C</p></div></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Those who have resisted and remained in the country until now have done so because they had this vain illusion that it would end quickly. Today, however, more and more refugees are aware that there won’t be a solution in the short-term.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">"There is no future in Syria. In Syria you die, and that's it. At the hands of the regime, religious extremists. From bombs, chemical weapons, machine-gunned or stabbed. And finally, from starvation. "</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Everyone passes through the camp, for short or long periods, and many leave it immediately. The stay inside depends on the financial/economic situation of each family : those who have a small amount of money are able to rent homes in neighbouring towns, while all the others are destined to remain there for long periods.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Mohamed, 22, is from Damascus. His father and brother were killed by a bomb barrel. When he was telling me what happened to his family, I saw no trace of despair, but a terrible resignation to life.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">" I have been living in a tent with my wife for the last 9 months. I've already given up the thought of going back to Syria. Right now, I would like to have my little business here, inside the camp, selling bicycles for example. But what is really important now is to get the caravan as soon as possible."</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span><b style="color: #800000;"> </b></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #800000;"><b>The ‘war of the prefabricated’.</b></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #800000;"><b> </b></span><b style="color: #800000;"> </b></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The "Caravans" are nothing more than the object sought after by all refugees, from the youngest to the oldest. Caravans are referred to as mobile homes. Everyone in tents is complaining about not having a prefabricated. Those who are living in the prefabs are privileged. Many of those who arrived two years ago had this “great fortune”. Khaled Soliman is one of these. A seller of roast chicken, 37, Khaled arrived in Zaatari in 2012. He says:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">" On the 8th of August at exactly four- ten in the morning " because certain things can not be forgotten, he points out. Khaled comes from D’aara, a city near the Jordanian border and he’s a lucky one, for several reasons : he was able to bring his entire family into the area, including his mother and aunt. He has a prefab since about two months ago, after eight months spent in a tent. He managed, in one year, to build a small space where he sells roast chicken and burgers. He has seven children and all of them are going to school inside the camp. His cousin Ragab, 37, hasn’t had the same luck. He arrived at the camp having lost a leg, a finger and having lost a brother as he fought against the regime in the Free Army, unfortunately killed during a bombing raid.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">"I do not even remember what it means to live a normal life. Three years seems like a lifetime when lived in this way. One less leg is the lesser of two evils. If I had not lost it, I’d be in Syria, fighting to the end of my days ".</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Since the conflict began in 2011, and especially since 2012, the flow of refugees pouring into neighbouring countries has intensified in quantity and speed. Within 18 months, the number of Syrians in the exodus has increased from 40,000 in March 2012 to 2,000,000 counted in September 2013. To these we add all those still waiting to be recorded and 4.5 million internally displaced persons. Between 150-200 people are arriving into the camp every day and it is in this river of people that, yesterday, came the young Amnah. Sitting on a cot, in the limbo associated with new arrivals at the camp, eagerly waiting the assignment of tents, blankets and rugs to start her new life in Zaatari. She is 20 and holds a little girl of two months. She looks at me and says that they had to wait for two days at the Syrian border, without food and water.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">" I was desperate, not for me but for my daughter. I asked a soldier to give me a bit of water and four hours later he made her drink from his glass. I hope my husband reaches us soon. I am so happy to be here, safe at last ".</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #800000;"><b>The invisible brides.</b></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #800000;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> Asmae is one of the 53,000 women in the camp, a bashful and important presence. They represent more than half of the population. Many have lost their husbands, brothers, sons etc. Many adolescents are of marriageable age. Considering the fact that families are desperate, it is no surprise that an underground, ‘invisible’, market for brides is becoming an issue in the camp. Many men decide to buy their third or fourth wife amongst Syrian refugees because they are beautiful and very young. And, more importantly, they are cheap. By selling them, families are hoping to assure them a better future, far away from war, poverty, deprivation and the hardships of the camp. Most of the time these girls grudgingly accept their fate and end their days under the will of a few wealthy Arabs who have grown bored with their previous wives.</span></p>
<p><div id="attachment_12278" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class=" wp-image-12278 " src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_006.jpg" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" width="600" height="401" /><p class="wp-caption-text">ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C</p></div></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">We entered the fourth year of the conflict on the 14th of March that has no end in sight and that is creating consequences that will last for several decades. Over 140,000 victims, more than one million children affected by conflict-related trauma, an entire generation deficit in terms of education and health care, the economy of an entire country literally halved in terms of production and employment, this community of refugees is becoming one of the biggest in the world, watching what has become of their own land and who do not want to return to it anymore. In these years, Zaatari has become the fourth largest city in Jordan. What I bring back from my visit to Zaatari is confusion, blinding sun, sand storms, joy, resignation, anger and ingenuity to survive. What I bring from Zaatari is the heart of the Syrians, lost in an endless war.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</div></div></div></div><div class="panel-grid" id="pg-13056-1" ><div class="panel-grid-cell" id="pgc-13056-1-0" ><div class="so-panel widget widget_sow-slider panel-first-child panel-last-child" id="panel-13056-1-0-0"><div class="so-widget-sow-slider so-widget-sow-slider-base-abf3e628296a">
<div tabindex="0" class="sow-slider-base  " style="display: none">

	<ul class="sow-slider-images" data-settings="{&quot;pagination&quot;:true,&quot;speed&quot;:800,&quot;timeout&quot;:8000}">
					<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_017.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="642" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_028.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_028" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_027.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_027" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_026.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_026" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_025.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_025" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_024.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_024" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_023.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_023" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="693" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_022.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_022" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="664" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_021.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_021" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="655" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_020.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_020" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="658" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_019.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_019" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_018.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_018" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_017.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_016.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_016" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_015.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_015" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_014.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="668" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_013.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_013" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_012.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_012" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="668" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_011.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_011" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="714" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_010.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_010" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_009.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="641" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_008.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_008" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_007.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_007" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="668" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_006.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="ph: Anna Maria Bruni/S4C" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="668" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_005.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_005" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="668" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_004.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_004" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="668" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_003.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_003" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_002.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_002" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
						<li
				class="sow-slider-image sow-slider-image-cover"
				style="">
									<div class="sow-slider-image-container">
						<div class="sow-slider-image-wrapper" style="max-width: 1000px; ">
							<img width="1000" height="667" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/AnnamariaBruni_001.jpg" class="attachment-full" alt="AnnamariaBruni_001" />						</div>
					</div>
								</li>
				</ul>

	<ol class="sow-slider-pagination">
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="0">1</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="1">2</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="2">3</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="3">4</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="4">5</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="5">6</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="6">7</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="7">8</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="8">9</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="9">10</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="10">11</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="11">12</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="12">13</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="13">14</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="14">15</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="15">16</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="16">17</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="17">18</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="18">19</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="19">20</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="20">21</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="21">22</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="22">23</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="23">24</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="24">25</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="25">26</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="26">27</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="27">28</a></li>
					<li><a href="#" data-goto="28">29</a></li>
			</ol>

	<div class="sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-next">
		<a href="#" data-goto="next" data-action="next">
			<em class="sow-sld-icon-thin-right"></em>
		</a>
	</div>

	<div class="sow-slide-nav sow-slide-nav-prev">
		<a href="#" data-goto="previous" data-action="prev">
			<em class="sow-sld-icon-thin-left"></em>
		</a>
	</div>

</div>
</div></div></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/storie-da-zaatari-news-from-zaatari-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A conversation with John Stanmayer</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/a-conversation-with-john-stanmayer/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/a-conversation-with-john-stanmayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 09:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[INTERVIEWS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Stanmeyer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S4C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Press Photo 2014]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoot4change.net/?p=12137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(...) Consider photography as music; there are moments in a symphony or any arrangement where the rhythm and musical lyric of a composition has elements of intensity, shifting over to extremely sublet yet equally felt measures barely perceptible yet can be felt in great complexity or weight.  (...)]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/johnstanmeyer">John Stanmeyer</a> (VII, National Geographic) is winner of Best Picture category at this year World Press Photo Award. The by now World famous image depicts African migrants hold up phones to try to get a faint signal in Djibouti. The images ignited a pretty interesting debate as it marks a visual discontinuity in the tradition of WPP.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Here’s a short conversation with Antonio Amendola.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="attachment_12140" style="width: 559px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.stanmeyer.com/#/index" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-12140   " alt="John Stanmeyer / World-Press Photo winner 2014" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/John-Stanmeyer-World-Press-Photo-winner-2014.jpg" width="549" height="366" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">John Stanmeyer / World-Press Photo winner 2014</p></div>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>John, first of all,  congratulations for this great achievement. I think the power of this image is its iconic depth and its scope. It does not only tell a story of immigrants, refugees, it speaks about anybody away from home that wants to reconnect .  A very interesting (and beautiful, needless to say) image whose empathy might tell something about its author&#8230;</strong></em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong></strong></em>I&#8217;m on the road 100-150, some years touching 200 days. Yes, I do see myself in that image as I too have numerous times been wanting to reconnect home.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>It seems to me that this photograph marks a discontinuity in the visual storytelling, finally being able to raise awareness on social issues without indulging in the aesthetic of drama. You triggered what it will surely be a hot debate. Do you think this could be an important example for modern photographers?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.stanmeyer.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-12141" alt="Schermata 2014-02-20 alle 10.45.34" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Schermata-2014-02-20-alle-10.45.34-243x300.png" width="243" height="300" /></a>Honestly, I&#8217;m not one to be concerned nor interested in what may or may not be hot topic to debate. These debates take place in what I call the cave of our profession. Outside the cave such topic of discussion isn&#8217;t all that relevant, and it&#8217;s there — outside the cave — where I prefer to focus my attention on.</p>
<p>All I&#8217;m interested in is communication, in this case, communication via photography. I&#8217;m moved by many types of images and every image selected in this years WPP is deeply weighted and powerful. I feel the essence from each photograph, often in tears.</p>
<p>Whether my photograph elicits intense and meaningful discussions based upon an image of a more quieter yet wide tome, then i&#8217;m pleased it was felt That was the intent. Yet that does not diminish nor negate any aspect of photography/photojournalism which speaks of reality and importance.</p>
<p>Consider photography as music; there are moments in a symphony or any arrangement where the rhythm and musical lyric of a composition has elements of intensity, shifting over to extremely sublet yet equally felt measures barely perceptible yet can be felt in great complexity or weight. There is need and purpose for all forms of communication. I&#8217;m not beholden to any form of expression or aesthetics.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>I think I know already your answer, but this is one of those unavoidable questions. Is winning the World Press a goal or just an acknowledgment of a serious and committed efforts in visual storytelling?</strong></p>
<p>It is not the intent to win contests nor a goal. It is the intent to communicate.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>How and when did you You and Documentary Photography cross paths?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">It happened in life.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Do you think professional documentary photography is being influenced by new ways of content consumption on social media? I see you are pretty active on Instagram, too. Is it an added language in your vocabulary or is it just a powerful tool of promotion?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Both in regards to the your latter part of this question, though I&#8217;m more interested in communication.</p>
<p>The future of communication is indeed connected to what we presently call social media. Whether that terminology sticks or it evolves into what i feel will simply be known as publishing or a broader term within self publishing and/or collaborative publishing. And yes, I see it more as an added language to our visual vocabulary yet indeed a sense of building the brand of one self. Not as in selfish, rather the brand of the individual voice of the photographer, writer, musician, painter, banker, carpenter or vegetable vendor.</p>
<p>None are greater than another. All can be an art and are a meaningful purpose. What matters is that it&#8217;s done with passion and balance.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>At Shoot4Change we use to claim “Shoot local, change global”, aiming to raise awareness on social issues by seeking and telling those small local stories that are often understimated, ignored or forgotten by mainstream media. Many young wanna be photographers ask how to travel to conflict scenarios to tell important stories. How important is to focus on local and domestic stories?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">While i agree with your S4C approach, we live in a global village. Whether one photographs in their backyard or cross a mountain range or across a vast sea, what matters is that we are passionate about what we&#8217;re seeing, feeling, doing.</p>
<p>And yes, working locally is a perfect place to start. A year or two ago we did a group project at VII called Mile or Kilometer Square, where some of us worked on a year long project documenting a topic, story or idea that existed within only a mile or kilometer radius of our homes. It was fascinating.</p>
<p>I plan to work more on such projects.</p>
<p>There is no right nor wrong way of looking or approaching visual narrative storytelling/ what matters is that you&#8217;re engaged and enthralled by the potential of the world around us.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Entering or diving into a story could be easy (to a certain extent). Getting out of it it’s a tough job. How is it for you? What is the limit? How much a photographer can absorb of strong stories?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">I find it both difficult not only to delve in (with meaning), also to delve out. Both can be complex. Either way, it&#8217;s all about meandering, getting lost, serendipity and hope that the narrative over time connects into meaningful storytelling, sharing insight into a topic, issue or event that helps illuminate and educate.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This I find to be the tasks and it isn&#8217;t any easier in the beginning nor at the end. in fact there often feels to be no end given the depth and breath of the world around us.</p>
<p dir="ltr">At times it can be overwhelming.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>What do you think it means today being  a “concerned photographer”?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">I&#8217;m more interested in a concerned human being.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Shoot4Change started as a blog and now has volunteer photographers (both pros and amateurs alike) Worldwide. People who are committed to share part of their time to work collectively to tell stories and raise awareness on social issues with all means. What message would you send to our volunteers?</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">Keep the passion and purpose flowing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">At VII we have a mentor program. I&#8217;m presently working with an amazing photographer from bangladesh for nearly two years. It&#8217;s all about giving back, helping inspire and guide talent.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Well done S4C in what you&#8217;re doing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Biography</strong></p>
<p><em>John Stanmeyer, born in Illinois, is a founding member of the VII photo agency. Living in the Far East for over twelve years, Stanmeyer has witnessed throughout that time nearly every major historical event in Asia, photographing the rapid changes taking place throughout the entire region. </em></p>
<p><em>Working globally, he has focused on the plight of refugees from the Ugandan civil war, spent months chronicling the effects of the 2004 Tsunami and documented the mental healthcare crises in Asia. Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 1996, Stanmeyer covered the conflict in South Sudan, Eastern European social change after the fall of Communism, as well as numerous visits to Haiti to record the endless social tragedies plaguing the island nation. For over eight years he has documented the spread of HIV/AIDS through every country in Asia. </em></p>
<p><em>Stanmeyer focus is on social injustices, eradication of global poverty, human rights and raising awareness for the sustaining vanishing cultures. Working regularly for National Geographic Magazine, was on contract with Time Magazine for over 10 years and photographing for numerous other global publications, Stanmeyer has been the recipient of numerous honors including the prestigious Robert Capa award, named Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded numerous World Press, Picture of the Year and NPPA awards and in 2008 received the National Magazine Award for this in-depth essay on the global Malaria epidemic. John’s latest book, Island of the Spirits, an journalist/anthropologic look at Balinese culture documented over the five years he lived on the island, was published in November 2010 (http://www.islandofthespirits.com) </em></p>
<p><em>In 2013, John opened The Stanmeyer Gallery &amp; Shaker Dam Coffeehouse as a showcase for his work and his passion for spectacularly brilliant coffee, wrapping both entities around social change. He has recently moved back to the United States and lives with this wife, Anastasia, and their three children on a farm in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.</em></p>
<p dir="ltr"><em><strong> </strong></em></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/a-conversation-with-john-stanmayer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Uomini</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/uomini/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/uomini/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2014 20:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alessandro Barteletti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carcere]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carceri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[casa circondariale San Remo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ergastolo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[francesca rabitti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex offender]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoot4change.net/?p=11651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[english abstract: Two days passed in the prison of Sanremo. An opportunity to better know and try to understand a really..]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #800000;">[<strong>english abstract:</strong> Two days passed in the prison of Sanremo. An opportunity to better know and try to understand a really difficult world, too often hidden and unknown. For the first time, a dialogue with the 40 sex offenders living in the Protected Area has been allowed. An entire afternoon with them, and their thoughts.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">What is freedom? And fear? Does the word future still exist? In their gestures, words, music and looks you’ll see lives that trudge, kick, scream, hold out. Words and images to tell a unique and hearty experience.]</span></p>
<p>Due giorni trascorsi all’interno della Casa Circondariale di Sanremo* per conoscere e provare a capire una realtà difficile e spesso vittima di pregiudizi.</p>
<p>Per la prima volta è stato concesso un dialogo lungo un intero pomeriggio con i 40 sex offender ospiti della Sezione Protetta del Carcere.</p>
<p>Cos’è la libertà? E la paura? Ha ancora un senso per loro la parola futuro?</p>
<p>Vite che arrancano, scalciano, urlano, resistono. Nei gesti, nelle parole, nella musica. Nella lettura e negli sguardi.</p>
<p>Un’esperienza unica nel suo genere e molto forte, che raccontata da Shoot4Change attraverso le parole di <a href="http://ognunohailsuomotivo.blogspot.it" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Francesca Rabitti</span></a> e le immagini di <a href="http://www.alessandrobarteletti.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Alessandro Barteletti</span></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shoot4change.net/?page_id=11800" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8211; cliccare qui per leggere la storia completa &#8211; </span></a></p>

<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11786'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Charkawi-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Charkawi" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11795'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Paolo-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Paolo" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11798'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Sergio-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Sergio" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11796'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Sabri-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Sabri" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11794'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Otello-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Otello" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11793'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Massimo-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Massimo" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11788'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Eduard-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Eduard" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11789'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Fabrizio-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Fabrizio" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11790'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Farat-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Farat" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11791'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Gianluca-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Gianluca" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11792'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Karem-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Karem" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11787'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Cristian-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Cristian" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11785'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Catalin-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Catalin" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11784'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Carmelo-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Carmelo" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11783'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Armand-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Armand" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11782'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ahmed-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Ahmed" /></a>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Corre senza sosta assieme alla paura: le vedete, vero, l’una accanto all’altra? A volte la libertà si lascia superare perché non ce la fa, non ce la fa proprio e deve sedersi, per riprendere fiato. Per un attimo pensa <i>ora non ce la faccio, mi arrendo</i>. E invece, invece riparte addirittura più veloce e spavalda e capisci subito non potrai fermarla mai. Va oltre porte, cancelli e condanne, senza la paura.</p>
<p>Seguiteci, oltre quel muro. Oltre porte in metallo chiuse con la doppia mandata. Oltre i pregiudizi.</p>
<p>Vi porteremo a conoscerla, questa libertà. Guardate, guardate molto attentamente nel cuore di quei gesti, di quei respiri, di quegli sguardi.</p>
<p>Uomini.</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p>* Un sentito ringraziamento al dott.Francesco Frontirrè direttore della casa circondariale di San Remo per aver reso possibile la realizzazione di questo bellissimo e al contempo difficile progetto. A Padre Federico e agli Agenti di Polizia Penitenziaria,  guide pazienti e discrete, e alla dott.ssa Rinangela Faraldi, redattore capo della rivista Oltre il muro, scritta interamente dai detenuti, per la passione e la sensibilità dimostrate.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/uomini/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Binario95: non è sufficiente il necessario / what is essential is not enough</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/binario95-non-e-sufficiente-il-necessario-what-is-essential-is-not-enough/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/binario95-non-e-sufficiente-il-necessario-what-is-essential-is-not-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2014 09:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EVENTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Amendola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Binario 95]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capodanno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life in the street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new year's eve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S4C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senza fissa dimora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoot for change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shoot4change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[termine station]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoot4change.net/?p=11747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Binario95: non è sufficiente il necessario / what is essential is not enough]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>[english below]</strong></span></p>
<p>(di <a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Antonio Amendola</span></a>/S4C)</p>
<p>Ho avuto il privilegio di passare la notte del 31 dicembre con gli straordinari amici di <span style="color: #ff0000;"><a href="http://www.binario95.it" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Binario 95</span></a></span>, il Centro diurno e notturno per senza fissa dimora a Roma.</p>
<p>Una serata allegra, &#8220;spensierata&#8221;, animata da tanti volontari (presentatisi lì per la prima volta, giusto per dare una mano).</p>
<p>Questo è un omaggio a loro che vivono la strada e che guardano la vita negli occhi. Dal basso.<br />
E che nonostante tutto, hanno riempito di allegria la serata, brindando al nuovo anno ed esprimendo auguri semplici, essenziali, importanti: un alloggio, un po&#8217; di salute, un po&#8217; di compagnia.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.binario95.it" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11732" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_003-Modifica-1024x683.jpg" alt="Roma, 31 dicembre 2013 Capodanno a Binario95 www.shoot4change.net" width="430" height="287" /></a></p>
<p>Binario95 svolge un ruolo importante. Non solo fornisce supporto e assistenza immediata ma realizza laboratori di scrittura, teatrali, fotografici (lo faremo presto insieme), feste. Perché davvero non è sufficiente il necessario.</p>
<p>Sembra una banalità, ma è così. Il necessario non è sufficiente. Serve a vivere e sopravvivere, è vero, ma non è sufficiente. Una persona, per sentirsi tale, deve avere anche altro. E deve sentirsi parte di un gruppo, di una comunità.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11756" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_032-Modifica-300x200.jpg" alt="Roma, 31 dicembre 2013 Capodanno a Binario95 www.shoot4change.net" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>L&#8217;altra notte tante vite mi hanno accolto nelle loro storie. Ovviamente sono storie difficili, impegnative, a volte (spesso) drammatiche. Ma tutte sono legate da quella che molti di noi ancora chiamano &#8220;invisibilità sociale&#8221;.</p>
<p>E&#8217; una cosa che mi manda in bestia. Perché usiamo quella parola? Come se fosse colpa loro essere invisibili! Piuttosto, siamo noi ad essere cechi. Ecco, sì, forse sarebbe il caso parlare di &#8220;cecità sociale&#8221;.</p>
<p>Questo è un omaggio a loro.</p>
<p>Ai volontari che si danno completamente senza chiedere nulla in cambio. Che hanno rinunciato a ben altri &#8220;veglioni&#8221; per fare compagnia a chi, in fondo, chiede solo quello.</p>
<p>A Giovanni, che ha ancora con sé il ritratto scattato da S4C anni fa&#8230;e che ascoltava molto attentamente (a tratti incuriosito) il messaggio di fine d&#8217;anno del nostro Presidente della Repubblica.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11763" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_085-Modifica1-200x300.jpg" alt="AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_085-Modifica" width="200" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>A Leo, che possa risolvere i suoi problemi e che possa avere una nuova pipa.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft  wp-image-11741" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_135-Modifica-200x300.jpg" alt="AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_135-Modifica" width="160" height="240" /></a>A lui con quella barba magnifica e quegli occhi tristi. Sua moglie è morta pochi giorni fa e stasera voleva solo un po&#8217; di svago e compagnia. Ha ringraziato quella &#8220;macchina fotografica&#8221; per averlo intrattenuto&#8230;</p>
<p>A lui che è incazzato, perché dorme sul treno Roma-Formia e l&#8217;altro giorno gli hanno rubato il cellulare con il numero di telefono di sua madre. Maledetti bastardi&#8230;come si fa a derubare un poveraccio?</p>
<p>A lui che dorme in centro, vicino San Lorenzo in Lucina, &#8220;perché tanto i politici non sono pericolosi, vero? Invece a piazza Venezia mi picchiano e derubano spesso&#8221;.</p>
<p>Alla scena più brutta della serata: una mamma con due bambini che chiedeva di dormire ma non è stato possibile accoglierla, perché è un centro maschile e la legge non consente di accogliere anche i minori. Erano vestiti bene, molto dignitosi, con delle belle valigie colorate. Riflettiamo. Può succedere a chiunque di noi&#8230;</p>
<p>A lei, che poi è lui ma a nessuno giustamente importa nulla, che è stata truccata benissimo da una volontaria. Si è vista nello specchio e poi in una foto e l&#8217;ho sentita sussurrare tra lei e lei, quasi commossa, &#8220;bella&#8230;un po&#8217; grassa però&#8230;&#8221;. Mi ha inondato di entusiasmo quella donna.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11733" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_039-Modifica-1024x683.jpg" alt="Roma, 31 dicembre 2013 Capodanno a Binario95 www.shoot4change.net" width="614" height="410" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Alla storia più bella della serata: i volontari di Binario95 hanno recuperato un povero signore, per terra, per strada. Era sotto shock, aveva freddo ed era stato malmenato (pare una bottigliata in testa). L&#8217;hanno portato al centro e &#8211; durante la festa &#8211; lo hanno assistito, fatto accomodare, coperto e riscaldato. Gli hanno dato da mangiare. Gli hanno fatto una doccia mentre gli altri cenavano e lo hanno messo a dormire.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11764" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_107-Modifica1-1024x683.jpg" alt="AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_107-Modifica" width="614" height="410" /></a></p>
<p>A tutti quei volontari, grazie.</p>
<p>A loro che si sono aperti, e che mi hanno fatto entrare nelle loro storie, grazie.<br />
Antonio Amendola</p>
[youtube_sc url=&#8221;http://youtu.be/0NzrRCS7XS0&#8243;]
<h2><span style="color: #800000;">Shoot4Change at Binario95, homeless shelter in Rome (December 31st, 2013)</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">by <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Antonio Amendola</span></a></span>/S4C</span></p>
<h2> <span style="color: #800000;">What is essential is not enough</span></h2>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">I had the privilege of spending New Year’s Eve with the extraordinary friends of <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.binario95.it" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Binario 95</span></a></span>, the homeless Shelter in Rome.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">A jolly evening and carefree animated by many volunteers ( many of whom showed up there for the first time , just to help out).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">This is a tribute to them who live in the outskirt of our lives and who look Life in the eye. From below.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">And despite everything, they filled the evening with joy, raising toast to the new Year and expressing simple, basic, important wishes: a house, a bit of good health, someone to keep them company.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Binario95 plays an important role in Rome. It not only provides support and immediate assistance to many homeless People but entertains them through workshops , theater shows,  photography classes ( we&#8217;ll do that for them soon).</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11758" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_105-Modifica-Modifica-1024x683.jpg" alt="AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_105-Modifica-Modifica" width="614" height="410" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>Because,  indeed, what is essential is not enough.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">It seems trivial, but it is true. The essentional is not enough. One needs the essential to live and survive, it is true, but it is not enough. A person, to feel  like a human being, must have something else. He/she must feel part of a group, a community.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The other night so many lives have welcomed me into their stories. Obviously  difficult , challenging , sometimes (often ) tragic ones. But all linked by what many of us still call &#8220;social invisibility &#8220;.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">This is something that drives me crazy. Why do we use that word? As if it was their fault to be invisible! Rather, we are blind. Yes, perhaps it would be more appropriate to speak of &#8220;social blindness &#8220;, not invisibility</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">This is a tribute to them.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-11744" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_155-Modifica-200x300.jpg" alt="AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_155-Modifica" width="200" height="300" /></a>To the volunteers who give themselves completely without asking for anything in return. Who have given up many other New Year’s balls  to keep company to those who, eventually, only ask for some of that.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To Giovanni, who told him he still jealously owns his portrait taken by S4C years ago&#8230; And who watched close the New Year message of our President of the Republic who was addressing the Nation about our social and economic problems.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To  Leo,  hoping he’ll solve his problems and may get a new pipe.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To him with that white beard and those beautiful sad eyes. His wife died a few days ago and tonight he just wanted a little &#8216;entertainment and companionship. He thanked the &#8220;camera&#8221; for having entertained &#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To him who was pissed off, because he sleeps on the train Rome &#8211; Formia and the other day they stole his phone with the phone number of his mother. Damn bastards &#8230; how can  you rob a poor man?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-11742" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_148-Modifica-200x300.jpg" alt="AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_148-Modifica" width="200" height="300" /></a>To him who sleeps in downtown Rome, near San Lorenzo in Lucina Square  (close to the Parliament), &#8220;because politicians are not so dangerous , right? Instead, in Piazza Venezia they frequently  rob and beat me off&#8221;.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To the the ugliest scene of the evening: a mother with two children who asked to sleep over but it was not possible to check them in because it is a shelter for men and the law does not allow  to accommodate children. They were well dressed , with beautiful colored suitcases . Let us reflect . It can happen to anyone of us&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To her (she is a he but noboday cared, rightly so), that was very well made-up by a volunteer. She saw herself  in the mirror and then into my picture and I heard her whisper softly, touched, &#8220;beautiful&#8230;perhaps a little &#8216; fat , bu &#8230; &#8221; . I was flooded with enthusiasm and love for that woman.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NzrRCS7XS0" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11734" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AA2014_Binario95_31dic13_055-Modifica-1024x683.jpg" alt="Roma, 31 dicembre 2013 Capodanno a Binario95 www.shoot4change.net" width="614" height="410" /></a></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To the best story of the evening: the volunteers of Binario95 recovered a poor man. They found him lying on the ground. He was in shock, cold and had been beaten (apparently a beer bottle to the head). They took him to the Shelter and &#8211; during the party &#8211; assisted him , made ​​him sit on a confortable couch, covered him, fed him and heated him up. They helped him take a shower while the other had dinner and put him to sleep.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To all those volunteers, thank you.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">To those that opened up and let me into their stories, thank you.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000080;">Antonio Amendola</span></a></span></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/binario95-non-e-sufficiente-il-necessario-what-is-essential-is-not-enough/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Daughters of the King / Figlie di Dio</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/daughters-of-the-king-figlie-di-dio/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/daughters-of-the-king-figlie-di-dio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comunità ebraica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daughters of the King]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[donne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federica Valabrega]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Figlie di Dio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[figure femminili]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jewish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sinagoga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoot4change.net/?p=11674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“L`orgoglio di una Figlia di Dio si annida nelle più segrete venature della sua anima” / “Col cavuda Bat Melech Pnima” / “The pride of a Daughter of the King resides in the most secret depths of her soul”]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><b>[english below]</b></span></p>
<p>a cura di <span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://federicavalabrega.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Federica Valabrega</span></a></span>*</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>“Daughters of the King” è un progetto personale che vuole esplorare il ruolo delle donne ebree ortodosse all`interno delle loro comunità tra Brooklyn, Israele, Parigi Marocco e Tunisia, i cinque maggiori focolari dell`ortodossia ebraica.  “Daughters of the King” è un percorso conoscitivo tramite il quale, dopo tre anni di scatti, di incontri e di amicizie, ho potuto scovare la profonda bellezza spirituale di queste donne così “preziose e segrete” seppur all`interno di una società estremamente rigida e regolata da leggi severe sulla privacy e sul rispetto dell`immagine sacra di una donna sposata.</p>
<p>Le donne che ho conosciuto e che mi hanno accompagnato di questi anni di scoperte, sono donne che non mi hanno solo “prestato le loro storie,” ma mi hanno presa per mano e indicato la via per la conoscenza di me stessa attraverso, non solo la riscoperta delle mie radici ebraiche, ma la storia e le tradizioni di un popolo millenario in tutte le sue sfaccettature. La mia <i>Nashama</i> (anima) prima solitaria, si è posata tra le loro ed ha trovato nutrimento dal confronto ed è risbocciata diversamente come donna e come essere umano.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://federicavalabrega.com" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11685" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/011-1024x682.jpg" alt="011" width="614" height="409" /></a></p>
<p>E` tutto cominciato quando avevo quattordici anni e seduta vicino a mia nonna in sinagoga le chiedevo spiegazioni sul perché` le donne dovessero sedere separate dagli uomini e perché &#8216;non fosse permesso loro di scendere sulla Teva’ (Arca Santa) e leggere la Torà ad alta voce come agli uomini.</p>
<p>Poi, crescendo e leggendo i racconti di Chiam Potok e Perl Abraham, ho cominciato a capire che la religione ebraica era una religione molto complessa di quanto avessi mai pensato e che il ruolo dell`uomo e della donna fossero estremamente definiti e separati, ma non perché` l`uno prescindesse l`altro e perché` dovessero essere considerati più o meno importanti all`interno della stessa comunità`, ma diversi solamente nel rispetto della vera essenza dell`anima maschile e quelle femminile e le loro relative sensibilità`.</p>
<p>Però mi è sempre rimasto un interrogativo sul perché le donne non fossero più partecipi nella vita religiosa e perché` dovessero` invece passare la maggior parte del loro tempo a casa a crescere i figli e a lavorare nell`ambiente domestico. Cosi`, una volta trasferitami a Brooklyn nel 2010 ho deciso che sarebbe stato il momento giusto per addentrarmi in queste comunità di religiosi vicino a casa mia e capirli più da vicino.</p>
<p><a href="http://federicavalabrega.com" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-11681" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/004a-200x300.jpg" alt="004a" width="200" height="300" /></a>Allora, prima a mo` di “estranea tra noi” e poi, piano piano, costruendo dei rapporti più duraturi e personali con queste donne, sono arrivata a fotografarle e a parlarci nella loro più profonda intimità`, fino a divenire anche io in qualche modo “più donna e più ebrea” e forse anche più spirituale e a capire davvero il motivo di tanta modestia e riflessione interiore.</p>
<p>Il mio progetto si basa fortemente su una frase che spiega l`essenza della donna ebrea religiosa: “Col Cvuda` Bat Melech Pnima,” che significa “L`orgoglio di una Figlia di Dio si annida nelle più segrete venature della sua anima”</p>
<p>Questo, in breve è il motivo perché` agli occhi di noi passanti esterni alla comunità ebraica religiosa possa sembrare che queste donne vivano un ruolo del tutto marginale e che siano inferiori ai mariti che passano gran parte della loro giornata in sinagoga, mentre loro invece vivono nel pieno della vita domestica e scolastica dei loro figli.</p>
<p>Il loro vivere meno sociale e il loro starsene da parte esponendosi il meno possibile al mondo esterno è un motivo di crescita spirituale interiore che non ha bisogno di stimoli esterni, ma solo di conoscenza interiore. Che se uno ci pensa bene e ci riflette non è del tutto lontano dal “conosci te stesso” di Socrate e dallo “stare in disparte” dei monaci Buddisti e dal voler meditare nel tempio della propria anima come fanno “i praticanti dello Yoga.”</p>
<p>La donna è la colonna portante della tradizione ebraica. Lei è la casa, la famiglia e la specchio che riflette la luce della conoscenza religiosa del marito e condivide con il mondo. Lei è il vascello della crescita interiore di tutti, ma il suo modo, la sua maniera di dichiararlo è silenziosa, modesta, personale e quasi nascosta, perché` in essa risiede la forza della sua bellezza interiore.</p>
<p>“Daughters of the King” è il mio modo di spiegare al mondo questa cultura così segreta e seppur così profonda.  Le foto che ho scattato in questi tre anni sono attualmente esposte presso la Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery di Roma dal 24 Ottobre 2013 fino al 15 gennaio 2014 e verranno poi portate a Milano e a Torino per due ulteriori mostre sempre seguite dalla Tedeschi Gallery. L`ultima tappa della mostra sarà la citta Israeliana di Tel Aviv.  Affiancherà la mostra un libro fotografico che includerà una selezione più ampia delle immagini.</p>
<p>Federica Valabrega*</p>
<p>*Federica ha recentemente vinto il <a href="http://www.associazioneamerigo.it" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Premio di giornalismo Amerigo</span></a> (edizione 2013) nella <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.443527249080894.1073741827.295585557208398&amp;type=1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">categoria Fotografia</span></a></p>

<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11676'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/001a-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="001a" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11677'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/002-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="002" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11678'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/002a-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="002a" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/daughters-of-the-king-figlie-di-dio/attachment/003/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/003-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="003" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11680'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/003a-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="003a" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/daughters-of-the-king-figlie-di-dio/004a/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/004a-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="004a" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/daughters-of-the-king-figlie-di-dio/005-2/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/005-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="005" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/daughters-of-the-king-figlie-di-dio/attachment/006/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/006-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="006" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11684'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/008-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="008" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/daughters-of-the-king-figlie-di-dio/011-2/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/011-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="011" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11686'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/012-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="012" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11687'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/013-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="013" /></a>

<h1></h1>
<h1></h1>
<h1><span style="color: #800000;"><b>Daughters of the King</b></span></h1>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><i>a photographic essay by <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://federicavalabrega.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Federica Valabrega</span></a></span></i></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><i> </i></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><b>&#8220;Daughters of the King&#8221;</b> is my long-time photography project on the women of G-d, the ones “who bare the children of the Torah,” the pillars of the Jewish traditions.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><b>&#8220;Daughters of the King&#8221;</b> is a journey through the voices of orthodox Jewish women from Brooklyn to Jerusalem to Paris to Morocco and Tunisia. <b>&#8220;Daughters of the King&#8221;</b> is an adventure that started four years ago as a photography workshop assignment and turned into a self-discovery tale to find my voice as a Jewish woman through the <i>nashamas</i> of these religious women.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">“I do not choose the women I end up photographing. They choose me. It feels like a magnetic force attracts me to them and lets them open up to me as if they had been waiting for me all along.<b> While it is mysteriously quite the opposite.”</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800000;"><a href="http://federicavalabrega.com/" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11679" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/003.jpg" alt="003" width="576" height="384" /></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #800000;">Every encounter, every chat, every photo shoot, is a chance for me to challenge myself in the face of their belief and see where my soul ends and where theirs begins. This magnetism is <b>my way inside the Torah</b>. These women have not only lent me their stories, they have also opened my heart to my own spirituality showing me what it means to be a real <b>&#8220;Daughters of the King&#8221;</b> above and beyond the limits of religion.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Since I was a little girl I have always been curious why Jewish women had to pray separately from the men. Having to look down while the men read and carried the Torah around the temple often made me feel as an external presence in this spiritual experience.              Why are women not &#8216;called up&#8217; to the Teva` to read from the Holy scroll? Why are they to braid the Challah and why are they the ones who have to light the candles on Shabbat Eve, but they cannot be more involved in the traditions of Jewish learning? Are those differences a big enough reason to consider Orthodox Jewish women inferior to their husbands? For years I left those questions unanswered. I rebelled against my Jewish roots because I feared the answered I was going to get were never going to convince me that it was right for women to be considered different than men.                                                                                                                                          </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Having moved to Brooklyn in 2010, where every other person I met around is an Orthodox Jew, I felt compelled to explore the Jewish woman identity further. And what better way to do so if not by getting to know Orthodox Jewish women, share their stories of spiritual growth and photograph them? And so I did for about two years, after which though, I decided my project needed more depth than just the Jews on Brooklyn streets. It necessitated more variety.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> <a href="http://federicavalabrega.com/" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-11683" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/006-300x200.jpg" alt="006" width="300" height="200" /></a>So I raised money via kickstarter and left for Israel soon after. I wanted to see beyond the religious Jews of the Diaspora. I wanted to go to &#8220;the source&#8221; of their spiritual growth.  I spent four months in the land of &#8220;Milk and Honey&#8221; getting lost among all sorts of Orthodox Jewish communities, more than I ever imagined existed. I gathered stories, photos, and spiritual wisdom. Israel brought my photography project to a whole different level. My time in Israel made me realize, my photography story transcends to women generally, not just Jewish women. It is like a snapshot into this world that not many people outside of the community know and may have too many cliques about.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The project took a life on its own, and I started thinking to make more appealing to non-Jews I needed to extend the research to the Jewish communities of religious women in Europe, the more modern version of religion, the “fancier face of feminism.”</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">So, on my way back to New York City, I stopped in Paris to visit with the Sefardi and Mizrahi Jewish women and I felt in love with the community of Gerbian women, Tunisian Jews who came across the Mediterranean sea to France to find independence, to learn how to read and write and to become free from their &#8220;house-wives identity.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">In the summer of 2013 I travelled to Morocco and Tunisia to gathered even more material of the Sefardi Jews in the Arab Maghreb. I completed my project landing in Casablanca, Essouira and Marrakesh in Morocco and later in Djerba, a little island of Tunisia where the Jews I met in Paris actually came from.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><a href="http://federicavalabrega.com/" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-11682" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/005-300x200.jpg" alt="005" width="300" height="200" /></a>The idea was always the one of spending time with these women in their homes, praying with them, and getting closer to their spiritual beauty so to show, using photographs of daily chores, prayers and touchy every-day-life moments, what being a woman in the Jewish Orthodox faith actually means. The project is entirely dedicated to women and their feminine energy within strict religious contexts.  Judaism, more often than not, is seen by many as a patriarchal religion. I wanted to present a whole, new chapter dedicated to the women. So women in my project became the center of attention. This was not because of their attractiveness, but because of individuality and a personal identity formed by a number of different attributes: Femininity, sensuality, holiness, religion, modesty and respect. In the book, though, there are also images of men, but they exist as accessories because the male figure is not central in this case, although his role in the Jewish faith is more often than not erroneously considered dominant.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Behind my camera lens I have tried to show if there was really a need for others to judge these women as inferior to their husbands or if this belief was only mere imagination.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">In these years of research, I have only noticed that these Orthodox women are not at all inferior; they are “machines” oiled to perfection. They are the “pillars of a secular tradition” of incredibly rigorous laws and regulations (inside and outside the synagogue) that today stand by only thanks to them who teach them to their children and their children’s children…They feed a family of 13 while finding time to have a full-time job and sometimes even go for a jog in the park. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">According to Kabbala, the main mystical Jewish text, women do not have to pray because they have G-d built inside them more so than men. While men have to be reminded of his presence three times a day when they are called to prayer. Women sit separately from the men in the synagogue because this way they are closer to G-d and they are not disturbed in their prayers from the &#8220;wondering eyes of the males.&#8221;  Also, according to Kabbala, when Moshiach will come, the world will run according to the feminine presence, the Malchus.   </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">This project could open the eyes of many to another side of religious beauty, the side of the &#8220;Malkas of the Torah,&#8221; the &#8220;Queens of the Bible.&#8221; </span></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/daughters-of-the-king-figlie-di-dio/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Veteranos: los 400 locos &#8211; the 400 Fools</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2013 18:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[400 LOCOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antonio Amendola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[argentina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buenos aires]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAMPAMENTO TOAS PLAZA DE MAYO –VETERANOS DE GUERRA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[falkland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hoempage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[malvinas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plaza de mayo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S4C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shoot4change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war veterans]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoot4change.net/?p=11447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who are we?
We are those who are abandoned and forgotten, those who decided to actively figh injustice to talk about that Past that nobody wants to talk about.
----
Quienes somos? Somos esos que siguen abandonados y olvidados, esos que decidimos que solo luchando activamente podremos demostrar la injusticia de aquel pasado del que nadie quiere hablar. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #800000;">[spanish version by Luis Angel Giannini, below]</span></p>
<h1>The 400 Fools</h1>
<p>(text and photos: Antonio Amendola/S4C)</p>
<p>You can literally stumble into stories.</p>
<p>I was in Buenos Aires a few days ago and happened to walk through downtown Plaza de Mayo. I saw  a tent in the middle of the square, surrounded by huge sheets with slogans. Several men were in the tent and it looked pretty stable, yet &#8220;invisible&#8221;. People came and went by as they were &#8211; by now &#8211; used to see it there. And there were crosses, too, as in a graveyard.</p>
<div id="attachment_11468" style="width: 624px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/veteranos" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-11468 " src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_036-Modifica-1024x682.jpg" alt="(click to see the gallery)" width="614" height="409" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the gallery)</p></div>
<p>Curious as I am, I approached a guy in front of the tent and asked who they were and what was going on.</p>
<p>They define themeselves &#8220;los 400 locos&#8221;, the 400 fools, of the &#8220;Campamento TOAS Plaza de Mayo&#8221;. They are veterans of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">the Malvinas/Falkland War</span></a> and it&#8217;s already more than 6 years that they are demonstrating there, in the middle of the square, in that very tent.</p>
<div id="attachment_11450" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/veteranos"><img class="size-medium wp-image-11450" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_002-Modifica-2-300x225.jpg" alt="(click to see the gallery)" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the gallery)</p></div>
<p>They claim they are invisible, forgotten, hidden. They just ask the Governement to grant their earnt status of war veterans.</p>
<p>Having been deployed in the continental &#8220;operative teather&#8221; during the war (and not actually on the battle field in the Islands), a &#8220;flexible&#8221; interpretation of definition of veteran excluded them from receiving the status of war veterans, despite the actual operation, missions, etc.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>[from Wikipedia: The <b>Falklands/Malvinas War </b>was a 1982 war between <a title="Argentina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina">Argentina</a> and the <a title="United Kingdom" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. The conflict resulted from the long-standing <a title="Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute">dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands</a> and <a title="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia_and_the_South_Sandwich_Islands">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</a>, which lie in the<a title="Atlantic Ocean" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean">South Atlantic</a>, east of Argentina.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>The resulting conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982, which returned the islands to British control. During the conflict, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel and 3 Falkland Islanders died. </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>he conflict was the result of a protracted <a title="History of the Falkland Islands" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Falkland_Islands">historical confrontation</a> regarding the sovereignty of the islands. Argentina has asserted that the <a title="Falkland Islands" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands">Falkland Islands</a> have been Argentinian territory since the 19th century and, as of 2013, has not relinquished the claim.<sup id="cite_ref-6"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> The claim was added to the <a title="Constitution of Argentina" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Argentina">Argentine constitution</a> after its reformation in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-9"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> As such, the Argentine government characterised their initial invasion as the re-occupation of their own territory, whilst the British government saw it as an invasion of a <a title="British dependent territory" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_dependent_territory">British dependent territory</a>. However, neither state officially <a title="Declaration of war" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_war">declared war</a> and hostilities were almost exclusively limited to the territories under dispute and the local area of the South Atlantic.]</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>It was a dark moment in Argentina history; one of those difficult to cope with and with a very high social and cultural impact. As all wars are.</p>
<p>As a consequence of having been forgotten and with no war veteran status: no health assistance, no pensions, no nothing.</p>
<p>They were so happy that somebody would listen to their story and asked me the favor to have their story told here.</p>
<div id="attachment_11475" style="width: 586px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/veteranos" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-11475  " src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_052.jpg" alt="(click to see the gallery)" width="576" height="384" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the gallery)</p></div>
<p>I do not want to judges the reasons of an old war, nor I want to take a stand. I simply want to give a forgotten voice room to be heard.</p>
<p>When I asked Luis who they were, he replied:</p>
<p>Who are we?<br />
We are those who are abandoned and forgotten, those who decided to actively figh injustice to talk about that Past that nobody wants to talk about. About a identity stolen by those  whom used us and who then wanted us to forget.<br />
Struggling will show those bastards military and politicians that they were lied to them and more humbled we are still standing.&#8221;</p>
<p>If you happen to walk through Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, pay them a visit. And ask them to tell their story.</p>
<p>No story should be forgotten.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.antonioamendola.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Antonio Amendola</span></a>/S4C</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</p>

<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_084-modifica/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_084-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_084-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_002-modifica-2/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_002-Modifica-2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="(click to see the gallery)" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11458'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_016-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_016-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11480'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_062-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_062" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11464'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_026-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_026-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11459'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_017-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_017-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11463'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_025-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_025-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_003-modifica-2/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_003-Modifica-2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_003-Modifica-2" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11452'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_004-Modifica-2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_004-Modifica-2" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11453'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_005-Modifica-2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_005-Modifica-2" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11454'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_009-Modifica-2-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_009-Modifica-2" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11455'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_011-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_011-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11456'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_012-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_012-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11457'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_013-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_013-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11460'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_019-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_019-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11461'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_021-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_021-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11462'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_023-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_023-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_030-modifica/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_030-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="(click to see the gallery)" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11466'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_031-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_031-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_033-modifica/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_033-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_033-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_036-modifica/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_036-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="(click to see the gallery)" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11469'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_041-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_041-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11470'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_042-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_042-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11471'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_044-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_044" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11472'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_045-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_045" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11473'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_048-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_048-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11474'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_051-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_051" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_052/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_052-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="(click to see the gallery)" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11476'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_055-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_055" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11478'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_058-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_058-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11479'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_059-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_059-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11481'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_063-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_063" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11482'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_066-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_066" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11483'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_068-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_068" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11484'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_075-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_075-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_079-modifica/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_079-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_079-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11486'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_080-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_080-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11487'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_081-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_081-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/aa2013_veteranos_082-modifica/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_082-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_082-Modifica" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11490'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_085-Modifica-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="AA2013_veteranos_085-Modifica" /></a>

<h2></h2>
<h2></h2>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;">CAMPAMENTO TOAS PLAZA DE MAYO, 400 LOCOS</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Veteranos de Guerra del conflicto del Atlántico Sur- Guerra de Malvinas</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">(text: Luis Angel Giannini; photos: Antonio Amendola/S4C)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Quienes somos?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> Somos esos que siguen abandonados y olvidados, esos que decidimos que solo luchando activamente podremos demostrar la injusticia de aquel pasado del que nadie quiere hablar. De una identidad robada por quienes nos llevaron, usaron y de quienes luego nos quisieron olvidar.</span><br />
<span style="color: #800000;"> Luchando le demostraremos a esos sinvergüenzas de militares y políticos que los que mintieron fueron ellos y por mas que nos humillaron seguimos de pie, porque solo se llega a la victoria con sacrificio, exposición y trabajo. De quienes fuimos, somos, que tenemos nombre y apellido que nos enorgullece gritar &#8220;CAMPAMENTO TOAS PLAZA DE MAYO, 400 LOCOS&#8221;</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/veteranos" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11485" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_079-Modifica.jpg" alt="AA2013_veteranos_079-Modifica" width="720" height="480" /></a></p>
<div></div>
<div><span style="color: #800000;">Hace casi 6 años  que decidimos plantar bandera en Plaza de Mayo para concientizar a un pueblo de esa parte de la historia que quieren seguir ocultando de los que fuimos  participes directos del Conflicto del Atlántico Sur.</span></div>
<div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div id="attachment_11465" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/veteranos"><img class="size-medium wp-image-11465" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_030-Modifica-300x200.jpg" alt="(click to see the gallery)" width="300" height="200" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the gallery)</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Trabajamos en la búsqueda de la documentación, libros de guerra, ordenes operacionales, libro del plan esquemático etc. etc.  Que se habían encargado de desaparecer, eso avalo lo que venimos sosteniendo hace mas de veinte  años, ya no con nuestras palabras, sino  la del propio enemigo reconociendo sus misiones  para hacer volar las bases aéreas de donde se los atacaba y mayor daño se le ocasiono en Río Grande, Río Gallego, San Julián y Comodoro Rivadavia mas la verdad del informe Rattenbach que mando a desclasificar la Presidenta que habla de la incursiones enemigas en el continente.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">La lucha activa dio  lugar a que seamos apoyados por todos los organismos de DDHH , la Liga Argentina por los derechos del hombre, APDH, SERPAJ, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (Premio novel de la Paz) Madres L f y Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo,  La asociación de abogados de la ciudad de Bs. As, Juan Carr de Red Solidaria, La Iglesia Católica, Cardenal Bergoglio (hoy Papa)  y muchas Organizaciones mas. También así logramos que la asociación mas antigua de ex combatientes del mundo ARAC de Francia en Febrero del 2011 donde se reunieron todos los ex combatientes del mundo elaborara un dictamen pidiendo  se nos reconozcan e incluyan en las leyes de Veteranos de Guerra  y se lo elevara a nuestra Presidenta, Ministros y Presidentes de ambas cámaras del Congreso, dictamen que reiteran en el 2012 incluyendo el apoyo de la Federación mundial de ex combatientes.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_11451" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/veteranos" target="_blank"><img class="size-medium wp-image-11451 " src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_003-Modifica-2-300x225.jpg" alt="AA2013_veteranos_003-Modifica-2" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the gallery)</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Dos Ministerios trabajaron mas el EMCO (Estado Mayor Conjunto) cuyo resultado dio el padrón que nos devuelve  la identidad que nos robaron de  que fuimos participes directo del conflicto,  por eso están reconocidas 17 bajas en el continente como héroes nacionales por Malvinas y la justicia Argentina así lo esta   entendiendo fallando a favor en los juicios.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Terminado el trabajo hace casi 2 años los organismos DDHH  enviaron un pronto despacho (que lleva un año) para que el Estado tome la determinación de enmendar el grave error que se cometió con nosotros.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Por eso seguiremos en esa plaza emblemática LUCHANDO esperando lo que nos CORRESPONDE, CORRESPONDE y nos negaron.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">CAMPAMENTO TOAS PLAZA DE MAYO –VETERANOS DE GUERRA, </span><span style="color: #800000;">400 LOCOS</span></p>
<div id="attachment_11489" style="width: 624px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/veteranos" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-11489" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_084-Modifica-1024x682.jpg" alt="AA2013_veteranos_084-Modifica" width="614" height="409" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the gallery)</p></div>
<div id="attachment_11488" style="width: 624px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://www.s4c.it/slides/veteranos" target="_blank"><img class=" wp-image-11488" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/AA2013_veteranos_082-Modifica-1024x682.jpg" alt="AA2013_veteranos_082-Modifica" width="614" height="409" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">(click to see the gallery)</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
[youtube_sc url=&#8221;http://youtu.be/gpOkURgetCU&#8221; width=&#8221;560&#8243; height=&#8221;400&#8243; autoplay=&#8221;1&#8243;]
<div>
<div id=":ue" tabindex="0" data-tooltip="Mostra contenuti abbreviati"><span style="color: #800000;"><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif" alt="" /></span></div>
</div>
</div>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/veteranos-los-400-locos-the-400-fools/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Another Family</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/another-family/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/another-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 07:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crowdfunding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irina popova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[punk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S4C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S4C Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Petersbug]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victor Levi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoot4change.net/?p=11319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Should a photographer be only a witness to what is happening in front of his lens, or does he have a moral obligation to change the situation? ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/book-another-family" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Another Family</span> </a>is a project by photographer, and S4C Russia member, Irina Popova. It is about a difficult punk family with a little daughter. The book needs help to get published and after talking about it with Irina over the last few days, we decided to support it because it is a strong and emotional story and because it raises important issues. One of which is about the moral obligation of a photographer that witness a difficult situation. Has she/he the duty to intervene and change it? Which is the threshold?</em></p>
<p><em>Have a look at the video, read the story and <a href="http://igg.me/at/anotherfamily" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">consider supporting it</span></a>.  It&#8217;s important.</em></p>
<p><em>Antonio Amendola</em></p>
<p><em>&#8212;-</em></p>
<h2>The presumption of innocence</h2>
<p>(by Irina Popova)</p>
<p>This story started in 2008 when i got an assignment to make a project about FEELINGS.</p>
<p>I was wandering through the streets of St petesburg at night and there I met Lilya, a punk girl, who was completely drunk. She was pushing a baby carriage with her little daughter inside. I asked if I could take a photo and ended up at their small messy room in a communal flat, where her boyfriend and a few other people partied for many days non stop. Their two-year old girl was crawling all around. I stayed there for a considerable period of time, documenting their life and concentrating my attention on the world of the little girl. I became more or less part of their life. That&#8217;s why the story became very personal like a diary. I was proposed to make an exhibition in St. Petersburg, they came to the opening as well. The next day the publication with the photos became viral on the internet.  The parents were accused of abuse, and criminal investigation has started. I refused to be a witness in the case.</p>
<p>The story raised several important questions. Should a photographer be only a witness to what is happening in front of his lens, or does he have a moral obligation to change the situation? I continue to visit the family and watch the girl grow older. Two years later, the girl was still living with her father, while the mother had completely disappeared from their life. This story had a great impact on me as a photographer and a person.</p>
<p><iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/a3k1HTH9Yk8?rel=0" width="420" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p>
<p>Besides the pictures I collected different materials related to this story, letters, comments from the internet and personal diaries. I used these materials in a book. Publisher Maarten Schilt was inspired by the story and decided to publish a book. Together with a graphic designer Victor Levi we worked on the book for almost two years. Now the book is ready for print. It will be a beautiful full-color 200 page book with a hardcover. In order to make this publication a reality I need your financial support.</p>
<p>Irina Popova/S4C</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Extracts from book Another Family</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>1. </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><b>02. IRINA POPOVA<br />
LILYA AND PASHA<br />
</b>“OBJECTIVE REALITY” ONLINE WORKSHOPS ON PHOTOGRAPHY<b>July 17, 2008 at 01:19</b></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>I met Pasha and Lilya the day after getting the assignment for the project. You could say that I got lucky. Last year I shot a similar couple that kept their child in the basement. I met Lilya near Gostini Dvor late at night. She was totally drunk and pushing a baby stroller. I asked to take a picture of her. The truth is I found her stunningly beautiful even despite her condition. Like a freak girl from Nirvana’s videos. She sprawled out in the middle of the road, shouting and singing. “You haven’t seen my Pashechka yet,” she says. “He’s such a beauty, so sweet, and his hair is totally red and spiky, like a dandelion. Come to our place, he’s probably already home unless he got picked up by the police on the way.” And I went. And ended up staying for a week.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>…..</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em> </em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>2.<b> From the diaries:</b></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><b>&#8220;…It seems like Lilya and Pasha’s world has expanded to the size of the whole Cosmos and devours me and everything around. All around there’s darkness, well-shaped yards, junkies, alcoholics and bums. And we have to find our way through all of this. I accept Lilya as my guide in this underground kingdom. She is also my defender.</b></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>…&#8221;</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11341'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_5058-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_5058" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11339'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4907-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4907" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11338'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4884-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4884" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11336'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4878-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4878" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11335'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4865-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4865" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11334'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4857-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4857" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11327'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/anfisa_-004-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="anfisa_ 004" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11328'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/anfisa_-x019-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="anfisa_ x019" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11329'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4845-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4845" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11331'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4847-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4847" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11332'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4848-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4848" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11333'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_4853-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="IMG_4853" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11326'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/anfisa_-03-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="anfisa_ 03" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11325'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/anfisa_-103-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="anfisa_ (103)" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11324'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/anfisa_-53-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="anfisa_ (53)" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11323'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1KCIS-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="1KCIS" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11322'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1ECIS-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="1ECIS" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/?attachment_id=11321'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1ACIS-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="1ACIS" /></a>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/another-family/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>La storia di Gaudiel / Gaudiel&#8217;s Story</title>
		<link>https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/</link>
		<comments>https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2013 07:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Redazione]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NEWS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REPORTAGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TALK4CHANGE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chiapas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cruz azul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaudiel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homepage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mexico city]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partners in health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S4C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoot4change Mexico]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.shoot4change.net/?p=11195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conosco solo una persona in grado di raccontare una storia come questa, e di viverla convincendo anche noi ad entrarvi con un ruolo attivo / This is how I met Gaudiel...]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">[english version below]</span></strong></p>
<p><em>Questa è una delle storie che S4C ama raccontare. Una piccola storia; un ragazzo che vive in un minuscolo villaggio del Chiapas; una famiglia povera, poverissima, la cui vita viene improvvisamente stravolta ma che trova sollievo in un gruppo di medici volontari; una storia in cui l&#8217;impegno di una fotografa, di una fotografia e di una maglia da calcio si incrociano per fare la differenza.</em></p>
<p><em>Conosco solo una persona in grado di raccontare una storia come questa, e di viverla convincendo anche noi ad entrarvi con un ruolo attivo: Eva Quesada di S4C Messico.</em></p>
<p><em>Ecco a voi la storia di Gaudiel e della sua maglia da calcio. Però adesso tocca a ciascuno di noi&#8230;</em></p>
<p><em>Antonio Amendola</em></p>
<p>&#8212;-</p>
<h2>Shoot 4 Love, Shoot 4 all</h2>
<p>(di Eva Quesada/S4C Mexico)</p>
<p>La Signora Panchita ha il mare negli occhi. Non per il colore ma per la calma delle sue acque che a volte possono diventare onde enormi. La Signora Panchita ha la pelle di papiro, le sue morbide rughe segnano i sentieri di una storia. Le sue mani sembrano guanti logorati dal tempo e dal lavoro.</p>
<p>È impossibile non emozionarsi davanti a così tanta bellezza sparsa per le vie di Chiapas. È impossibile non emozionarsi quando vedo la Signora Panchita guardare fuori dalla finestra che dice: &#8220;Io mi sento sana perché butto i miei sospiri all&#8217;aria”. Da dove? Da dove scaturisce tanta saggezza? È forse scaturita dalla contemplazione della sua vita,  in un momento in cui si acuiscono tutti i sensi? È forse la conoscenza delle cose, basata sull&#8217;emozione che li collega ad una sensibilità assoluta? O è forse la saggezza ancestrale che stiamo lentamente perdendo noi, animali di città, abituati già a sopravvivere al un ritmo sfrenato del traffico,  lavoro,  consumi, notizie, che certamente mutila la nostra capacità di sentire?</p>
<p>La semina, dice la gente di Chiapas, è regolata dalle lune: la semina della terra e la semina delle donne. Perchè anche la donna viene seminata e deve tener conto della luna affinchè il frutto sia buono.</p>
<p>E sì, a volte, credo che qualcosa debbano fare (come tenere il conto delle lune) per la semina dell&#8217;amore, perchè ci sono tanti bei frutti in Chiapas capaci di rubare l&#8217;anima con un solo sguardo, perché qualche spiegazione logica o mistica debba esserci per tanta perfezione.</p>
<p>Gaudiel è, senza alcun dubbio, un frutto seminato con tutta la precisione del calendario lunare. Secondo sua madre, da bambino, era inquieto e rispondeva male quando lo  rimproverava, però poi, dice &#8220;si stringeva alla mia gonna e io gli davo una <i>tortilla</i> tostata con limone”.</p>
<p>Crebbe come i bambini <i>chiapanecos</i>, pieno di sogni tra campi di mais e caffè, trovando giochi perfetti su in montagna. Voleva andare all&#8217;università, ma i bimbi nella Sierra sono giovani adulti che crescono con la consapevolezza della propria condizione, il rispetto per le proprie origini e la storia segnata sulle braccia.  Così ogni mattina prima che il sole si alzasse nel firmamento, Gaudiel lavorava nel campo spalla a spalla con suo padre. L&#8217;ometto di casa, una volta finita la giornata di lavoro, lasciava la zappa per tornare alla sua infanzia e correre a scuola per essere ancora un bambino.</p>
<p>Un giorno Gaudiel, tornò con un dolore alla schiena, “tardò”, dice sua madre nel &#8220;calmarsi&#8221;. Però in poco tempo tornò più forte e il dolore lo debilitò. Fu in quel momento che iniziarono il viaggio per la città più vicina dove ci fosse un medico.  Tra passi e passaggi, spendendo una quantità di soldi enorme, partirono mamma, papà e figlio. &#8220;Io pensavo&#8221; diceva sua madre &#8220;che avesse preso freddo, o che gli si fosse storto qualcosa &#8230; io pensavo che una pasticca di quelle che danno per i dolori lo potesse aiutare”. Ma no, Gaudiel aveva un tumore.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11199" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MG_0882-1024x682.jpg" alt="_MG_0882" width="614" height="409" /></p>
<p>Il frutto buono, Gaudiel dagli occhi grandi, che nacque con la luna perfetta, aveva un tumore e l&#8217;operazione non era sufficiente per salvargli la possibilità di correre tra i campi di grano, rimanendo così, prostrato nel letto.</p>
<p>I genitori vendettero tutto quello che avevano, chiedendo prestiti e cercarono tutti gli aiuti possibili, ma la paralisi vinse la battaglia e prese non solo le gambe di Gaudiel ma anche tutti i suoi sogni e il cuore di sua madre, lasciandola sospesa nel preciso istante che le dissero che suo figlio non avrebbe più camminato.</p>
<p>In un gesto di profonda tristezza, tenerezza e amore, Gaudiel decise che vivere due anni in un letto, erano abbastanza per convicerlo che non aveva molte ragioni per rimanere più tempo li, così decise di smettere di mangiare.</p>
<p>I medici di Partners in Health México entrarono in scena tentando di incoraggiarlo a fare esercizi che gli avessero permesso almeno di muoversi in casa sua con una sedia a rotelle.</p>
<p><strong>E fu così che conobbi Gaudiel.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11205" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Eva-Q-Gaudiel-1024x664.jpg" alt="Eva Q Gaudiel" width="614" height="398" /></p>
<p>Cominciammo ad andare a casa sua ogni giorno per convincerlo a fare i suoi esercizi, a ridare alla famiglia i sorrisi che avevano perduto. Tra scherzi, stetoscopi, biscotti e fotografie, i legami cominciarono a stringersi e un giorno Gaudiel confessò la sua profonda ammirazione per una squadra di calcio messicana.</p>
<p>Ritornai a Città del Messico e mi misi in contatto con il signor Alberto Lati, commentatore sportivo, per chiedergli una maglia firmata dalla squadra messicana. Lati non solo ottenne la maglia, ma in più gli mandò una lettera in cui gli offriva di portarlo ad un allenamento a Città del Messico a patto che lui, avesse contraccambiato con gl<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-11201" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eva-quesada-chiapas_0223-300x200.jpg" alt="eva quesada chiapas_0223" width="300" height="200" />i esercizi, mangiando e, soprattutto, scegliendo di vivere.</p>
<p>La mattina in cui andammo a far visita a Gaudiel per dargli la notizia, i suoi occhi neri diventarono due grandi soli pieni di luce. Leggeva a voce alta e la voce gli tremava. Leggeva e ritornava più di una volta su alcune frasi: &#8220;ti invito all&#8217;allenamento del Cruz Azul a Città del Messico&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;la vita può essere molto difficile però non sempre tutto è così brutto&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;io ti sostengo&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;io ti sostengo&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;io ti sostengo&#8221;&#8230;</p>
<p>Questo però non è un articolo per raccontare a voi la storia di Gaudiel, <strong>questa è una lettera per rendervi autori della storia di Gaudiel.</strong></p>
<p>In un mondo sommerso da grandi problematiche, a volte è facile perdersi tra le tante cose che vorremmo ma non possiamo risolvere.  Tuttavia, oltre le grandi catastrofi, oltre i grandi problemi, esistono nel mondo centinaia e centinaia di piccole storie che meritano anche solo di essere osservate ed è proprio qui che possiamo intervenire.</p>
<p>Nel tentativo di accorciare le distanze, la sede messicana di Shoot 4 Change unita con la sede di Roma, ha unito le proprie forze per lanciare un’ idea: una maglia che costerà una piccola somma di denaro. Qual è l&#8217;idea? Che la persona che compra questa maglia la indossi e scriva un messaggio a mo&#8217; di manifesto per Gaudiel per poi scattarsi una foto che ci invierà.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11202" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eva-quesada-chiapas_0238-1024x682.jpg" alt="eva quesada chiapas_0238" width="614" height="409" /></p>
<p>Il ricavato servirà per portare Gaudiel e sua madre a Città del Messico e dare loro anche un piccolo aiuto economico. Le fotografie, tuttavia, serviranno a far vedere a Gaudiel che sì, ci sono momenti difficili, ma c&#8217;è anche molta gente che si può unire per regalargli un giorno di luce vera.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-11211" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PlayeraGaudiel-137x300.png" alt="PlayeraGaudiel" width="137" height="300" />Sono le piccole azioni fatte giorno per giorno che migliorano la nostra vita. Guardiamo Gaudiel e salviamolo dalla tragedia che porta un ragazzo di 21 anni a lasciarsi morire. Iniettiamogli volontà, uniamoci ai medici e che loro gli diano medicine e noi amore, per curare insieme Gaudiel nel corpo e nell&#8217;anima.</p>
<p>Tornare a guardare Gaudiel è tornare a vedere noi stessi e salvare quella parte che andiamo perdendo nelle nostre giornate movimentate. Guardare Gaudiel è <i>guardare un segno del mondo al quale bisogna guardare affinché il mondo riparta come si deve.</i></p>
<p>Facciamo click sulla luna giusta affinché il frutto sia buono e condividiamolo</p>
<p>Shoot 4 love, Shoot 4 all… Shoot 4 Change.</p>
<p><strong>Eva Quesada/S4C Mexico</strong></p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>scrivete a e.quesada@shoot4change.net per ulteriori</p>

<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/eva-q-gaudiel/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Eva-Q-Gaudiel-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Eva Q Gaudiel" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/eva-quesada-chiapas_0243/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eva-quesada-chiapas_0243-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="eva quesada chiapas_0243" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/eva-quesada-chiapas_0238/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eva-quesada-chiapas_0238-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="eva quesada chiapas_0238" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/eva-quesada-chiapas_0223/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eva-quesada-chiapas_0223-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="eva quesada chiapas_0223" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/eva-quesada-chiapas_0212/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eva-quesada-chiapas_0212-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="eva quesada chiapas_0212" /></a>
<a href='https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/_mg_0882/'><img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.shoot4change.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MG_0882-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="_MG_0882" /></a>

<h1><span style="color: #800000;">Shoot 4 Love, Shoot 4 All</span></h1>
<h2><span style="color: #800000;"> The Story of Gaudiel</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">(by Eva Quesada/S4C Mexico)</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The sea lives in Doña Panchita’s eyes, not because of their colour but because of the calmness of its waters, which can, sometimes, turn into enormous waves. Doña Panchita’s face is made of papyrus; her soft wrinkles trace the path of her story. Her hands are like gloves made of time and labour.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">I can’t help the excitement of so much beauty laid around the paths of Chiapas. I can’t help being moved by watching Doña Panchita look out the window and say, “I’m good (healthy) because I throw my sighs into the air”. Where does their wisdom come from? Is it from the contemplation of their lives from a scenario that exacerbates the senses? Is it because their knowledge of the world is based on emotions and this allows them to connect to a higher form of sensibility? Or is it simply the wisdom that they’ve gathered through generations and that we, city animals, have lost by getting used to live in a hectic rhythm dictated by traffic, jobs, consumerism and news in a scenario that, without a doubt, mutilates our capacity to feel?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The people of Chiapas believe that the sowings must be done in accordance with the cycles of the moon; the sowing of the earth but also the sowing of their women, for women are also planted, and one must take into account the moon for her fruit to be a good one.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-11205" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Eva-Q-Gaudiel-300x194.jpg" alt="Eva Q Gaudiel" width="300" height="194" />I actually think there is some wisdom to this, for they must be doing something (like counting moons) when they plant love. There must be an explanation for why there are so many beautiful, magical children in Chiapas, capable of capturing your soul with a single gaze; there must be an explanation, mystical or logical, for such perfection.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Gaudiel is certainly the fruit of a perfectly planted seed in accordance to the moon calendar. Her mother remembers him as a restless boy that reacted badly when reprimanded but that would afterwards “wrap himself in my skirts while I gave him a toasted tortilla with lime juice”.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">He grew up like most children do in Chiapas, full of dreams and among the corn and coffee plantations, improvising toys with whatever he could find in the mountain range. He wanted to go to college, but the children in the mountain range are little adults that grow fully conscious of their reality and carry the responsibility of their history on their shoulders. So before dawn, every day, he worked with his father in the fields and once the day’s work was over the little man returned to being a child and ran to school.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">One day Gaudiel complained of a backache. According to his mother it took some time for it to “calm down”. But it wasn’t long before the pain came back stronger, and it eventually tuned into weakness.  It was in that moment that they left their home and headed to the nearest city where they could find a doctor. It took long walks and bus rides and the cost was enormous but Gaudiel and his parents left home. “I thought”, sais his mother, “that it was the cold o a sprained back … I thought that one of those pills for the pain would help”, but they didn’t. Gaudiel had a tumour.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The good fruit, Gaudiel, with his big eyes, who was born under a perfect moon had a tumour and a badly preformed surgery wasn’t enough to allow him to, once again, run in the fields. He was paralyzed.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">His parents sold everything they had, borrowed money and looked for help everywhere but the paralysis won the battle and took Gaudiel’s legs, his dreams and his mother’s heart, leaving her suspended in that instant in which she learnt that her son would never walk again.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">In an act of profound sadness, tenderness and love, Gaudiel decided that two years in the same bed where enough to convince him that there weren’t many reasons to stay there, he decided to stop eating.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11199" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/MG_0882-1024x682.jpg" alt="_MG_0882" width="614" height="409" /></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The doctors from Partners in Health Mexico found him in this stage, they encouraged him to exercise hoping to free him from bed. He would at least be able to move around the house in a wheel chair.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><strong>This is how I met Gaudiel.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">We began to visit him every day, we tried to convince him to exercise and we tried to give his family back the smiles they lost long ago.  Jokes, stethoscopes, laughs and photographs helped to bring us closer and one day Gaudiel confessed his deep admiration for one of Mexico’s football teams.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">I returned to Mexico City and managed to contact a renowned sports caster, Alberto Lati. My hope was that he would help me get a Jersey of Gaudiel’s team signed by the players. Not only did Mr. Lati get us the Jersey, he also sent a letter promising to take Gaudiel to a training session in exchange for him committing to his rehabilitation exercises, eating properly and, above all, choosing to live.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The morning we visited Gaudiel to give him the news his big black eyes filled with light. He read Mr. Lati’s letter aloud and his voice cracked. He read the same phrases once and again; “ I’m inviting you to a training session of your team, Cruz Azul, in Mexico City”… “Life can be very difficult but it’s not always that bad” … “”I’m here for you” … “”I’m here for you” … “”I’m here for you” …</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11200" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eva-quesada-chiapas_0212-1024x682.jpg" alt="eva quesada chiapas_0212" width="614" height="409" /></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">But this article’s intention is not to tell Gaudiel’s story, it is in fact a letter that seeks to make you a part of it.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">In a world that’s filled with big problems, it’s easy to get lost in front of all the things we wish we could solve. But beyond the great catastrophes, and beyond the great conflicts there are thousands of small stories that also deserve to be looked upon and it is in those stories that we can make a change.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">For one of the first joint projects between the different country headquarters, Shoot 4 Change Mexico and Shoot 4 Change Rome will launch together a T-Shirt aimed at raising funds for these initiatives. The first one will be Gaudiel’s. We ask whoever buys these T-Shirts to send us a portrait wearing it and holding a message for Gaudiel.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">The money raised will be used to pay for a trip for him and his mother to Mexico City, for him to attend his team’s practice and any extra will be given to them. The portraits, however, will help remind him that even in the toughest moments there are many people willing to help, willing to present him with a moment full of light and joy.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">It is these small gestures that can truly change the world.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-11203" style="border: 1px solid black;" src="https://www.shoot4change.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/eva-quesada-chiapas_0243-1024x682.jpg" alt="eva quesada chiapas_0243" width="614" height="409" /></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Let’s turn our eyes to Gaudiel and save him from the tragedy of a 21-year-old boy that’s willing to let himself die. Let’s give him the will to move forward and join his doctors. While they give him treatment, we can give him love,  and together we can heal his body and his soul.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">By turning our eyes to him we will see ourselves and save that part that we are loosing in the daily chaos of our lives.  To look at Gaudiel <i>is to look at a sign of our world that needs to be seen for it to march well</i>.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Let’s make click in the right moon, for its fruit to be the correct one and for us to share it together… Shoot 4 Love, Shoot 4 All … Shoot 4 Change.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Eva Quesada/S4C Mexico</span></p>
<p>&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">write e.quesada@shoot4change.net for further information on how to help</span></strong></p>
]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>https://www.shoot4change.eu/la-storia-di-gaudiel-gaudiels-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
