What do you get when you mix Iraqi students and volunteers from four continents with donated digital cameras, classes and photo walks? You get a set of remarkable images, three months of fun, and a lifetime of memories. The ONE-SHOT Project staged it's first workshop in the fall of 2011, in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq. The volunteers brought instruction in photography. The students brought an incredible eagerness to learn. And together they all…

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The power of small initiatives. A devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake and a resulting tsunami struck Chile in 2010. Because of this, a group of friends traveled to iLoca, a fishing town, which was the epicenter of this major catastrophe. They went with the idea of helping the locals. That simple initiative has become a major project of both reconstruction and hope for the people in iLoca. This production was recorded a year after the tragedy. "This…

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Durante mi tiempo en Chile, me propuse indagar mas sobre las experiencias vividas por parte de un grupo de damnificados por el terremoto 8.8 que afecto a gran parte de Chile en febrero de 2010, y que tuvo un posterior tsunami aun mas devastador. Para mi sorpresa, un grupo de amigos, particulares, sin lazos con el gobierno u otra organizacion, han llevado a cabo una labor increible con algunas de las familias en la localidad de iLoca. Este grupo…

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During the last weekend I finished a multimedia work about the Remedy Mission that I worked for in last August. These Remedy Missions are lifesaving campaigns done by Preemptive Love Coalition in Iraq. Their goal is to bring pediatric heart surgery teams, to perform surgeries on Iraqi children and at the same time to train Iraqi doctors and nurses. This is what PLC wrote about this story: "Deeya's mom used to stay at home for fear that her daughter's…

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The Family Center in Rapareen exists to provide knowledge and opportunities to Iraqi women and their families. They provide continuing education to those who want to help their own families, thus giving them a better future. Through programs and innovative ideas, the people of Rapareen, Iraq finally have a chance for a hopeful future.

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