EVERYONE A CHANGEMAKER / Discuss

Rainer Jacob    says:

Hello,

This is a call to action. Take part in a contest. Donate your shot and win. Read this and participate.

The idea

Children are everywhere around us and "Kids help kids" is the idea of Gregory J.Smith successful work to get Streetkids off the street in Sao Paulo. He has support from Norwegian students but not jet from German, French, American...you name it.

What can YOU do? The Task.

The idea is to make useres generate content. Yust do what you like most. Good photography!

Positive news sells best. Create upbeat pictures from children jumping, flying, being just happy. We want to publish these shots YOU can do by talking to children, and they will be most helpful and have fun doing it. Be creative.Throw yourself in the sandbox of playgrounds, let them jump over you while shooting. Do "childish" things. Send pictures of weightless children in space...everything that shows happy faces and spread arms. Jump into the water photograph them jumping off springboards. Have fun.

What is in it for me? A lot.

Not much?...just the honor to be mentioned as the "creator" of that fantastic shot you will come up with. You will help Gregory to make children help themselfes. Spread the word. Best advertising is "Word of mouth". In fact I want YOU to turn yourselfes into advertisers for a good cause. Maybe that is already a lot. When YOU get active. Think it. Make it.

Make someone happy. Yourself.

It takes not much. Hopefully you will have fun and the children too. Naturally that should not keep you away from donating money, yourself but you can do more. On your way to get this great photo just drop information while you go to that Kindergarden, High-school, Sports-club. I imagine you talk to the officials to open their heart for our idea. Drop information on your way.

Donate Joy. Joy is international.

Please translate that action to your home-country. I will post a "paper" for download in English that you can put on a copy-machine and spread. Translators welcome. Send me the translated text and I will come back with a new version for your country that you can use on your "Photo-safari" to advertise the Children at risk-project.

YOU are the winner anyway.

Enter your "Snaps" till the 1st. of May. 2007. Winners will be announced two weeks later. By doing and helping that project to become reality you win anyway. Experience, and because you know what it is good for, that warm fuzzy feeling.

Please post your photos here. You know how. Open sizes, copy html and post a middle size here.
Posted at 9:10AM, 25 December 2006 PDT ( permalink )