Hey Grrrl check out this COOL PROJECT!
The Fotofiz group is a photojournalism project to empower young
Mozambican girls from the secondary school of Chibuto, a small town in the
province of Gaza in Mozambique. The girls acquire photojournalism skills and
express themselves through media by prioritizing international collaboration
with American youth to achieve cultural understanding and behavior change. This
project is helped by Olivia Drouhaut, a Peace Corps Volunteer who
is assigned as a health volunteer with John Hopkins University in the PACTO
program where health debates are made to the community and at the radio. She
started this project because it a great opportunity for these young girls as
future photojournalists to go explore and met their community and come back
with stories to change thoughts and behaviors in regards to health prevention.
These stories will spread the word from inside the school to the town of
Chibuto, all the way to the United States. In the majority, many young
girls are not supported to complete
their education and end up getting married right after high school. The rate of
early pregnancy is also very high there and girls stop going to school. The
Fotofiz group develop girls' leadership with the aim of giving young women
positive role models and initiative that inspire them to pursue higher
education, employment and economic independence. We give them a big shout out
and support them! If you want to reach out to them, check out their facebook
page: Fotofiz-fotojournalism-Chibuto
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With the collaboration
of the JAIA Youth Group located in NYC, the students build a positive and
fulfilling relationship with their exchange group..
This cultural exchange will promote dialogue about important issues through
group discussion and photographs and it will engage American students to reflect
on how Mozambicans live and perceive life through images. This exchange is a
two- way learning experience which can be a way to maintain a great liaison
between the two countries.
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