CHANGING WORLDS WITH PHOTOGRAPHY.

I am beyond thrilled to announce that I have been selected for a Photographers Without Borders assignment and will be partnering with the HAART - Awareness Against Trafficking in Nairobi, Kenya this spring.

Many of you know my passion is to use photography and give the voiceless a voice, so when I heard about Awareness Against Human Trafficking (HAART) working to end human trafficking in Kenya I knew I wanted to be a part of HARRT.

HAART was founded in 2010 by a passionate group of lawyers, missionaries and humanitarians. These people from multiple nationalities sought to bring peace and awareness to Kenya to end the criminal activities of human traffickers. Since then, HAART has worked to prevent human trafficking through a multi-disciplinary approach.

Why HAART?

Kenya is a source, transit and destination country for men, women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking. Although human trafficking is rampant in Kenya, there is an alarming lack of awareness and resistance to the tactics of human traffickers. They prey on the desperation of Kenyans, especially young women and children, by offering lucrative jobs and opportunities. HAART engages in activities geared towards the eradication of trafficking in persons in Kenya. Read more about human trafficking here: 

http://haartkenya.org/

The dream however needs you in order to stay alive and can only become a reality with each special donation. Each donation goes directly to the necessities of making this mission a reality: air fair, vaccinations, travel insurance etc. Thanks for your interest and support. Together we will help advance this project in Kenya that will help bring an end to millions of people living in modern day slavery.

“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.” - Frederick Douglass

HAART - Photographer Mattie Simas

About the photographer: Matilde Simas is a freelance Boston-based photojournalist with volunteer and work experience in the non-profit sector.  She has traveled to over 30 countries focusing on social documentary and portraiture.  Matilde believes in the power of visual storytelling, how it can not only bear witness but also create positive changes in the world.  

You can help by supporting our photographers and videographers (See the side bar to the right to see fundraisers for our most recent recruits).

Each of our official photographers/videographers is assigned a GroupRev fundraising page by PWB upon acceptance. These pages are a privilege we offer that are intended to make our programs accessible to all and enable our volunteer photographers/videographers to raise their program fees and subsidize or cover these necessary project-related expenses:

• Airfare
• Visa's
• Vaccinations
• Health Insurance
• Travel Insurance

The following expenses are the sole responsibility of the photographer/videographer:

• Privately arranged travel / Equipment & Equipment Insurance / Software / Extra Baggage Fees / Donation perks / Clothing / Postage/Postcard / Prints / Etc.

Photographers Without Borders® (PWB) envisions a world where we all put ourselves in each others' shoes and work together. Our mission is to inform and inspire positive change by visually communicating the ways that grassroots initiatives are addressing problems in their communities. PWB is registered as a charity in the United States with 501(c)(3) status and is registered as a not-for-profit organization in Canada. All donations are calculated in US Dollars and are tax-deductible for Americans and Canadians with US income.

PWB is not responsible for any donations made outside of these pages.

Any overage amounts raised on GroupRev will be donated with the photographers direction, 100% to the Organization, 100% to PWB or split 50/50, between the photographer's/videographer's assigned cause and PWB, which is also a volunteer-run organization.

PLEASE DONATE GENEROUSLY !

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All donations are calculated in US Dollars and are tax-deductible for Americans and Canadians with US income.