UNICEF and Perspectiva organise a photography workshop for children with disabilities
By John Varoli
With a growing economy, thanks in large part to the country's abundant natural resources, Russia is now a place of opportunity. Not for everyone, however. Children with disabilities are still trying to find a better place in their society.
UNICEF and its Russian partner, Perspectiva, is trying to bring inclusive education for children with disabilities to the top of the social agenda in Russia today.
From May 21 to May 25, UNICEF and Perspectiva organised a photography workshop for children with disabilities. Twenty children participated in the project. Half of them had disabilities that ranged from a boy confined to a wheelchair, a young girl who was born without arms, a young girl with impaired hearing, and a girl with Down's syndrome. Each disabled child was paired with a child without disabilities.
Before the children began to spread out across Moscow in hopes of immortalising their impressions of the Russian capital, they spent two days studying the basic principles of photography under the close and attentive eye of UNICEF photographer, Giacomo Pirozzi.
While the children were uncertain and coy on the first two days, by day three, when they got their marching orders to begin shooting with their digital cameras, the enthusiasm came bursting out.
FULL ARTICLE, VIDEO AND PHOTO ESSAYS AT http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/reallives_6870.html
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