Africa Wedding or Something More Important.... You Tell Me!!!
For more than 6 months now, we had known that we would be getting on a plane and flying to East Africa to shoot a wonderful wedding with an amazing couple. Our trip will take us to Kenya where we will be shooting the traditional Engagement ceremony on July 24th. A couple of days later, we will be flying or driving into Entebbe, Uganda in preparation for the wedding ceremony which is scheduled to take place on July 28th. On July 29th, TriCoast will be heading over to Amsterdam for another photography event and finally heading home back to the United States early August.
TriCoast and the friends that surround us are all strong believers that to be successful in life you need to do more than just go through the motions, you need to LIVE LIFE and absorb each and every second of this amazing gift. Due to this thought process TriCoast has for quite sometime wanted an opportunity to be able to impact the lives of the less fortunate people of the world. From North America to South America to Africa and all places in between many less fortunate people who are amazing in their own right just need a little help, a little push to keep their head up in times of hardship. As a lot of photographers would agree, going to Africa under these circumstances is the ultimate dream...the opportunity to create images that are artistically rich because of the different environment and yet some would talk about it with pride and hopefully gain the envy of their peers.
Think about these numbers:
Orphans in Kenya due to AIDS - 1,100,000
Orphans in Uganda due to AIDS - 1,100,000
Orphans in Nigeria due to AIDS - 930,000
An estimated 350 million to 500 million clinical malaria cases and more than one million malaria deaths occur each year, the vast majority of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 80% of malaria deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and the large majority of these are in children younger than five years of age.
Worldwide stats for children
28 Million children die from easy curable diseases each year
17 million children die from malnutrition and starvation each year
1/3 of the world population is malnourished
20% of the world has no access to safe water at all
40% have no sanitation
10 million children are involved in the sex industry
100 million children are on the streets
200 million child labourers
1.4 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV
So, how could TriCoast be excited about going Africa to make money or better our careers, our art, our passions in life, when so many children and even adults are dying from Malaria. A disease that can be prevented by a little as a $1.00 insecticides or insecticide sprayed mosquito nets? TriCoast has always wanted an opportunity to be able to give back to Africa and be a difference in the life of a single child. So, when a new friend, who is fast becoming a great friend gave TriCoast an open door to make a difference we felt we needed to do more than just photograph a wedding.
While overseas in Africa we will be using our connections to start a foundation to better the lives of children and adults through photography. Knowing how a camera has changed our lives for the better, just the freedom of creating something that is YOURS can give back hope, faith and most importantly DREAMS to individuals which are in need. We truly believe in our hearts that we can all help. It does not matter where these children are based, be it in the United States or other countries, we believe we can slowly start to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate.
There is only one race, the Human Race, helping others in this world is taking that step above just living life, just going through the motions, it is what makes you difference, what gives us the inspiration to continue to photograph, continue to laugh and continue to dream. By this time next year we hope to have many new and wonderful things happening in Africa for the children's future but also for everyone involved.
Please check back on our blog often starting on the 23rd of this month for continued video entiries, photos and of course laughter, stupid jokes and everything else which you have come to know from TriCoast...
TriCoast and the friends that surround us are all strong believers that to be successful in life you need to do more than just go through the motions, you need to LIVE LIFE and absorb each and every second of this amazing gift. Due to this thought process TriCoast has for quite sometime wanted an opportunity to be able to impact the lives of the less fortunate people of the world. From North America to South America to Africa and all places in between many less fortunate people who are amazing in their own right just need a little help, a little push to keep their head up in times of hardship. As a lot of photographers would agree, going to Africa under these circumstances is the ultimate dream...the opportunity to create images that are artistically rich because of the different environment and yet some would talk about it with pride and hopefully gain the envy of their peers.
Think about these numbers:
Orphans in Kenya due to AIDS - 1,100,000
Orphans in Uganda due to AIDS - 1,100,000
Orphans in Nigeria due to AIDS - 930,000
An estimated 350 million to 500 million clinical malaria cases and more than one million malaria deaths occur each year, the vast majority of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. More than 80% of malaria deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa and the large majority of these are in children younger than five years of age.
Worldwide stats for children
28 Million children die from easy curable diseases each year
17 million children die from malnutrition and starvation each year
1/3 of the world population is malnourished
20% of the world has no access to safe water at all
40% have no sanitation
10 million children are involved in the sex industry
100 million children are on the streets
200 million child labourers
1.4 million children under the age of 15 are living with HIV
So, how could TriCoast be excited about going Africa to make money or better our careers, our art, our passions in life, when so many children and even adults are dying from Malaria. A disease that can be prevented by a little as a $1.00 insecticides or insecticide sprayed mosquito nets? TriCoast has always wanted an opportunity to be able to give back to Africa and be a difference in the life of a single child. So, when a new friend, who is fast becoming a great friend gave TriCoast an open door to make a difference we felt we needed to do more than just photograph a wedding.
While overseas in Africa we will be using our connections to start a foundation to better the lives of children and adults through photography. Knowing how a camera has changed our lives for the better, just the freedom of creating something that is YOURS can give back hope, faith and most importantly DREAMS to individuals which are in need. We truly believe in our hearts that we can all help. It does not matter where these children are based, be it in the United States or other countries, we believe we can slowly start to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate.
There is only one race, the Human Race, helping others in this world is taking that step above just living life, just going through the motions, it is what makes you difference, what gives us the inspiration to continue to photograph, continue to laugh and continue to dream. By this time next year we hope to have many new and wonderful things happening in Africa for the children's future but also for everyone involved.
Please check back on our blog often starting on the 23rd of this month for continued video entiries, photos and of course laughter, stupid jokes and everything else which you have come to know from TriCoast...
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