Hi Treana,
Thank you for all of your efforts to help us better understand all that the Obakki foundation does!! I have a follow-up question regarding the photo project you did in Cameroon last time you were there. I am really interested to see the Cameroonian women’s pictures. I would love to see their life from their own perspective. Once again thanks for keeping in touch!!
Tina
Hi Tina,
Thanks for following the blog! We will be releasing the pictures taken by these women very soon on our blog. You can read more about the original project here. The pictures are really great and it really makes you think about the things that make up ‘who’ we are. Imagine being given a camera and asked to show your life in 15 photos? What pictures would you take?
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Hi Treana,
Thanks for another opportunity! I’m looking forward and curious to read your answer to Tina’s question. Although I also would like to know, what is, in a general way, the most important thing for them that they share with you about their lives, now that they know and believe you can do so much for them. Once again, many thanks for your work, thoughts and dreams.
Alda
Hi Alda,
What a great question! The most important thing that people share with me is their desire to strive. I think there is a misconception that people living in Africa are helpless and dependent. They are not. In most cases, they simple need to be given a small start, an opportunity, an open door. I have seen an entire villages change after a basic need was met. We are simply there to provide an opportunity for a new beginning, and once that is met, they communities are developed by the people themselves. It is amazing to watch – and I have heard many times from people on my trips that they simply need that starting place.
Best,
Treana
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Hi Treana,
Well, I hope you don’t mind that my question is rather personal, I just really don’t know what to ask this time… So I just want to ask how are you? How is the family? I hope you all are healthy and everything is ok, you had a nice Christmas holiday (well that was long ago..hehe) …:) Well actually I have no idea how old your children are, but if they are young what do they think about this foundation? Or if they are older, are they thinking of doing something similar, I mean helping people? I am so really very happy you are back, I love reading about all these great things and I’m always amazed how wonderful you are, it’s like…it gives me faith and strength and I wish one day I’d be like you…(I’m 16)
Soooo sorry for the long comment and thanks for the answers,
Dorka
Hello Dorka,
I had a wonderful holiday with my family and I hope you did as well. I returned from Sudan a few days before Christmas, so it was an extra special time for us. Although they’re still quite young, my kids are very interested in the Obakki Foundation and I’m certain that as they get older, they’ll be involved. When my daughter was four-years-old, she offered to sell her bedroom to raise money (the price was $11.99) so they’ve wanted to help from a young age! Thank you very much for your sweet words.
Best,
Treana
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