TAKING
ACTION
Starting with PHASE
1 !!!
We
have created this page to gather immediate funds and to give instant visibility to
the families. Aim? To produce impactful work in the short run
PARTICIPATORY PHOTOGRAPHY
PROJECT
Picture from training-Photovoice project |
JR.Inside Out Project, New York |
These
images will be printed into posters and placed in public spaces of the capital city of Kathmandu, in the villages
of origins of the families, in their communities.
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PRESERVING MEMORY
PRESERVING MEMORY
There
are non memorials as yet in Nepal,
which can show younger generations how incidents happened during conflict must
not be repeated. Public memory, is a way for society to move further peacefully in a
respectful way, with no
sense of revenge. It is therefore
important not to forget.
Simply,
we want to contribute to helping communities and families in keeping their
memories alive
especially involving the younger generations including the sons and daughters
of the missing who have often been raised without knowing their disappeared
parent.
A possible way of keeping memories |
MEMORY BOOK_ Stories are fundamental in
rebuilding a collective memory, and families who for a long time have been
unheard and stigmatised can not be ignored further. Activist and volunteers,
will try to collect stories and also pictures, which hopefully will be
published in a book to distribute to families, communities and civil society.
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DOCUMENTING
DOCUMENTING
The
participatory photography project as well as the steps taken in helping
families building and preserving their memory will be captured in a short documentary
film, which will show
how our plan developed. What is most important it will be a contribution in
remembering the missing person in Nepal and their families.
Example of filming in rural areas fromVolunteer Aid Nepal |
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FUNDRAISING EVENT
FUNDRAISING EVENT
Our
contribution goes in creating a venue for displaying the pictures of photographers and
families as well as
their memory boxes through the creation of a memory gallery. The event will also screen the short
documentary, and most
important will host families’ representatives who will tell their stories personally.
Exampale of Installation_Sarah Parker-Sikles Exhbition Trip |
Flyer of the 10th December Event |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Thanks to your support we managed to start planning
the event programme which will see the participation of photographers, writers,
journalist students and representative of non governmental actors and the
families of disappeared persons.
A location for the venue has been chosen, and a flyer
and posters have been already printed out.
Dhokaima Cafe Courtyard |
We have held
several meetings to discuss the programme, and to select the images which will
be exposed. Please see Gallery page and also http://internationalbridges.photoshelter.com/gallery/-/G00000xJ.LRiEcF8/.Some of the pictures have been selected from the portfolio of Erik Wilson, a friend and a former colleague of Ram, who has documented many demonstrations and events held by NEFAD.
Meeting for programme |
selecting pictures |
We interviewed
families and collected their stories...
Collecting a story from a family residing in Banepa |
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