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Beyond the storyboard: why authenticity is key to bringing your film to life
First published by CharityComms. “I want to be a role model,” Daphine tells me when I ask her why she wanted to share her story. “It gives the community another picture about…
Into the Lion’s Den
Walking in the footsteps of the big five in the Mara Naboisho. My small plane descends towards the airstrip, to delighted, overlapping exclamations, all starting with “I can see a …”, followed…
Gay refugees in Malawi face violence and hunger
First published by Frontline AIDS. One evening Didier closed up his shop for the day and went to meet friends for a party, but he had no idea his life was about…
Visit the seaside – in the Derbyshire Dales
First published in the Independent’s Travel section. It may be nearly 100 feet above sea level, but with roughly one fish and chip shop per 100 residents, there’s something distinctively seasidey about…
Inside the Taung Pyone Spirit Festival: Myanmar’s unofficial gay Pride
First published in the Independent’s Travel section. Every year in August, a small rural village outside of Mandalay transforms into Myanmar’s unofficial gay Pride. “It’s a chance to meet guys from all across the…
Love a Positive Life wins Brighton Fringe festival’s ‘Visual Arts Award’
First published by Frontline AIDS (previously the International HIV/AIDS Alliance). A photography exhibition raising awareness of HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights has won an award at a prestigious UK…
The new charity face: Positive, thought-provoking and fun
Nahimana at the pool table; Nadia celebrating having just won a game; Rashida applying her lippy; a group of friends giggling over condoms; and Daphine splashing around at the beach with her…
Whose story? Representing a charity’s work
First published by PhotoVoice. “It looks like a GAP advert” was one response I received to photos I shared with colleagues after a trip to Walvis Bay, Namibia for the International HIV/AIDS…