Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The Pegasus Project

It is my goal to assist Namaste Children's Home in creating a bright future for as many children as possible. One of their goals is to build their own community for the children and displaced people they care for. As of right now they rent the buildings and it is very costly. I have come across a great series of videos on you tube from another group at The Pegasus Project about what they are doing and why. It is well within our capacity to reproduce the wonderful sucess of The Pegasus Project for NCH and the THOUSANDS of others in need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBDt-qzoC1o&feature=related

The images are very moving and show parts of Nepal I was uncomfortable to photographing.
It is also inspirational as to the lives that can be affected with what is such a relatively small amount of money in other parts of the world.
http://www.youtube.com/user/pegasuschildren

Its been an interesting process for me, talking to people about my Nepal experience. I can't seem to get across to people how amazingly beautiful some things were yet how brutal the landscape and how in need the country and people really are. It seems as though Americans just cannot imagine real need. Real need here seems to be making sure we have enough $$$ to take our kids to Disney again this year. Seriously? Even in this so called recession, real need and scarcity are far beyond the scope of most people.