Kamey
Kamey’s life revolves amid the waters of the Indian Ocean that surrounds the Maldives islands. He studied marine science and engineering, but today he prefers the technical challenges of being a ‘Dive Master’, a lifeguard and a paramedic. He coaches people swimming in open waters, but he is also a local swim guide for the […]
Cirlan
I went to meet the founder and director of the Morrinho Project and I found a philosopher. Someone who cares deeply for the individuals that live in his community, and even though he maintains a critical view of the world and of society, he has chosen to remain positive and creative. Paraphrasing his words, […]
Jesse
Jesse was born in Naduri, in the southern province of Papua New Guinea, along the Kokoda track. Many of the vivid childhood memories that he treasures took place on the coffee farm his parents owned, as well as while involved in gardening activities among the passion fruits, tomatoes, taros – the vegetable root well known […]
Myoe Keng Lay
𝓜𝔂𝓸𝓮 𝓚𝓮𝓷𝓰 𝓛𝓪𝔂 (pronounced Miocáim) moved to Huay Pu Keng village with her cousins in 2006 when she was a young girl, leaving her parents behind in Myanmar. “She is one of the Kayan or ‘long neck’ ladies.” But what does that mean? Even through a camera I can feel the calm and yet vibrant […]
Marie Louise
The rhythms of the earth She learned the art of pottery with her parents when she was seven years old. Today 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮 𝓛𝓸𝓾𝓲𝓼𝓮 is thirty-two, and she takes pride in the activities she has run with the tourists at the Red Rock since 2013, when Greg invited her to join the hub. She […]
Sam Kambare
Focus on the artists. 𝓢𝓪𝓶 𝓚𝓪𝓶𝓫𝓪𝓻𝓮 is a local artist in Kigali.His artworks are full of colour and massive in size. They decorate few walls of the Inshuti Art Gallery in the Rwandan capital. You can lose yourself in the hypnotic streams of weaves that unravel in front of you. What it seems just a […]
Bertha
𝓑𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓪 started weaving her baskets a long time ago. She used to sell them at the local market, and she did so until the day she met Greg Bakunzi and Red Rocks Initiative, more than ten years ago. Today she weaves baskets that travel far in the luggage of the international tourists that have visited […]