"Take a picture", in Ciyawo & Chichewa. Documentary & cultural photography from East Africa, with a few other things thrown in for good measure…

Estamos

Estamos 2009-2010

I recently put together a disc of photos for the Mozambican NGO Estamos. It was fun to look back and reminisce about some of their projects I visited, or concerts of Massukos I’ve attended over the past two years where Simao and Feliciano, through melodic song, make it sound just so appealing to use a latrine properly and never forget to wash one’s hands.

Massukos at Concert, Mandimba 2009

Massukos at Concert, Mandimba 2009

Massukos at Concert, Mandimba 2009

Massukos at Concert, Mandimba 2009

Mandimba 2009

Mandimba 2009

Concert in Mandimba 2009

Concert in Mandimba 2009

Simao Fontes of Massukos, Mandimba, 2009

Feliciano dos Santos of Massukos playing in Mandimba, 2009

Feliciano dos Santos of Massukos playing in Mandimba, 2009

Promoting condoms in Sede de Mandimba

Promoting condoms in Sede de Mandimba

Visiting a fish farm near Mandimba

Visiting a fish farm near Mandimba

Fish feeding time near Luelele, Mandimba District, 2009

Fish feeding time near Luelele, Mandimba District, 2009

Tyler filming Massukos, Feira de Saude, Lichinga, July 2009

Tyler filming Massukos, Feira de Saude, Lichinga, July 2009

Massukos playing at Feira de Saude, Lichinga, July 2009

Massukos playing at Feira de Saude, Lichinga, July 2009

Feliciano dos Santos of Massukos playing at Feira de Saude, Lichinga, July 2009

Feliciano dos Santos of Massukos playing at Feira de Saude, Lichinga, July 2009

Massukos playing at Feira de Saude, Lichinga, July 2009

Massukos playing at Feira de Saude, Lichinga, July 2009


Estamos projects in Che Issa village

Client Estamos: rock delivery

An Estamos employee drops off rocks for cement toilet slab production

Client Estamos: rock delivery

Village children eagerly help by pushing out every last stone

Client Estamos: slab production

Toilet slabs being produced in Issa village

Client Estamos: happy village kids

An Estamos truck in Che Issa village, Mandimba area, Mozambique

Client Estamos: making cement slabs

Workers complete a few more toilet slabs

Client Estamos: toilet slab production

Workers prepare to fill in another frame with fresh cement

Client Estamos: toilet slab production

Filling in the frame

Client Estamos: toilet slab production

Inspecting previously finished slabs

Client Estamos: toilet slab production

Sand waits its turn, a key ingredient in cement slab production

Client Estamos: safe water

An Estamos activist visits the local water pump provided by Estamos

Client Estamos: safe water

Women are usually the only ones who use the water pumps as it is their gender-given role to carry water for their family

Client Estamos: safe water

A woman collects cool, clear water