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October 4, 2009

A Plee for Assistance

Filed under: human rights,immigrants,journalism,Moscow,Tajikistan — waters @ 5:08 pm

I am sitting in a hotel room in Dublin waiting to head to the airport to board a plane for Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It is the next step in my story on Russian migrant workers from Central Asia. Zarina in her home.As you know I spent two weeks in Moscow and got some good work done there and made some very good contacts.

My next trek to Tajikistan will help to round out the story. I want to show where the workers are coming from and the families that they are leaving behind. To do this I will spend about two weeks Traveling around Tajikistan meeting and documenting families. The final piece of this journey is to take the four day train ride from Dushanbe to Moscow.

My plea to you is for financial assistance. If you remember reading my previous post on my new ideas to fund documentary photography you are familiar with my concepts. If not you can find them here. I have reopened the Pledgie page and would love for everyone that read this to send as much as they can afford. Even $5 would help.

Now it’s time to put your money where your mouth is. If you really feel my photography is good and that this story needs to be told then step up and help me make sure I can finish shooting this story and get it sold. After spending two weeks meeting these people I feel now more than ever that their story needs to be told. Please help me click the link above and make a pledge.

September 29, 2009

Dushanbe Here I Come

Filed under: human rights,immigrants,journalism,Moscow — Tags: , , , — waters @ 10:17 pm

I have been back in Bantry for just over a week now. Things in Russia went very well. I had a wonderful visit with Sergey, Katya and Vasya. Vasilly was quizzing Sergey over the past two years wanting to know when Uncle Neal would be returning to Moscow. Vasya at the Kremlin in Moscow.And then there I was! I brought him a toy robot that I found in the toy store here in Bantry. He loved it. He has learned a lot of English since I was there in 2007 and we were able to make up the gap using Google Translator. It was a short visit but I think we all liked it.

I met many people from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan who were willing to share their stories with me. Many of them are helping me get connected with friends and family back in Tajikistan when I head there in less than a week. That is assuming I get there on 5 October.
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May 27, 2009

Fund My Story

If you look to your right you will see a small bug from the website pledgie.com. The purpose of this is to allow my readers to help me fund the story I want to complete in Russia and Central Asia. The Pledgie website allows you to set-up a cause and solicit funds. The advantage over just using a PayPal donation is that the Pledgie causes are searchable on the internet and will hopefully reach a larger audience. (more…)

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