Deviwo.org launched

FirstRide contributor Sammy "Taller Man" Bathrick A.K.A. Lofty proudly launches www.Deviwo.org:

check it: www.deviwo.org

In 2004, I moved to Ghana, West Africa and became a volunteer English Teacher at the Gina International School in Madina, Accra. In early 2005, using disposable cameras donated by the Kodak SNAP Foundation, I began teaching the 17 children in my Junior Secondary English classroom how to snap pictures.

In our after-school photography classes, we practiced the basics of point and shoot photography and discussed the different kinds of photographs they were creating. and in our English class the students used the photographs as visual tools for their compositions.

In January 2006, The school invited families, teachers, and local artists to an exhibition of the students' work at the University of Ghana. A book of the students' photographs and writing will soon be for sale, with the proceeds going toward a building project at the Gina International School and various educational initiatives in the Zongo Junction area of Madina, Accra.

-Sam Bathrick, December 2006