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The Vietnam Friendship Village was founded in 1992 by George Mizo, an American veteran of the Vietnam War who was interested in helping to repair the damage done to the Vietnamese people and to Vietnam-America relations by the war. It is a residential facility located in Hanoi, Vietnam that provides medical care, physical therapy, education …

Some stills from my film ‘You’re the Enemy – Welcome Back!’ and photos taken while travelling and sightseeing in Vietnam (Hanoi and My Son). watch filmblog posts

I took these photos during one of my many visits to the orphanage. I visited Rishikesh, North India, to meet my friend Prabavati and to shoot my award winning ‘Children of Ramana’s Garden’. Ramana’s Garden is a home for destitute children, many of whom have survived horrific abuse. But in this loving environment they have …

Photos (and also some stills) from my second visit to Ramana’s Garden where I shot the film ‘Kidnap’. This is the story: a 15 year old girl is kidnapped and sold to a brothel in Nepal. An American woman who runs the orphanage where she lives manages to rescue her. watch the filmwatch the trailer

watch the filmwatch the trailer I took these photos while shooting the film ‘Guo’s Childhood’ – Guo Deping and his six siblings grew up in a cave and nearly starved to death during the Cultural Revolution in China.

Photos by Veena – 3booksblog.wordpress.com Veena writes: Shaolin Wugulun Kung Fu is a little known form of Kung Fu practiced by relatively few people in Henan Province, China – in the foothills of  Song Shan, the central one of China’s five sacred mountains. In around 1870, when the famous Shaolin temple was facing the possibility of …

Photos by Veena – 3booksblog.wordpress.com Veena Schlegel took these photos while I was shooting the film ‘Master Wu Nanfang on Song Mountain’, in which the Master practices some amazing forms perched precariously on a mountain crag, and also does some calligraphy, an art which uses the same skill and presence as Kung Fu itself. watch …

watch the film watch the compilation ‘Poo in Paradise‘ about eco toilets Ramesh & the Quality of Life (Photos) I took these photos while shooting the film ‘Ramesh and the Quality of Life Project’ – Ramesh, a young man from a poor family in southern India, builds eco toilets for the villagers to improve their …

Photos by Amano Samarpan: amanosamarpan.com Samarpan writes: Towards the end of 2012, I wanted to revisit Ethiopia, a country I had seen in 2009 and been impressed by. It was my first foray into the wildlife of Africa, in particular birds, and I wanted to revisit and see different areas. In communication with our former …