By the children of Lura, Nepal….
On the last day of our community project, we spent the morning playing with the children at Manju Shree Primary School. They loved having their photos taken and were fascinated by my camera so I slung the camera around the first child’s neck, showed him how to push the button to take a photo and let him go. And then child after child after child.
These are the photos they took of their friends crowding around to have their photos taken. They’re better than mine! Enjoy the slideshow.
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This project had to be incredibly warm and humbling being surrounded by those beautiful little faces.
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They were most definitely one of my favourite things.
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Lovely to see Nepalese Children. Thank you for sharing! ❤
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These are some of my favourite photos from the trip.
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The photos are incredible. I love the perspective. Perhaps it is that the children are low to the ground and so trusting of each other that the creativity of the ‘very up close’ images shine through. I want to reach through the screen and hug them .:)
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Oh, me too. I just love these photos.
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They are really very good, as Sue comments, maybe because they know and trust each other they are more natural in front of the camera.
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Yes, I think so. They were so excited to see one of their classmates with a camera, I think they were extra keen to have their photo taken by whoever had it.
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A wonderful child’s eye view😊.
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They are some of my favourite photos from the whole trip.
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I really enjoyed seeing the little ones. What’s with all the knitted caps?
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They were a gift from one of the participants. She and her husband travel around Australia in a caravan (we call them Grey Nomads) and she spends her time knitting. They have a connection with another school in Nepal from a previous trekking trip and had brought things for both schools.
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They were so bright and colorful, and the kids seemed to wear them with pride!
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OMG Heather – they are absolutely adorable! What a wonderfully impulsive thing to do! The little guy with the fuzzy pink hat has such an intense and serious face. He seemed completely unsure about the whole photo thing 🙂
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I love how these photos remind me of their personalities. He was always very serious, that one. Some were shy, some were in your face, some were naughty. I loved them all. 🙂
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hahaha! I could probably guess which were which 🙂
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Lovely photos and lovely kids. My sister’s daugher married a Nepalese man. The best move ever. They had a daughter who is now in a high school in Germany as an exchange student.
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My goodness! Such an international family! The Nepalese are such lovely people, quietly spoken and always friendly. Definitely a good move. 🙂
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Very cool. Love them.
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I absolutely adore them. 🙂
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I think these photos are so beautiful because they are natural. And I love the beanies. I’m sure they will get plenty of use in the Nepalese winter.
How are you feeling?
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I’ve just picked up that I never replied to this. Sorry!
The beanies were a gift from one of the participants and clearly very appreciated.
The plus side of delaying my reply is that I am feeling much better today than I was three days ago. 🙂 Have even managed a couple of sociable outings which has done wonders for my spirits of not so much for my ribs. 😉
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That’s good news. You might be surprised by how much better you feel each day from now on as it all starts to heal. Let’s hope so anyway.
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Beautiful children, every one of them. Such candid shots! I can imagine a camera would have been so fascinating for them, especially with its playback screen?
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I think they’ve had exposure to mobile phones because when I was showing them the photos on the camera, they kept trying to swipe the screen to move to the next one. But most of them certainly didn’t know how to use a camera. It was so wonderful to see them so excited. And they were just gorgeous kids. I miss them all so much.
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It sounds like Nepal touched your heart as it did mine. I can tell you that feeling of affinity for the nation and the beautiful people who live there, never leaves.
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Beautiful faces. Thanks for sharing Heather.
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I’ve never been so glad of a random, spontaneous act as I am of handing my camera over to the kids. I will always treasure these photos.
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