Haiku My Heart: May The Spiral Be Broader

A New African Generation 2 © 2011 Walter Scappini

Forever Oneness

© 2011 Walter Scappini

Who Sings to Us

For a moment© 2011 Walter Scappini

In Silence

At the end of the game© 2011 Walter Scappini

Who Teaches Us Through Each Other.

© 2011 Walter Scappini

Guide My Steps With Strength and Wisdom

A School Day As Usual © 2011 Walter Scappini

May I See the Lessons as I Walk

Honor the Purpose of All Things

© 2011 Walter Scappini

Help Me Touch With Respect

Always Speak from Behind My Eyes

© 2011 Walter Scappini

Let Me Observe, Not Judge

May I Cause No Harm

Introduction to the Trip © 2011 Walter Scappini

And Leave Music© 2011 Walter Scappini

And Beauty After My Visit

The Masai Girl © 2011 Walter Scappini

When I Return to Forever,

A Family © 2011 Walter Scappini

~May the Circle Be Closed~

Valter and friends in Tanzania © Nicolino Sapio

And the Spiral Be Broader

~Bee Lake~

an aboriginal poet

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Tanzanian Haiku

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Beauty and Raw Truth

a world of vibrant colors
exploding in fire.

~Haiku taken from Gabi Greve 2009 with some changes thanks to Noelle And Deb Taylor (thanks Deb).

Once there was a man called Edward S. Tingatinga. He was born in the Namochelia village in Tunduru district in the South Tanzania.  During the 1960s he established an art form that became associated with Tanzania.

Today, "Tingatinga" is the Tanzanian term for this form of art, known most intimately in Tanzania, Kenya, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Japan, Switzerland etc.
The Photographer: Valter Scappini

Valter Scappini (aka Walter) hails from Rome, Italy and has traveled to Arusha, Tanzania with a fellow photographer friend, Nicolino Sapio, on a picture shooting pilgrimage to benefit Compassion.com.

In The Photographer’s Own Words ~

The children you see in these pictures look good because
they are helped by the support program of Compassion.com. This is the story and, believe me, it has been incredible to me to see how easy it is to give a child a respectable life with a small contribution: I spend 26 Euros per month ~$38 USD ~ (less than 1E per day, in effect the cost of an espresso). This money is enough to take a child (if the parents agree) and bring a young person into the sponsorship program. The program offers him or her a basic education, (not only school or training for work, but also health care and those things taken for granted in our culture but still so significant for them) , clothes and vaccinations.   So Valter, not exactly a religious guy, often disenchanted by people, experienced how these children could really have a chance, and hope for the future.
Compassion.com’s program  offered no generic words, and no beautiful images like those advertisements we see on the TV. No, It was a small school with poor material, but a school.  There were uniforms for the students. Many times the  uniforms were ripped but they had them. So what we have seen is not real, harsh poverty, but what a simple, basic, modest support (1 Euro a day in my case) can do. And this is something gorgeous. I do not think I will ever meet any of those children that I support, but I know that maybe they will have a decent life in their country, and this will improve things for the entire country.  You know, it is always a matter of a critical mass. If you reach the critical mass, all things start moving by themselves in that direction. The path is incredibly far yet, but like a philosopher said: "each long path starts with a small step".

~Valter Scappini

 

You Can Make The Spiral Broader ~

If you would like to be a part of what Valter and Nicolino are doing, you too can sponsor a child for only $38 US dollars a month. Compassion.com offers programs like this for children in 26 countries where poverty and lack of resources make life more than challenging and often hopeless for young minds and bodies struggling to survive. Clicking on these links listed here, or the Picture link below will lead you to the Compassion.com website where you can sponsor a child and receive regular updates and letters on that child’s welfare, or make a one time donation. Either way, “the spiral will be broader.”
If you decide to Sponsor a child or give a donation, please add to Valter and Nicolino’s blessings by returning to this blog and letting us know either by response or email to me personally that you sponsored a child or gave to this worthy program. Thank you so much!

~Blessings and Peace,

Noelle Renee

Link to Compassion.com

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