January Refocus
Charlotte, NC
“Unto us a child is born.”
Isaiah 9:6
Bentley’s mother was faced with a difficult decision. Abortion was an option and nearly became her choice. However, she chose to offer Bentley a chance at life. As many pause at Christmas to celebrate the birth of a child, we are reminded of [...]
David Johnson spoke this week at Southwest Baptist University in Missouri. The university displayed a Silent Images gallery on campus this past month before David’s visit.
David Johnson speaks at TED in Charlotte and shares the vision for Silent Images’ latest project, Silent Heroes. Read all about it at www.mysilenthero.org.
David Johnson will be the key note speaker for the Honors Program at UNCC Wednesday, October 12, at 6 p.m. He will also be lecturing to a variety of classes on Thursday, October 13.
Often we take for granted the fact that we can turn to our own government for protection for ourselves and our families. If we’re harassed or threatened, we can pick up the phone and call 911. If we’re attacked, we can expect the police to prevent our attacker from assaulting us again.
But imagine if your [...]
David Johnson has just completed a photography assignment in South Africa and Tanzania where he was able to serve 3 ministries. Lily of the Valley provides education and health care to hundreds of orphans who are HIV positive in a rural area outside of Durban, South Africa. They help supplement their income by producing and [...]
Friends of Silent Images,
In light of recent reports of famine and abuse in Somalia, I feel burdened to inform friends of Silent Images about what is currently unfolding there.
For the past two months our nation has been entranced with the Casey Anthony trial, the NFL lockout, and the untimely death of Amy Winehouse. While these [...]
Here’s some images from team photographer Elizabeth Marx, who just returned from several weeks in Kenya and Uganda. In Kenya, she served Kumveka, and she also worked with our interns in Uganda, helping them with their work with MANA Nutrition. Hope you enjoy these great pictures!
Ten years old, Damion is thoughtful and reserved.
He is also the oldest of 50-plus orphans at the Arise Africa orphanage in Bukaleba –
an orphanage primarily geared for younger children.
With so many children in the orphanage, one-on-one time is nearly impossible –
especially when the younger children require the most attention.
And usually, giving attention to the youngest [...]
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An overdue dinner date with an acquaintance from our London to Entebbe flight caused us to cross paths with Marvin. She called it fate. Others, luck. I consider it nothing short of serendipity.
Hannah and I have spent the better part of the past month searching for a good candidate for MANA. It sounds a little [...]
By: Elizabeth Marx, Team Photographer
Malnourishment takes on a whole new meaning when you find yourself holding a tiny little bundle of flesh and bones in your arms who meets every requirement for the definition.
Sweet little baby Jonathan stares up at me with his gorgeous, big dark eyes as I hold him in my arms, barely [...]
Photo By: Lindsay Rosenfeld
By: Hannah Nemer
The beauty of MANA as an RUTF (Ready to Use Therapeutic Food) is that it is ready to use. But just because it is ready and capable, does not guarantee its immediate implementation.
When Lindsay and I came to Uganda, we both underestimated the difficulties of MANA distribution. I had this [...]
The 2010 Speedway Children’s Charity Grant has allowed Silent Images to host a photography camp for homeless children in partnership with A Child’s Place. Silent Images volunteers and David Johnson, the Silent Images director, are currently teaching four classes each week at Hidden Valley Elementary School, with about twenty five homeless or at-risk children in each class. [...]
It was Friday and we were supposed to be driving to Kampala for a meeting with Uganda’s Ministry of Health. We had planned on spending the better part of the day inquiring about RUTFs—specifically MANA—and Uganda’s policies. We had even flippantly conspired to sneak in our cameras and small audio equipment to capture some of [...]
We had another great day of shooting and learning yesterday with our photography workshop for homeless children. This workshop was made possible by Speedway Children’s Charities and has been instrumental in the lives of the children. We are also very grateful for our partnership with A Child’s Place who have assisted us in this program. [...]
Monday marked the first day of Silent Images photography workshop for homeless children in Charlotte. For the next month, these children will be spending two days a week learning the art of photography and more. David Johnson, founder of Silent Images, began this workshop three years ago hoping to reach out into different communities in [...]
A beautiful day made for a great photography shoot at Freedom Park with Pregnancy Resource Center of Charlotte. Team photographers Elizabeth Marx and Emily Chidester photographed several of PRCC’s clients and their children to help further promote the center and their mission. Each photograph embodies PRCC’s commitment to working with women through unexpected or unintended [...]
By: Lindsay Rosenfeld
“I have a simple philosophy: Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.” Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Most of my life experiences have confirmed what my mother has always said, the simpler the better. I’m quickly learning that this is rarely the case in Uganda… especially when considering water. Throughout the past week, [...]
By: Hannah Nemer
Americans have the watches but Africans have the time.
The most noticeable difference between the United States and Uganda is how people sense time. The watch I wear has become meaningless, as there is little likelihood of having a meeting start at its intended hour.
Conversations too seem to take place in a different time [...]
For many men like Paul, working on a boat as a guide is a source of income and just the first step of his dreams to own his own business in tourism. He works with drivers to show tourists around on different water sources, like the Nile and Bujagali Falls, as well as on-land at [...]
(L-R) Lindsay Rosenfeld and Hannah Nemer find some bit of “refuge” at the Souce Café in Jinja, Uganda in their first week.
By: Lindsay Rosenfeld
Over the past two days, the Source Café has proven to be much more than simply the source of coffee, lemongrass tilapia, and some of the best banana bread I have experienced [...]
By: Lindsay Rosenfeld
06/05/2011
Well, here we are… the morning of day one of our sixty-eight day adventure in Uganda. It’s a little strange to think that in less than forty-eight hours Hannah and I will be arriving in Jinja, the main destination and focus of our work. Despite the countless hours of preparation, research, and attempts [...]
By: Hannah Nemer
What the strangers sitting nearby at a local Minnesota Pizzeria really wanted to talk about was not the quality of my full plate of food, which was in fact delicious, but instead the Ugandan travel guide that I had hardly set down throughout dinner.
Eventually the conversation moved from pizza-predicated small talk to that [...]
“Before we can solve poverty, we need to define it,” said David Johnson. “Poverty is not just about lack of money or food, it is about the lack of hope and power. So our solutions need to address restoring hope and power and not just handing out money or food.” Johnson is the founder of [...]
My wife and I had the honor of having a private dinner with Dr. Akec Khoc, the Sudanese Ambassador to the U.S. Dr. Akec welcomed Andrea and I with a huge smile and firm handshake. His mixture of charm and professionalism makes him to be a true statesman. Although he has lived through [...]
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“Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.” Isaiah 1:17
Did you know?
• Minors, some as young as seven, constitute more than 25% of the prostitutes in Cambodia.
• Due to the genocide, the [...]
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“ Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them,
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“The best place to live is where love is … it’s where the presence of God is,” Hailu says. Hailu grew up orthodox, converted to Islam at an early age, and by the time he was 9 yrs old, he had not only learned about Jesus but had been introduced to Project Mercy.
“Standing out on [...]
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