Hi! This is @simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. These are the last few days of our trip, that brought us to Kenya and Ethiopia to follow women communities fighting against #FGM . In the pic, the landscape of the Wabe river, Oromyia valley. #uncutproject #journalismgrants
@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. We got caught by a rain and sand storm this morning in the Waredube village. #uncutproject #journalismgrants #ethiopia
@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia on day 8. This is Nimo, a12 years old girls of Waredube community have a bath in the Wabe river. #uncutproject #journalismgrants #ethiopia
Hi everyone, this is @simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia on day 8. As I mentioned, we moved to Oromyia region, south-east of Addis Abeba to meet the Warebube, a very isolated community which still practices the most severe form of #FGM: infibulation . In the pic, the Wabe river, the land of Waredube people. They live …
@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. Here’s one last memory from Kenya, one of the polaroids I’m taking on the way. Group photo of the girls in the rescue centre of Kajado. #uncutproject #journalismgrants @ezuccala
Hi everyone, this is time for a break on day 7 :) We flew to Addis Ababa and then we drove 7 hours south- east to reach the Oromia valley. We’re in a small village called Gasare, 2600 m on sea level. Tomorrow we’ll meet a new community practicing #FGM. In the meantime…that’s me vs …
October is feeling like a bit of summer here in the outer banks. Warm sunny days and cool starry nights. Fire going and the doors wide open. The best. Everybody is on the beach on bikes on the jogging path and on the big dune. New York last weekend with my book publishing class was …
I publish Instagrams from a wide variety of locations worldwide. Yet if you roll through my feed you will see a high percentage of photos from either my rooftop in Brooklyn or my front porch in the outer banks. Basically I’m a homebody. I rarely “go out”. 90% of my socializing happens at home. My …
@simona.ghizzoni posting from Kenya. So, when I speak about modest accomodation, this is pretty much how it looks like. Our personal life here is quite complicated…no running water, a few hours of electricity…but I start getting used to it. PS. when I say “we”, it’s because I’m traveling with a journalist and a friend @ezuccala. …
@simona.ghizzoni posting from Kenya. Guys I’m happy to introduce you Faith, our guide in the Masai area. Faith is, of course, masai and underwent #FGM in her childhood. She’s now an educator and a women’s right warrior:) #uncutproject #journalismgrants
