burn diary posts
Hi everyone, this is my last post on burndiary, it has been challenging and fun! Thank @davidalanharvey for creating this wonderful chaos and @diegorlando for setting order to it. And thanks to you all for your support! Before leaving you, I have to say I decided to pay a one-year school fee to Natasha ( …
One uncle of mine used to tell me: “Don’t believe those who say that aging is a process. One day you’ll wake up, and you’ll be old” This is exactly how I feel after my first 16 days in Africa. But it’s good, that’s probably why I love my job so much despite everything. :) …
@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. Almost time to say goodbye to the Waredube people and drive back to Addis. :) #uncutproject #journalismgrants @ezuccala
@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. The Waredube are one of the last tribes practicing the most severe form of #FGM, infibulation. But in the past 3 years women created watchgroups to monitor FGM activities in their community. FGM is illegal in Ethiopia. In the pic, Waredube women dancing. #uncutproject #journalismgrants
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 …
