a Sud dell' America: 2011

We are a non-profit, non-partisan association established recently that has the specific goal of creating scholarships for kids who are at risk in areas (favelas, villas), and who survive in conditions of real misery, whose rights are affected clearly. The idea was developed during the 4 trips made by Constantine Idini photoreporter to Brazil, Bolivia, Peru and Colombia, intense and difficult journeys that had nothing to do with a holiday or a conventional tourist trip, from which he returned with the clear awareness "that is extremely cruel to watch and feel helpless poverty of others" and that had to do something. Thus was born the project "A Sud dell'America," which provides for the future publication of a photo book with pictures collected during the trips with the help and trust of the non-profit organizations with which he made contact and the way in Latin America that allowed him to enter the "border areas", by extremely dangerous and where a Westerner with a camera becomes an intended victim if he has good reason to be there and good brokers who introduce him. The intimate relationship and mutual trust among the gaze of the photographer and the boys emerge from each photo, but without pity or false and smug rhetoric of "rich" to the poor, without the clamor of the scoop or the loud cry of misery that evokes the our imaginary images redundant. "Enjoy poverty", citing the documentary Renzo Martens ... Portraying children who smile does not exclude them from the poverty they live in them "normalizes" and makes us feel them closer. "It 'amazing how beautiful the smile of a child when all around is misery ..."
Many children of various ages, free of family and education are collected from the street greeted by local (not without great economic hardship) and are looked after and made to study up to primary school. But once they reach adolescence is no longer deal with them and are sent on the road where they often fall into situations of drugs and prostitution.
"... But what struck me is that many boys want to continue studying, and often have very clear ideas. Some want to do the cooks, carpenters, other masters ... as to deprive them of this right,but mostly why... " To create a scholarship is enough € 600 per year.The funds raised from the sale of books, exhibitions that will run from different areas of Sardinia and any donations will be donated to associations of reference, who will create scholarships for children. The amount will be personally delivered by Constantine Idini who will document the successful creation of the bag and the emotional journey of young people who will use it. This path can be followed in future online through blog created specifically for the purpose.

These referral links:

asuddellamerica@gmail.com
www.asuddellamerica.blogspot.com
facebook.com / asud.dellamerica
idinicostantino@yahoo.com Tel +39 3932854725

Thanks for your help
Ass. A sud dell'America Cinzia Nieddu Costantino Idini

A Sud dell'America é un associazione ONLUS no profit nata in seguto a due viaggi che ho fatto in sud America e all'incontro umano con ogni singolo ragazzo a cui ho dedicato una foto alcune pagine del libro "What do you want out of life"? Il libro é un progetto pensato per raccogliere fondi che verranno destinati per creare borse di studio per ragazzi che vivono in situazioni estreme e quotidianamente a rischio nelle favelas e nelle villas a Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Bogotá, Cuzco.Questi ragazzi,senza un fondo monetario non avrebbero accesso a nessun tipo di istruzione. L''associazione a Sud dell'America si propone di devolvere interamente il ricavato delle vendite del libro e di eventuali donazioni alle associazioni di riferimento nei paesi coinvolti.Il percorso di queste donazioni potrà essere seguito attraverso il blog che verrà periodicamente aggiornato con foto e video documentazioni.

Centri dove verranno destinati gli aiuti:

www.escuelataller.org Colombi a

www.fundaciontemas.org.ar Argentina

www.fotogiulianelli.it/bolivia

www.yanapanakusun.org Perù