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"Talk Straight," a music video by the Chapel Hill, North Carolina based band The Old Ceremony received the Gold Award for Best Music Based Video at the Everglades International Film Festival in South Africa. The video was produced by UNC Communications Professor Gorham Kindem and merges video footage from Kibera taken from volunteers of CFK, footage from the feature film Bend It Like Beckam and footage of the UNC Women's Soccer Team.

BINTI PAMOJA

LIGHTBOX

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Expressions of Hope From Young Women in the Kibera Slum of Nairobi
 
LightBox is comprised entirely of photographs taken by Binti Pamoja’s members and essays they have written to accompany those photos. All of the pictures were taken with disposable or simple point-and-shoot cameras during the period of 2002-2004. Most of the photographers had never before held a camera, and were provided less than two hours of basic training. Their expressions offer a candid look at the lives of young women in poverty. LightBox demonstrates the value of empowering a young woman and is a celebration of the victories these young women achieve every day. Their photography and essays display a powerful message – one of struggle, perseverance and hope.

100% of proceeds from LightBox support The Binti Pamoja Center Scholarship Fund, which helps Binti Pamoja members attend high school. With your tax-deductible donation for three copies of LightBox, you can personally fund a one-year scholarship. To learn more about the The Binti Pamoja Center Scholarship, please visit the Binti Pamoja website.

You can purchase the book online at http://www.bintipamoja.org/book/index.htm.