By purchasing this book, you support Orange Babies. The charity organisation that makes a big difference in the lives of all the people portrayed in this book and beyond. Thank you! ♼
In search of a better world It was time to achieve a dream. Deeply impressed by how the organisation Orange Babies changes the lives of children with HIV in Africa, and becoming a father myself, I decided to give my whole heart to children in need. This marked the beginning of ‘We Are Orange Babies’ 10 years of photography in Africa supported by my music, film, and poetry. By adding this multimedia work, I take you as deeply as possible into the stories, and the things I felt along the way. With ‘We Are Orange Babies’ the goal is to spread the orange love, to create more awareness for children with HIV in Africa and to give as many children as possible a fair start in life. Every child deserves a carefree youth and should be able to jump around with a smile on their face. I deeply hope that my personal journey also inspires you to make the world a better place by using your talents to help those who are in need. Because if I can do it, you can do it!
This photobook is alive! It’s growing and blossoming like a tree. Portraits and chapters are linked to multimedia, like documentaries, stories, and music. Register for your book at www.WeAreOrangeBabies.com and get access to heartwarming stories behind the photos. Don’t drop your leaves, we are all on the same page together, love.
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after their one day meal better is how they feel they looked at me I looked at them pinch me is this real ?
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who is helping who?
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a teardrop in the desert turned a seed into a tree she didn’t need so much to grow to bloom and to set free
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my coat of many colors that my momma made for me made only from rags but I wore it so proudly although we had no money I was rich as I could be in my coat of many colors my momma made for me a Dolly Parton song she sang to me
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a smile from the dark it leaves a mark it leaves what was behind
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when you look at them, you drown in them these shiny darkened eyes when you close them, you still see them these shiny darkened eyes a whirlwind inside your head is spinning to pick them up you want them to see a better world and not look into darkness
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sitting in the light there all alone the time stood still now carved in stone
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eyes that tell me stories eyes that make me cry they open my heart the key to my soul forever locked in time
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ooh Lutangu so skinny were you the moment you arrived now look at you the life in you a miracle you survived
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when dreams become reality nightmares are the past
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she remains a mystery but hope is what she gives
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my new parent my new home my new life my new me
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when you follow your heart follow your dreams it means sacrifice as it seems but giving it up letting it go it’s fatal it’s a no .
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darkness made me blind but love opened my eyes again
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a helping hand the love you’ll send forever in their hearts
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silence inside lights up the light darkens the dark it is all right
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teddy teddy teddy bear thank you for your protection you are the one I’ll always trust you understand affection
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I am dust and you are dust emerged from stars to be I am light and you are light it’s what we all will see
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I am you, and you are me no difference, in harmony
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you are remembered
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choice is what we have choice is what we give but the ones that just arrived they deserve to live
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we are all coloured with black and white sides
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we are the generation that will beat HIV
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In memory of 32,000,000 people who lost their lives because of HIV.
1,000 of these pages show the number of children living with HIV today. More than 90% of all children with HIV are living in Africa. Only half of them are treated with HIV medicines.
Every child deserves a fair start in life. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s help the 3,000,000 children who are living with HIV today. Together we can make the world a better place!
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Thank you! Fir st of al l I w ou l d l i ke to t h an k J o e p L a ng e , h is p a rt ne r J a c q u e line va n To ng e re n a nd a l l spe c i a l i sts w ho l ost the i r l i v e s on the i r w a y to M el bou r n e f or th e A ID S con f e re n c e w it h f lig h t MH 1 7 in 2 0 1 4 . T he y m a d e a hug e d iff e re nc e i n the l i v e s of ma ny pe opl e wi th HIV. Yo u w ill n o t b e f o rg o t t e n . 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T h a n k y o u a ll.
Photo credits page 4: Samson Kalyati, Joanne Schouten. Sources used for the estimates on pages 209-211: www.unaids.org & data.unicef.org 2019. Big hug for the people I forgot to mention, x Adrian Kuipers
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