What I see in those photos is a long way from what I saw 6 years ago. Then I met a group of rather bedraggled looking children, who had a listlessness about them. In their movements, walking, playing etc., they seemed to lack a sense of self-esteem. These photos show children who are happy, full of joy, expressing in their posture self-confidence and freedom. There is a sense of purpose about them that leaps out of the pages, no longer victims, but individuals with a future and a purpose, even the youngest. You gave them the lifeline. I remember our conversation in the hotel lobby in Hannover. Your absolute conviction that any changes needed to grow organically, and not change their lives to different ones, but change the way they live, and think, about their existing lives to improve life for the entire village. They grasped the lifeline with both hands, listened, and little by little understood what changes they could make, step by step. You set them free from poverty, not of material things, but the ....
