East India is the poorest region in this large and populous country. Freedom from Hunger’s work is focused in east India, where they bring self-help services to the poorest communities in the poorest states. Freedom From Hunger is one of my oldest clients; my first assignment with them was in Haiti in 2001. This week, I’ll be photographing their programs here in West Bengal and Orissa, so please stay tuned to the blog, as I will be updating whenever my 3g modem is working, and I have enough time.

Freedom From Hunger works in the states of Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal. As in other countries that they work in, they develop programs that meet the special needs of the rural poor. While most people think of urban poverty when they think of poverty in India, rural areas are home to the majority of poor people and their plight is considerably more desperate than that of the urban poor.



For more information: click http://www.freedomfromhunger.org

 

3 Responses to “Assignment Freedom From Hunger: West Bengal, India” Subscribe

  1. Catherine Wisner November 17, 2011 at 11:38 am #

    Karl, I love seeing your NGO work almost more than that from the photo tours.. I can’t actually believe I said that seeing that I am an avid follower of your photo tours.. but the question I have is why am I not previously aware of these incredible NGO’s that you do work for? Where am I missing the feed of information that would make me aware of who is doing what out there? Your blog does more to publicize what people are doing in some of these countries than anything else I have found.. If you have any suggestions of where I should look to be \plugged in\ to these good works, please share.. In the meantime..keep shooting and sharing. Catherine

  2. Karl Grobl November 17, 2011 at 12:31 pm #

    Hi Catherine,

    Thanks so much for the comment, it’s nice to hear from you and know that you’ve survived the latest round of your crazy travels with the likes of wild gorillas and man eating crocodiles!

    In terms of resources about NGOs, I have a list of my NGO clients with links here http://karlgrobl.com/blog/ngo-work/ (it’s the NGO link on the navigation of the front page of my blog.

    Then, there are other sources like Charity Navigator.com, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and Great Non Profits.

    Meanwhile check out Freedom From Hunger’s website and their blog.www.FreedomFromHunger.org

    I hope that’s helpful,

    Karl

  3. Carl Valiquet November 24, 2011 at 10:58 am #

    Dear Karl, as always. Maybe even more in this reportage, you are a «humanist» photographer. I sense that you love the people that you photograph. You get close to them and they do dot shy away from you. Not only are the photos impeccable, they have a «heart».
    Take care.

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