'Chingari Trust'
Chingari Trust is the unique rehabilitation centre located near the abandoned Union Carbide (now DOW Chemical) industrial complex in Bhopal. Daily, it cares for children born with severe disabilities, as a consequence to drinking severely polluted water, or because they were born from parents who survived the killer gas-cloud in 1984.
Chingari Trust is funded by The Bhopal Medical Appeal, (BMA) is a British NGO campaigning for a complete clean-up and mitigation in the city of Bhopal.
Chingari Trust is funded by The Bhopal Medical Appeal, (BMA) is a British NGO campaigning for a complete clean-up and mitigation in the city of Bhopal.
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My name is Alex Masi, and I am an Italian documentary photographer committed to spreading awareness and supporting action towards children's rights and education.
In May 2011, 'The Photographers Giving Back Awards' assigned me a 5000 US$ grant to create and implement a specifically designed plan, benefiting one of my subjects, Poonam - and her family, after noticing one of my images of the young girl, then 6, revelling in the rain in Bhopal, near the abandoned Union Carbide complex.
Since then, I witnessed the passion that is moving Poonam and her family along, and how a single possibility for change has been able to spark in them such a vibrant enthusiasm for life.