Neelam
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Neelam is my kind-hearted local friend and assistant who is looking after Poonam and Jyoti's education and listening to the family's needs and ideas.
He is 'responsible' for meeting teachers, arranging anything that's needed for the two siblings' education and discussing possibilities of improvement with their parents, Suresh, and Sangita. |
Similarly to Ravi, in his spare time, he is also available for commissions in Bhopal and elsewhere in India.
> Neelam's Instagram Feed. Excluding 'Poonam's Tale of Hope', below are two slideshows of images that I produced collaborating with Neelam: |
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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.