Year: 2015

Hiking in Jockeys Ridge

Hiking around Jockeys Ridge on the outer banks is mostly a barefoot pleasure. Except in late summer out come the stickers I’ve never known the official name my whole ouch pull out the sticker burr life. Still sunset from this old shifting dune is the place to be. Even on the coldest day of winter …

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Blossoms

Hi everyone, this is my last post on burndiary, it has been challenging and fun! Thank @davidalanharvey for creating this wonderful chaos and @diegorlando for setting order to it. And thanks to you all for your support! Before leaving you, I have to say I decided to pay a one-year school fee to Natasha ( …

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Aging ain’t a process

One uncle of mine used to tell me: “Don’t believe those who say that aging is a process. One day you’ll wake up, and you’ll be old” This is exactly how I feel after my first 16 days in Africa. But it’s good, that’s probably why I love my job so much despite everything. :) …

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Woman in red

@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. Almost time to say goodbye to the Waredube people and drive back to Addis. :) #uncutproject #journalismgrants @ezuccala

Dancing

@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. The Waredube are one of the last tribes practicing the most severe form of #FGM, infibulation. But in the past 3 years women created watchgroups to monitor FGM activities in their community. FGM is illegal in Ethiopia. In the pic, Waredube women dancing. #uncutproject #journalismgrants

Wabe

Hi! This is @simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. These are the last few days of our trip, that brought us to Kenya and Ethiopia to follow women communities fighting against #FGM . In the pic, the landscape of the Wabe river, Oromyia valley. #uncutproject #journalismgrants

Storm

@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia. We got caught by a rain and sand storm this morning in the Waredube village. #uncutproject #journalismgrants #ethiopia

Nimo

@simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia on day 8. This is Nimo, a12 years old girls of Waredube community have a bath in the Wabe river. #uncutproject #journalismgrants #ethiopia

Day 8

Hi everyone, this is @simona.ghizzoni posting from Ethiopia on day 8. As I mentioned, we moved to Oromyia region, south-east of Addis Abeba to meet the Warebube, a very isolated community which still practices the most severe form of #FGM: infibulation . In the pic, the Wabe river, the land of Waredube people. They live …

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