> Am I the only one who finds this just a Bit distasteful? To send a bunch of > branded t-shirts to Cambodia because our geeky females didn't take all of > them last summer in San Francisco? > And then to ask for a picture to top it off? How are they to respond to > this? "Ooh, the nice people in America have sent us t-shirts about > videoblogging. Let's smile for the Americans"? > This is really making me upset > IF we are going to send VloggerCon t-shirts to poor non-Caucasians in > Cambodia, we might just as well Really get involved there. Get involved with > their local community. Find ways that we as privileged westerners can really > help. Just sending them 50 t-shirts because we can't find ways to distribute > them among ourselves feels wrong. > If we at all care about youth in Cambodia (and I am Not saying that Beth > Kanter doesn't care), we should get involved, try to do something, maybe set > up a project a la http://swajana.com/ where we can give them a chance to put > their voice out there. Give us Their perspective on life. > Give them a voice amplifier. Don't give them a frigging t-shirt and let them > smile to the camera so we can tell ourselves and each other how > international we are as a vlogosphere. > Am I off track here? :)
i hear you raymond. i guess my asking for a picture could have been in bad taste. none was meant. I think Beth is the best one to answer this question. I certainly am not coming from the perspective that these people in Cambodia are starving and dying and we're giving them t-shirts. these are just people on the other side of the world who Beth knows. Beth? As far as starting a Swajana.com project in cambodia, Beth and I have talked about it offlist. the issue is a couple things: money....equipment...and more importantly, available time of the people in Cambodia who would teach the videoblogging workshops. Raymond, remember when we sent that camera to your friend in nepal? what were the issues that kept him from videoblogging? these issues still exist. this is one reason why we started http://havemoneywillvlog.com. often, these projects need money, and champions to invest their time to make it happen. jay -- Here I am.... http://jaydedman.com
