Enrich Me with Your Difference speeches
When it was first suggested that I exhibited a collection of my humanitarian photographs as part of the 20th anniversary of the Bloomsbury Festival, I knew that it was an opportunity to inspire others to look for places in their lives to make a difference.
“Enrich Me with Your Difference” ties in well this year’s Bloomsbury Festival theme of “Create and Celebrate” – where the creativity of the photography celebrates our diversity as something positive. The set of photographs showcase my work with communities in this country and abroad. Communities are built on good will and neighbourly charity. The work is all about supporting people around us.
Last Thursday 1st of October was the private view of, “Enrich Me with Your Difference” and was attended by many of the people I have worked with over the years. Thank you for the kind words said in the speeches by Wendy Solesbury MBE, Chair of Trustees at Compass Collective and Youth Engagement Manager of the British Red Cross, Nic Hailey the Executive Director of International Alert, and Pasca Lane the Senior Director of the British Red Cross.
“Enrich me with your difference” is an old African proverb from Togo that translates as … whenever you encounter something new, whether it is a person, place, or experience, you should combine all the differences, with your knowledge, understanding and emotional response, to build something positive.
