Welp… My trip in West Africa was originally scheduled to be March 9- March 19, 2020. Clearly, that didn’t happen, and it was even crazier than I could’ve fathomed. Check it out for the full report!

Social Media: love it or hate it, you gotta have it! Today on the blog, I wanted to give a bit of inside info on my choices for social media usage & the why behind it. Check it out!

Working with Yezalalem Minch in Ethiopia, we were trying to capture content for 7 videos and a small photo library in only 11 days. We not only needed our main gear, but also needed redundancy in case something broke. Check out what we decided to bring!

Clean & protected water sources without having to drill?! Say it ain’t so!!

It is not uncommon that NGOs working in developing countries will install water systems. Most of the time, they’re big and awesome… until they break. In many instances, villages won’t have the funds, parts, or knowledge to repair larger irrigation systems. This is especially true for solar powered solutions. In an attempt to assist villages to become self-sustaining using the new irrigation, we came up with some alternatives. Check out our first clean water spotlight: Burkina Faso.

One of the most common causes we hear celebrities talk about is providing clean water to those who don’t have access it. That being said… they rarely discuss what that looks like & how different parts of the world have different needs. I want to start this series off with a little discussion on the variety of clean water delivery methods I’ve documented over the last 7 years. 

There are not many foods I’ve literally had to choke down in my travels… but there’s definitely been a few. One of these happened while I was out on location in Senegal. Paul & I were out in Diohine filming for an entire day, and while we’d brought some food for ourselves, the village leaders insisted that they feed us. The only problem with this…. all the women were out working the peanut harvest instead of cooking.

We just hit 200 subscribers on Youtube! In celebration of that milestone, we wanted to give you a chance to write in with some questions. Thanks so much to all the askers we had on Instagram. We’ve chosen our favorites to answer on today’s blog. Check them out! PS- I’m going to try to make this a periodic thing, so if you’re not following me on insta- make sure you don’t miss the next opportunity!