Sleeping in a cardboard box.
Last Saturday Whitney and I spent the night in a cardboard box.
We took 8 teenagers to an event, in Hendersonville, called Displace Me. The evening was planned to raise awareness for the displaced people of Northern Uganda. If you are not familiar with this situation, you can learn more about it on the “Make a Difference” section of our new website www.doveweddingphotography.com.
A major part of the event was sleeping in huts made from card board. We arrived to the grounds a little late, so our homes were less glamorous then some of the cardboard huts the other 1,500 students built.
A large challenge of the night came when it was time to retrieve our water rations. Only the females, who were 18-22 years of age, in each group were allowed to retrieve the water. On top of that, they were only allowed to get one bottle of water per visit to the distribution are. To make matters more difficult. Our group did not have any females in the correct age range. So, Whitney taught the well-mannered young ladies of our group how to lie.
The night stayed rain-free, but ended up quit cold. Whitney woke with a wonderful sinus infection that lasted a few days and I was a bit under the weather for the next day as well.
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Here are some images to tell the story a little more:
Tori is a fun spirit who always brings life to the group. She tried keeping us up all night with rounds of Telephone.
The event was planned by Invisible Children Inc. Not only do they create a lot of awareness for Uganda, but they create some great documentaries. Here is a crowd-surfing videographer shooting a film to be shown on the Senate Floor.
Around 1500 youth in Nashville contributed to the creation of the film for the Senate.
The moon over the cardboard village.
"Every War Has an End"
Whitney, Amy, and the glorious home the girls made for the night.
We took 8 teenagers to an event, in Hendersonville, called Displace Me. The evening was planned to raise awareness for the displaced people of Northern Uganda. If you are not familiar with this situation, you can learn more about it on the “Make a Difference” section of our new website www.doveweddingphotography.com.
A major part of the event was sleeping in huts made from card board. We arrived to the grounds a little late, so our homes were less glamorous then some of the cardboard huts the other 1,500 students built.
A large challenge of the night came when it was time to retrieve our water rations. Only the females, who were 18-22 years of age, in each group were allowed to retrieve the water. On top of that, they were only allowed to get one bottle of water per visit to the distribution are. To make matters more difficult. Our group did not have any females in the correct age range. So, Whitney taught the well-mannered young ladies of our group how to lie.
The night stayed rain-free, but ended up quit cold. Whitney woke with a wonderful sinus infection that lasted a few days and I was a bit under the weather for the next day as well.
-peter
Here are some images to tell the story a little more:
Tori is a fun spirit who always brings life to the group. She tried keeping us up all night with rounds of Telephone.
The event was planned by Invisible Children Inc. Not only do they create a lot of awareness for Uganda, but they create some great documentaries. Here is a crowd-surfing videographer shooting a film to be shown on the Senate Floor.
Around 1500 youth in Nashville contributed to the creation of the film for the Senate.
The moon over the cardboard village.
"Every War Has an End"
Whitney, Amy, and the glorious home the girls made for the night.
