We dropped son Spencer off at the Tampa airport this morning. He's on his way to Haiti. He will be working with a UN delegation promoting Human Rights. He is going as a representative of the Youth For Human Rights organization. He will be there for a week doing all the photography and video for the program. Spencer was picked from about 20 people for this trip. It is very exciting for him. Haiti is a beautiful country but politically and economically pretty depressed. And it is one of the poorest countries in the Western World. The group is going there because of the many human rights violations. They are doing what they can to help the new government in this respect. Spencer told me that he will be with UN bodyguards the whole time he is there. This is quite a cool project.
Spencer has been making films since he was 11 years old and also taking pictures for the last few.
He will obviously be taking hundreds (if not thousands) of pictures of Haiti and we'll let you know when they can be viewed online.
🙂
Martin
Update 2022: Check out his films: K Spencer Jones
It is good to hear that Spencer is doing something that aligns with his purpose in life as well as supports a worthy cause. I look forward to hearing about his trip and seeing the pictures!
Best,
Jen Nickerson