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About this project
On January 18, 2010, an expedition of 19 doctors, surgeons, nurses, occupational therapists and prosthetists will embark to Coya, Peru, just east of Cuzco under the Capitol City Medical Team (http://ccmedicalteams.org/) and One Child at a Time NGOs to provide medical assistance to more than 300 disabled and injured children through surgical, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. Afflictions ranging from club foot syndrome, missing or injured limbs, and several other physical impairments will be addressed throughout the duration of the expedition.
I plan to travel with the medical team and document their work and their interaction with the Peruvian children with still and motion picture cameras, developing several stories and imagery of the expedition. The photos firstly benefit the NGO's mission and will provide the compelling details that should launch future donation drives to further their goal to help impoverished children all over the world. I also plan to target several news outlets to produce stories of the individuals involved in the mission, and stories on several of the children who will be directly affected. One girl for instance lost her right hip to an infection years ago and will receive a prosthetic hip to replace it. I will meet with her and document her procedure and recovery.
This mission constitutes the reason I became a photojournalist, and I hope will kick off a dedicated focus for more of these missions in the future. The money raised will cover my expenses and equipment needs while covering my absence. If successful, I will also be able to legitimize my ability in covering world issues and present them to the world through further projects. I would like to work with more aid projects and hopefully present a book and film on the type of people who do medical missions and their relevance globally.
My website to see my work is at http://www.nscotttrimble.com
The NGO directing the project I am covering is http://ccmedicalteams.org/
Thank you for your support!
Project location: Qosqo, Cusco
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A story telling photo montage in either digital or printed form of the expedition.
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To be consulted, but for companies that might have a staked interest in the project, shared use of selected photos for promotional means. Please contact me before pledging.
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Project By
N. Scott Trimble
Lake Oswego, OR
Send MessageN. Scott Trimble is a photojournalist with 15 years experience working for the likes of the Arizona Republic, The Columbian, and the East Valley Tribune. His work has been seen in the New York Times, LA Time, New York Post, AP, People magazine, and many more.
Scott moved from an engineering major in college at UNC-Charlotte to photojournalism at Arizona State University after a month long trip to Southeast Asia where his grandfather, an accomplished photographer himself, taught him photography while experiencing new cultures in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. That experience forever changed his view of the world and sought to document human struggles all over the world. He had documented border issues in Arizona, a two year account of a police officer battling Parkinson’s Disease, and a boy living his father’s dream of playing baseball while slowly succumbing to muscular dystrophy.
Scott lives in Lake Oswego, OR with his wife Jennifer, brand new baby daughter, Stella, and their border collie Tessa and beagle Daisy Mae.
