Maternity Hospital

The Maternity hospital is one of the projects founded( and continue to have maintenance) by my International women Org.The women are treated in labor there and getting guidance for later on.

 

Thanks, Pnina

Thanks ,Pnina

Colorful smiling mothers,Pnina.

Nice, love the color! Look at the womem with the smile!!!

Well... I see that the people of Mali are amazingly colorfull :)

Nicely captured moment. Very human and colorful.

Thanks to all of you.

 

Igor, yes the women colorful cloths are THE beautiful colors of the country.

What beautiful mothers and babies! I love their clothes! I'm enjoying your trip Pnina!

irresistable subject matter, nice job in what looks like a strong shade with the colors. envy your trip on top of your talents!

Wonderful idea to give your time and energy in a country such as Mali, Pnina. And I think this is important that the photographer also shows to the world that life aint easy there.

Well captured Colorful moment.

 

~Regards~Satya~

Aml'ie, I'm glad you travel through my photos there are many more to come, keep your Camel ready....lol

 

Ben and lionel, the majority there, are the children,I wish they could grow in better condition. That hospital is a drop in the ocean but at least some , I hope, will get better treatment.

 

Thank you Satya!

 

Thanks Pnina

great documentary shot. fascinating colours, razor sharp. i very much like the expressions you have captured here.

Beautiful color and clarity. I love the expressions and their interest in you. Pnina, each one of us can make a difference. Thank you for bringing Mali to us.

Klaus and Clarence, the boy's expression is what captured my attention first, and mothers attitude . thanks for your feedback. Pnina

Beautiful and rich! Could also make a good BW.

I am glad to see that you keep shooting and find interesting subjects.

Regards, Virgil

Hi Virgil, nice to see you here, thanks for your feedback. Pnina

Fascinating series,this is my favorite thus far. I enjoy how their expressions are all a bit different from each other just like their outfits.

I love this image! Every outfit different ... even the ones on the infants. I also love that, even in the midst of a third world country, the women value wearing colorful head-wraps. They are truly beautiful ... both the clothing AND the people!!

A really striking documentary image. The composition, colors, and facial expressions are all fascinating.

Thanks

 

What makes brown Mali alive is the women colorfull cloths. The variation is endless!. they showd us how they arrange the turban on their head. I will upload it soon.

This brings back a lot of memories... Though I've never been in Mali, the colours and the attitude of the women is so similar to where I've been. Aside from the things already mentioned above, what strikes me is that, although these people are living in harsh conditions, they somehow manage to enjoy life. It's something in their attitude, in their eyes. A laugh is never far away. They take life as it comes, something we in the Western world have long forgotten about, even though we might have all material things we want. (and I'd better stop rambling, because I could go on for quite a while on that topic...)

Ilse, it is right only in part, they don't know other life, and they are very nice people, but I saw so many people with very shabby cloths, and children that don't know to smile. I don't know where have you been, but for me it was not easy to see the hard condition of their life.Thanks, Pnina

Pnina what a pleasure to be seeing your images of Mali. This one is interesting in several respects. One that hasn't been mentioned is the capture of the apparent cultural norm here that all heads must be covered. Even the children's heads are covered. Interesting...

Pnina, maybe I didn't express myself all that well. By joy in life I don't mean they go through life laughing, but more that they don't need more and more every time to be able to enjoy life.

 

I've lived for nearly three years in a village in Tanzania (these days it's officially a small city, but nothing really has changed according to life standard to obtain that status, it had only to do with the growth in number of people). I have seen people living in very different conditions, and they do know there's another way of life, and they also know they are having a hard time, but the overall feeling that I still have is that they do have more joy in life than the average person from Europe, America or wherever you want to situate the developed world. And I think that joy has a great deal to do with the fact that they really do live in a community, there are always people or family around to help, women work together and people really are in contact with each other, something we in the West have all forgotten about...

 

As for your project, I think it is great what you are doing. Too many women still die giving birth because there is no place at hand where they can go. Also following up the children after they are born is still very important.