luke, thanks for doing this! i have recently had enquiries from zambia and egypt -- really excellent nodes in our growing network i hope. both are local (not expat) un personnel in these countries, looking for ways to work on youth development. not sure if the age levels match with your elementary school art docent, but it sure would be great to connect the school!

also, i luke forward to hearing what you have in store for orijiro luke. i keep thinking of our chat about children who grow up surrounded by coffee life (on the farms) and how they might tell their stories through photography etc. i was most recently reminded as i sat next to the head buyer for green mountain coffee roasters on a flight to dc. she has a partnership with jane goodall's "roots and shoots" project, which is testing some novel ways to grow coffee in rwanda i believe. told her how cool i thought it would be if children could both be exploring the technical side of these things (conservation of habitat et al) as well as their own stories.

she was interested. so i'll let you know if anything emerges that might produce orijiro card imagery. incedentally, she showed me images of her various trips to places like ethiopia, indonesia, and guatemala where they have pretty meaningful relationships with grower cooperatives. she is a talented non-professional photographer herself!

anyway, that was a bit of a side ramble... more later.