In 2008 my family took a trip to Qinghai (Tibetan Autonomous Region) to visit an orphanage called The Kuthor School.
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We stayed for a couple nights, hanging out with the kids and handing out books and toys we brought. I used photography as a way of interacting and communicating.
I used the photos as inspiration for paintings I sold to raise money for the orphanage.
Along with other fundraising, we ended up raising enough money to build new classrooms, kitchens, dorms and a water pump.
We eventually lost touch with the director of the school after the Chinese government made the sweeping effort to assimilate ethnically Tibetan schools into the Chinese school systems.
More photography from The Kuthor School below.
