Compassion

Harry Tom

I’ve been a school teacher for 24 years, most of it as a math teacher but now I am teaching yearbook at a private school in Sun Valley, Calif., near Burbank so I am surrounded by all types of creatives.
I lost my passion for photography, almost sold all of my gear since they sat on the shelves for 10 years collecting dust but now I am finding my second wind and love for image-making in this digital camera social media age.
My dream job is to travel the world with my cameras to tell the story of “people.”

Taken in a village outside Kampala, Uganda, in the summer of 2016, while on a church service/mission trip.
I was Volunteering with Loving One by One who mobilizes local doctors along with international volunteers to provide medical care to some of the poorest villages and slums around Kampala, Uganda.
This photo was taken at one of the clinics set up in a small church in a local village, Elaine DeMello, a nurse from New Hampshire, is sitting with a young patient with Malaria and a fever of 104. There is an IV in his arm, the IV bag is hanging in the window by a metal hangar.
A typical clinic would see anywhere from 500 – 1,000 patients in about 8-10 hours. Amazing experience.