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They now roam the countryside, their stables in the background, destroyed with the collapse of the Soviet system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704088165-DGEKSCECYBU744R48ID9/2.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Tajikistan, 2008 During the transition from the Soviet system, garbage was not collected at a housing project on the outskirts of Dushanbe, the capital. This young man was walking his bicycle through the garbage dump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704088739-Z9K92IV3Z26TTX7RDZXN/4.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Breaza, Romania, 1991 In the bathroom of an institution for children with moderate disabilities. The children did not have their own toothbrushes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704089194-QZV6SVIVSJ9SG0JGHTU3/5.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Gyumri, Armenia, 1997 A U.S. donor provided wood chips to be used to heat an orphanage after the earthquake that occurred in Armenia in 1987. The wood chips, which could not be burned in the orphanage's furnace, sat for years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704090131-Q1904OOL4BIUF6RH6MEV/11.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009 This child participates in a program for street children which teaches them to read, write and survive, and if possible, to reunite with their families. The program is at the main bus station where the children lived and worked on the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704090591-NTG1FZX0GNC9WMBCTYN7/12.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009 This child participates in a program for street children which teaches them to read, write and survive, and if possible, to reunite with their families. The program is at the main bus station where the children lived and worked on the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704628331-P94WEKFZ9MS7KMPSC4J9/13.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009 This man was at the bus station, looking in ominously at the street children. It is not uncommon for men to exploit children at bus stations in Bangladesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704091207-NN3PDW4XS5RO0PZGR1XG/15.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012 A mother is signing papers authorizing her brother and his wife to foster her child while she travels out of the country to work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704091648-4AWK7REQAPL0BVLIIMUQ/16.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012 People living under posters: People were living under posters of the then Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704728933-JL8WFQH6TNVYNTSN8JJ0/17.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Abuja, Nigeria, 2013 Sar Habakkuk is an Igbo Jew. He and the members of his congregation are not accepted as Jews by parts of the Jewish hierarchy in Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704092487-EHP9LQ187XRMU4EMZOMV/18.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Lilongwe, Malawi, 2011 Each person in a crowd of hundreds of soccer fans sits alone, enjoying the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704093309-IM8GH9S05FSVZIB42MCJ/20.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - Transit camp, Rwanda, 2012 Fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo caused thousands of people to cross the border at Gombe into Rwanda where they were temporarily resettled in a transit camp for thousands of people who after weeks or months would be transferred to longer-term resettlement camps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704093302-I39W021GSWEPJWC7U2B6/25.jpg DeAnza Exhibit - South Africa, 2011 This young girl is living in the foster home of the woman next to her. Although the woman had been a stranger to her and she is not with her own family she found a safe and nurturing home. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/5d0a8cf089a3ae000190928f/5e73ab4b800ea07df4d2ddf2/1584638808173/ DeAnza Exhibit https://www.davidtobis.com/what-remains-gallery daily 0.75 2019-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705403661-WQI9UOTQN0XWDUR7H0P8/12.jpg What Remains - Bucharest, Romania, 1991 A weekly creche in which children stayed from Monday thru Friday while their parents worked. They went home on the weekend. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/5d0a8d1d89a3ae00019095f6/5d1facac397b4600018ba8c5/1562356908661/ What Remains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705378413-DB22GW9ZJPUT6FFC4IWS/2.jpg What Remains - Hunedoara, Transylvania, Romania, 1993 The Gothic/Renaissance Corvin Castle built in the 15the century was in disrepair during the communist period, as seen in the gaps in the wooden bridge over the moat. Since then it has been restored. It is said to have been the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s castle Dracula. Facing the other direction, with one’s back to the castle, one sees iron and steel works overshadowing the historical castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705379250-Y5A8FWFGZILHQ9RPM589/3.jpg What Remains - Hunedoara, Transylvania, Romania, 1993 The steel and iron works crowd out the 15th century Corvin Castle in Transylvania, Romania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705384783-L5CIV0Q8MFS94DERMG4U/4.jpg What Remains - Krakow Poland, 1990 This man was the cantor in the old Jewish synagogue adjacent to the cemetery where this picture was taken. He had worked as an x-ray technician which caused radiation to damage his hands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705384688-Z0M70Z79MWGWQHQHL9MI/6.jpg What Remains - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2009 Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan is a city of wide boulevards, 2600’ high on the fringe of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountain range. In 2010 its factories poured 14,400 tons of pollutants into the air, exceeding maximally allowable levels especially in the center of the city where this photograph was taken. Ironically, the pollution enhanced the rainbow of colors in the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704088165-DGEKSCECYBU744R48ID9/2.jpg What Remains - Tajikistan, 2008 During the transition from the Soviet system, garbage was not collected at a housing project on the outskirts of Dushanbe, the capital. This young man was walking his bicycle through the garbage dump. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705390970-H8TWPZALVELUJVBXN2RS/7a.jpg What Remains - Tirana, Albania, 2001 A bomb shelter behind a school. Enver Hoxha, the ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, broke relations with the west and also with the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries. He subsequently broke relations with China in 1972 when Nixon visited that country. Isolated from almost all countries, he feared invasion on many fronts. Beginning in 1967 he had 700,000 bunkers built throughout the country to protect the population from invasion. The bunkers were never used for their intended purpose. They continue to litter the countryside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704088739-Z9K92IV3Z26TTX7RDZXN/4.jpg What Remains - Breaza, Romania, 1991 In the bathroom of an institution for children with moderate disabilities. The children did not have their own toothbrushes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705390695-Z2MAD0XMUMKX5KXGAEXH/8a.jpg What Remains - Warsaw, Poland, 1990 This child is living in the state-run orphanage. Too young to read, the children identify their towels and toothbrushes with numbered playing cards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704088170-IUWQ401ISAIQ1M4N04RQ/1.jpg What Remains - Kyrgyzstan, 2010 During Soviet times these horses belonged to a collective farm. They now roam the countryside, their stables in the background, destroyed with the collapse of the Soviet system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705396983-NSFL1HY3QVI3NIJQ1XJU/8b.jpg What Remains - Gyumri, Armenia, 1997 A U.S. donor provided wood chips to heat Boarding School #5 after the 1987 Armenian earthquake. The wood chips were incompatible with the school’s furnace and sat in front of the school for years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705396157-APAQDBE34BVCYP50I1IW/10.jpg What Remains - Gyumri, Armenia, 1997 The bathroom in Boarding School #5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705401963-2VJKTFRHNC1DX4IIEDVJ/11.jpg What Remains - Iasi, Romania, 1994 A swaddled baby in an Infants Home (Leagen). Swaddling is an age-old practice of wrapping infants in blankets or cloth so that movement of the limbs is tightly restricted to calm the baby. The medical and psychological effects of swaddling are in dispute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705408392-HVWXK8P2D9PBMCIVKQS0/15.jpg What Remains - Bucharest, Romania, 1993 During the communist period and during the early transition, stores had few goods, lines were long and crime was very low. People placed their shopping bags to hold their place in line while they did other things until it was their turn to shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705410342-SFVBXKTGJ611RSPIGXBI/16.jpg What Remains - Vilnius, Lithuania, 1997 The Green Bridge, spanning the Neris River, is the oldest bridge in Vilnius. The statues on the bridge, built during Soviet times, depict soldiers, workers, farmers and students. Although the statues remain standing as of 2015, there is controversy whether Soviet era statues should remain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705416586-1UOW45CZ159R6L98BL6U/17.jpg What Remains - Vilnius, Lithuania During Soviet times and during the early transition, the government posted newspapers for the public to read. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705412138-ULXWLCWZB9JRX0PO8ZGJ/20.jpg What Remains - Tirana, Albania, 1998 A museum was build to honor Enver Hoxha, the ruler of Albania from 1944 until he died in 1985. During the early phase of the transition, children used the museum’s steep, sloping walls as a slide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705418124-JCPEYOTKSYHZD018QQ09/22.jpg What Remains - Iasi County, Romania, 1996 The home of a Kalderash Roma family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705424224-BTZ79PB3CGJ0RLT4GIDS/22a.jpg What Remains - Iasi County, Romania, 1996 Gypsies, or Roma as they prefer to be called, live in different groups or tribes. These are relatively prosperous Kalderash Roma who live in large tin-roofed houses in permanent villages or towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705423810-MBB9L1NVJA040VINTF2I/23.jpg What Remains - Costesti, Romania, 1995 Every year thousands of Roma from across Romania and beyond, gather in one location for socializing and celebration. This man declared himself Emperor of the Roma. Another man, his cousin Florin Ciorba, declared himself king of the Roma. Their self-declared positions were based on their significant wealth and power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705430993-QHFSL9HVKVOKEYOZAOWO/24.jpg What Remains - Costesti, Romania, 1995 This pig’s head was part of the feast prepared by the self-declared Emperor of the Roma, Julian Radulescu, for his followers at the annual Roma gathering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705431178-41K298BJSL12GDUYA0OJ/25.jpg What Remains - Costesti, Romania, 1995 Every year thousands of Roma from across Romania and beyond, gather in one location for socializing and celebration. This Roma woman was offering a game of chance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705433457-M3XPF9MJN70DVB0GC6LY/25a.jpg What Remains - Costesti, Romania, 1995 Every year thousands of Roma from across Romania and beyond, gather in one location for socializing and celebration. This a Kaldersash Roma at the celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705436913-MJDIE8PPY1QYN3ZVF6D7/26.jpg What Remains - Bobesti, Romania, 1995 Gorge Costache, a member of a sedentary Roma community on the outskirts of Bucharest, is an accomplished violinist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705438519-SNEAORLNKWTZ3BL1A5R4/28.jpg What Remains - Krakow, Poland, 1992 In the early phase of the transition, when borders became more porous, Roma migrants came to countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This young girl spent her day begging on the streets of Krakow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705446001-FCDMMIOW87HTH3OR2N3T/30.jpg What Remains - Cluj, Romania, 1994 A shepherd moving his flock through the streets of Cluj, a city of 300,000 in the northwestern part of Romania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705444212-8VV6MVWTHY106XBLZ28K/31.jpg What Remains - Cluj, Romania, 1994 The shepherd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705452044-RBLG0LZBW0UKC7MMLT10/32.jpg What Remains - Iasi County, Romania, 1996 A Romanian Orthodox church is in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705456125-4RRXPDHRN62PN363BRCQ/35.jpg What Remains - Scoreni, Moldova, 2000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705460585-FG9AG8DLE29HS6B3A6N5/36.jpg What Remains - Kernave, Lithuania, 1997 Mid-Summer, June 21 is the longest day of the year. It is celebrated in the Baltic States with people in native dress, partying and celebrating all night. This picture was taken about midnight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705460681-B6JEOGMGFWL1MKERBZSX/37.jpg What Remains - Bucharest, Romania, 1992 A foster mother. Foster care was rarely used during the communist period in Romania or in other countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Instead children who could not be cared for safely in their families were placed in large residential institutions. During the transition, countries began to rely less on large institutions and more on foster care and small group homes to care for vulnerable children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705473733-QS8D3BZ5F7VIVD4V0G3U/38.jpg What Remains - Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2007 This large market, built during Soviet times, sold food and a wide range of dry goods, furniture and housewares. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705469958-T9TQFWI4H0FJYWSW5M4P/39.jpg What Remains - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2010 This woman read the newspaper at her stall in the market as she waited for a customer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705474924-DDW78ZTWFHILYOS5RA5F/40.jpg What Remains - Hisor District, Tajikistan, 2009 An outdoor market in Hisor District of about 50,000 people, 6 miles west of Dushanbe, the capital. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705479566-1UH5BJMD2FT6S0MWQ1RD/41.jpg What Remains - Deva, Romania, 1993 Three people waiting at the station in Deva for the train to Bucharest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705480210-X3EDNO6KCBKI44CKALUL/42.jpg What Remains - Ungheni on the border of Romania and Moldova, 1994 The railway gauge built by Imperial Russia was wider than the gauge in western countries. Trains traveling between western and eastern countries (during the times of Imperial Russia, communism, and the transition to capitalism) have to change the wheels to fit the wider gauge. It is widely and incorrectly believed that the wider gauge was designed by Stalin to prevent invasion from the west. Imperial Russia chose a gauge broader than standard gauge which remained in Soviet times, to prevent potential invaders from using the rail system. The difference in gauge did play a role in hindering invading armies, especially in World War II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705487459-0KW017CACVLMZ3840DNM/45.jpg What Remains - Cluj, Romania, 1994 A swastika and a hammer and sickle were painted on this Jewish center. Many people in Eastern Europe associated Jews with communism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705487003-FX6SGIADW0R8MTI5EYKT/46.jpg What Remains - Sighetu, Romania, 1994 Inside a Romanian Orthodox Church, a painting with lilacs on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705489792-GFTKDZ3WKATIBRCDAUBC/47.jpg What Remains - Romania, 1994 The Mother Superior of a Romanian Orthodox convent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705491609-ME7O6O6A738YGZPFPBH1/48.jpg What Remains - Vilnius, Lithuania, 1997 Fishermen on the Neris River which runs through Vilnius. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576705499618-UVLSYQ386PY6YSKK7L1N/49.jpg What Remains - Budesti, Moldova, 2000 This child was unaccompanied, hanging like a Christmas ornament on this bare tree. https://www.davidtobis.com/africa daily 0.75 2020-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576708930252-JVOPU91DIDDOJCWTBAC1/img_4451.jpg Africa - Bamboo scaffolding Bamboo is the primary material used to create scaffolding to construct buildings in Ethiopia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576708930252-JVOPU91DIDDOJCWTBAC1/img_4451.jpg Africa - Bamboo scaffolding Bamboo is the primary material used to create scaffolding to construct buildings in Ethiopia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576708945817-36O3CZ9HGQN69CT9XTOF/22.jpg Africa - Moving Water Rwanda, 2012 People carry containers to buy and sell water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576708958405-QXBZSDB5JF3O2ZWUD40M/23.jpg Africa - Second Photo Rupurara, Zimbabwe, 2012 This mother and daughter (and another child, unseen, strapped to the back of the young girl) were walking in the back woods of Zimbabwe. I took their picture and then showed it to them on the camera. They had never seen themselves in a photo and were delighted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704093302-I39W021GSWEPJWC7U2B6/25.jpg Africa - Safe, Fostered South Africa, 2011 This young girl is living in the foster home of the woman next to her. Although the woman had been a stranger to her and she is not with her own family, she found a safe and nurturing home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704728933-JL8WFQH6TNVYNTSN8JJ0/17.jpg Africa - Sar Habakkuk Abuja, Nigeria, 2013 Sar Habakkuk is an Igbo Jew. He and the members of his congregation are not accepted as Jews by parts of the Jewish hierarchy in Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576704093309-IM8GH9S05FSVZIB42MCJ/20.jpg Africa - Transit camp Rwanda, 2012 Fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo caused thousands of people to cross the border at Gombe into Rwanda where they were temporarily resettled in a transit camp for thousands of people who after weeks or months would be transferred to longer-term resettlement camps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1584901618934-SKB8NC35FJN1WP1ABSCS/image-asset.jpeg Africa - Malawi Soccer Game While working with UNICEF in Malawi I borrowed a friend’s bicycle and came across this soccer game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1584901991877-E4W7RBM9TTCI7N0SC5L4/image-asset.jpeg Africa - Great Zimbabwe Great Zimbabwe was a city built by Bantu-speaking Africans in the 14th and 15th centuries y. For years British colonizers presented the false history that the stone structures were built by Phoenicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586895885888-8LO85VX3XGU9XBSLIBM1/IMG_4310.jpeg Africa - Off the coast of Zanzibar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586983019876-EB89K7UVNE2DAXBZX9B9/Zambia+day+5a+Kabwe+011.jpg Africa - Market in Zambia This woman is selling grubs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586983046984-CGKT91M0XNWQK7SQ5RCR/SOS+village+Kigali+Rwanda+020.jpg Africa - Billboard in Rwanda The man working on the billboard outside of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The crossbars look like a cross the man is carrying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586983060129-XC0926HQ92280B9UB4PQ/Rwanda+Gisenyi+June+2012+011.jpg Africa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586983124562-NR18TSOMFS94650W1T7B/IMG_4240.jpeg Africa - Shark Corner, Stonetown, Zanzibar, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586983164011-CVGBM7GPK4AATBMFCBAG/IMG_4197.jpeg Africa - On the ferry to Zanzibar, 2019 This woman was sleeping on the floor of the ferry, holding her child’s slipper in her hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586983223284-IN825UW7RMI40EJXKCGN/Zimbabwe+Rupare+038.jpg Africa - A student in a residential institution, Zimbabwe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586983283353-JS2X4LODSRA64T5XZBT3/IMG_3023.jpg Africa - Kenya: Inside a cottage in a residential institution https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587668601874-SXR4TG7HDD8JF3KO6JD9/Rwanda+Gisenyi+June+2012+052.jpg Africa - Residential Institution, Rwanda 2012 https://www.davidtobis.com/home daily 1.0 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1561074034284-5OG739AAT3OCN8QN454Z/8a.jpg Home Warsaw, Poland, 1990 Photo by David Tobis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1561074388060-1ZOF92AA2FE1C12PUG79/20.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611702457120-3VDUXFRGNXO0O5CFN5IB/tobis-navy-03.png Home https://www.davidtobis.com/asia-gallery daily 0.75 2020-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586898750650-RSLX2FGTQRCA2M9O29JC/Bangladesh+site+visits+002.jpg Asia - A residential institution for juvenile offenders in Bangladesh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586898750650-RSLX2FGTQRCA2M9O29JC/Bangladesh+site+visits+002.jpg Asia - A residential institution for juvenile offenders in Bangladesh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586898678944-NMZVHPUB5XHTD5EHFF0D/Bangladesh+juvenile+facility.jpg Asia - A residential institution for juvenile offenders. Non-offending juveniles in need of family care also live in this institution for juvenile offenders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586898274515-U4ORNUK670FA8ACU46YJ/Bangladesh+046.jpg Asia - Electrical system in Dakar, Bangladesh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586980339452-8L885IJPW840CBKJN9IR/Bangladesh+site+visits+025.jpg Asia - Files of juvenile offenders in a residential institution in Bangladesh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586980367557-7L8IKZ3DRTS2DP9PUGDK/Bangladesh+site+visits+050.jpeg Asia - A street in Dakar, Bangladesh in 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586980502634-M0FCSDXC28DN90FSARLG/Faenza+and+Ravenna+plus+all+004.jpeg Asia - On a street in Dakar, Bangladesh, 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586980589371-TEC0MDJOFANZT5U8OZ1U/Faenza+and+Ravenna+plus+all+002.jpg Asia - Taxi in Dakar, Bangladesh, 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586980604601-D6GAXKVCDSMOK5BOBG4U/Bangladesh+site+visits+077.jpg Asia - Bangladesh, 2009 A. young girl in a program at the bus station in Dakar for street children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587669124202-BPFLUWXT06Q0GM9M0ZBD/Bangladesh+site+visits+057.jpg Asia - Bangladesh, 2009 A. young boy in a program at the bus station in Dakar for street children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587669178144-ZRNJOUW55HPOVMWH2CPX/Bangladesh+site+visits+074.jpg Asia - Bangladesh 2009 A. young girl in a program at the bus station in Dakar for street children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587669150176-7SCYC41UILLAX6ARYW8W/Bangladesh+site+visits+072.jpg Asia - Bangladesh 2009 A man looking into the room with street children at a program at the bus station in Dakar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587669449906-OIOB67ZIYP5V7Y6R6QBE/LostFile_JPG_107192536.jpg Asia - Kyrgyzstan market https://www.davidtobis.com/latin-america-gallery daily 0.75 2020-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586982504504-7SLUHFSG4QUSANKN407Z/IMG_2618.jpeg Latin America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586982504504-7SLUHFSG4QUSANKN407Z/IMG_2618.jpeg Latin America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586982524142-NYMJUV4W084H6HT0YCKP/IMG_2705.jpeg Latin America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586982537778-JI5GY2CFREYONIUU2V26/IMG_2716.jpeg Latin America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1586982565774-EV9OO7LLX600PONDJG2D/IMG_2639.jpeg Latin America https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587668784226-474X5YDPY7VPOX9DU7A7/SEMINARIO+DESINTERNACION+UNICEF29.jpg Latin America - Santiago, Chile 2019 On a panel organized by UNICEF for representatives of the governments and NGOs of Uruguay and Chile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587668853900-8MYAFD3O50W3VKWMX05C/IMG_1874.jpeg Latin America - Paysandú, Uruguay Fernando Baccaro, far right, was my exchange student “brother.” The picture was taken in the home in which I lived in 1961 https://www.davidtobis.com/offerings daily 0.75 2021-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1591217765338-BHUII37AAOHQPSFWNXGW/tobis+black-01.png Offerings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611702457120-3VDUXFRGNXO0O5CFN5IB/tobis-navy-03.png Offerings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611702457120-3VDUXFRGNXO0O5CFN5IB/tobis-navy-03.png Offerings https://www.davidtobis.com/book daily 0.75 2021-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1557791699160-0JGJSYKDI3LN1A2RNB4M/download.gif Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1610578501524-KL81RB1IUVPD2EXETHA1/International+Review+of+Parent+Advocacy+in+Child+Welfare Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1584634554785-ALU0D2PW81SHT39LF31O/world+free+of+poverty.jpg Books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1591217765338-BHUII37AAOHQPSFWNXGW/tobis+black-01.png Books - Book a Talk! David is available for public speaking, workshops, and system assessments in child welfare and parent advocacy. https://www.davidtobis.com/photography daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1557792305804-49QP0YWQ3LANDTEM07OC/23.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587665381068-RKBP4NJ0ZG58JHKONK75/Bangladesh+site+visits+025.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1557792362448-EYUG125QHYXU0O7VQLDC/12.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1557792381545-LN89WM9X6Q6VNZR6G335/1.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1587664978180-FH0Q1KHC1U1NJE3ZNRY1/IMG_2618.jpeg Photography https://www.davidtobis.com/parentadvocacy daily 0.75 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1584739182217-N1572ZQU6M7NRVPSVIOK/David+and+Minister.jpeg Parent Advocacy David and the Minister of Social Care of Queensland, Australia, Di Farmer, to discuss parent advocacy. Micah, an NGO in Brisbane, arranged for the minister to have a series of meetings in 2019 with a group of parents with child welfare experience. Photo by MICAH. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611096188113-CTK885GFFOGC632DGXHE/March+for+Family+Rights+Oakland Parent Advocacy A demonstration of parents from California Families Rise protesting injustices of the child protection and judicial systems. Photo by CFR. https://www.davidtobis.com/teaching daily 0.75 2021-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1584741174354-XPHPDDVQYCKL56MQNZ9I/Andy+andDT+Christmas.jpg Teaching Andy Bilson and David Tobis taught a course together at the University of Central Lancashire, England. The week-long master class focused on analyzing and reforming child protection systems. This is a picture of them that appeared in The Guardian. https://www.davidtobis.com/david daily 0.75 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1560970637387-VOI694O2K5AG9AR1K8FY/Tobis+Sophia%2C+Bulgaria+1992.jpg About David Sophia, Bulgaria 1992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611961568069-G51A4GXF5EFHD30AHX7C/Nigeria+Igbo+Jewish+Community+2013+David+Tobis.jpg About David Abuja, Nigeria, 2013 David meeting with members of the Igbo Jewish community in Abuja, Nigeria. https://www.davidtobis.com/resource-archive daily 0.75 2021-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611961497936-P8U1P822AUU46J9HC5GS/Rwanda+Gisenyi+June+2012+011+photo+by+David+Tobis.jpe Resource Archive Rwanda, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611702457120-3VDUXFRGNXO0O5CFN5IB/tobis-navy-03.png Resource Archive - Looking for more? David is available for speaking appearances and teaching opportunities related to child welfare, parent advocacy, and system reform. https://www.davidtobis.com/fundforsocialchange daily 0.75 2021-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611703740835-8JNS984HIQLT6EE601A1/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_9bc8.jpeg Fund for Social Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611703759210-9N1D16ZNLBPU7ZJCP219/photo+by+david+tobis.jpeg Fund for Social Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611703746220-QFSDJ8TP948O1BZ14AUR/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_9bc7.jpeg Fund for Social Change https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1584739780634-9ZIOC7SFIRVLFLIQGQGU/Pathways+to+Development.jpeg Fund for Social Change Pathways to Development Program was supported by the Child Welfare Fund, the Fund for Social Change and other foundations. The program provided children in foster care with non-competitive opportunities to find and pursue their passions, which is essential to help people give shape to their lives and find satisfaction. Photo by Pathways to Development Program. https://www.davidtobis.com/childwelfarefund daily 0.75 2021-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1584740571709-PFFBSWX4QTSSIXM6P09U/Demo+at+St.+Patricks.jpg Child Welfare Fund Demonstration by parents who have children in foster care. The demonstration took place in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City because of the large number of children in foster care supervised by Catholic agencies. https://www.davidtobis.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-02-04 https://www.davidtobis.com/child-welfare daily 0.75 2021-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611961425929-6KUGZV3M8TQT74D28B7Z/Rwanda+Orphanage+2012%2C+photo+by+David+Tobis Child Welfare Rwanda, 2012 The government of Rwanda decreed that all residential institutions for children shall be closed, including this one https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611097494374-YNZWWKTAFGFTKZNFPHDO/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_b7b.jpeg Child Welfare Kenya, 2009 A children’s cottage for poor and neglected children https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611096387836-GJUP865DI9DDJ1KTI44A/Children%27s+Toothbrushes+_+David+Tobis+Photography+.jpeg Child Welfare Breaza, Romania, 1991 In the bathroom of an institution for children with moderate disabilities. The children did not have their own toothbrushes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1584738950656-99O7RMUS6IV23ZC5APQO/Wood+chips.jpg Child Welfare Gyumri, Armenia, 1997 A U.S. donor provided wood chips to be used to heat an orphanage after the earthquake that occurred in Armenia in 1987. The wood chips, which could not be burned in the orphanage's furnace, sat for years. Photos by David Tobis https://www.davidtobis.com/deanza-exhibit-1 daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://www.davidtobis.com/what-remains daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://www.davidtobis.com/africa-page daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://www.davidtobis.com/asia daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://www.davidtobis.com/latin-america daily 0.75 2020-06-04 https://www.davidtobis.com/impact daily 0.75 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1576707370112-XY4ZS3QUTNVRZWWTWRIH/IPAN-LOGO-v2-transparent.png Impact The range of IPAN’s activities include: Promoting and developing parent advocacy globally, regionally and locally Providing a means for individuals and organizations involved in parent advocacy to share information and provide mutual support Sharing lessons learned, examples of good practice and other resources on parent advocacy and child welfare Campaigning and providing a voice to strengthen the role of parents in child protection systems and to promote parent advocacy Publishing materials on parent advocacy Holding conferences and training events Providing consultation on parent advocacy Providing a website and social media to promote the goals and values of IPAN Promoting and supporting research and evaluation of parent advocacy For more information about IPAN please go to the IPAN website: Parentadvocacy.net. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611097258037-FIAA6048RC30VL257AT9/Founding%2BMeeting%2Bof%2BIPAN Impact Edinburgh, Scotland, 2018. Parents and allies from the United States, England, Scotland, and Australia at the founding meeting of the International Parent Advocacy Network. Photo by IPAN. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611096885917-X0Z0AU9HT3381P3F71UV/Women+Marching+at+St.+Patrick%27s+in+NYC_David+Tobis+Photography Impact New York City. A demonstration of parents with lived child welfare experience organized by People United for Children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1611097043580-7CX6VFZFV74JSPFT237L/Foster+Family+in+Latin+America_David+Tobis+Photography Impact Tabasco, Mexico, 2016. David led a team of researchers and trainers that developed the first government-run foster program in Mexico. This is a picture of the home of one of the first foster families in Tabasco, Mexico.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1561165940869-ZCAS4GPEZM4Z59V50N3F/50.jpg Impact Siauliai, Lithuania, 1997 Ronald Penton, the man on the right, oversaw the international work of Stockholm University’s Department of Social Work. He was a passionate, peripatetic, kind and incomparable teacher and implementer of social welfare programs during the transition in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He died in 2007 having influenced or transformed the social welfare systems of dozens of countries from Lithuania to Vietnam, leaving a great void in international social work.H In this photo he is helping to design a building for a social service program in Lithuania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cd36cfb797f74367defc2d0/1591217765338-BHUII37AAOHQPSFWNXGW/tobis+black-01.png Impact