5. “If that friendship is not there, there’s
no sense of support. The kids can get
vulnerable after they’ve shared the
traumatic past.”
Dhaniel - Film Maker, Teacher/ Manager of Sudden Flowers
8. “The primary mission of Sudden
Flowers is this: even if you are an
orphan, you can live. You can become
someone. That is what we teach with
our films.”
Adane - Sudden Flowers Member
11. “I was very emotional because we
made my film when I was very new to
Sudden Flowers. I had a very difficult
time. I was crying because the story
was inside. After I finished the project, I
had a different perspective. ‘That’s me,
that’s my story,’ I thought. I accepted it.”
Meron - Sudden Flowers Member
14. “If you work together, if you
collaborate, the results are good. You
could do something nice. You could be
someone else tomorrow.”
Konjit - Sudden Flowers Member
17. “You would not believe the impact that
the Sudden Flowers kids have on all the
other children. They have transformed
and raise the whole community up
with their self-esteem.”
Woinchet - Director of Hope For Children Orphanage
18. 1. Friendship First
2. Mission Dictates Content
3. Product Serves Process
4. Collaboration Brings Catharsis
5. Self-Esteem is Contagious