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From Barbara, president of The Rebozo Way Project (RWP):

“The Rebozo Way Project has decided to put together a calendar of traditional babywearing from around the world, and to offer them for sale for the first time at the Babywearing Conference next June! After that, they’ll be available on our website and maybe we will find other outlets too. We are planning a 15-month calendar,from October 2008 through 2009.” These calendars will be sold as a fundraiser for the Rebozo Way Project.

“You can help with this incredible project by providing us with one or more photos of traditional babywearers. Any photos submitted need to have been taken by the person sending them, or we need to have a written release from the photographer (whoever has the copyright of the photo or would have it if it were copyrighted).” You can obtain sample release forms directly from RWP.

“People can submit photos under two different distinctions: to allow the Rebozo Way Project rights to use the photo only for the calendar, or to allow the Rebozo Way Project to use the photo for educational purposes at any time. In either case, you, or the photographer, would retain the copyright and could also use it in whatever way you wish. We prefer the second distinction, as we are not able to take photos all over the world of all of the babywearing possibilities without help from our friends, and we want to have the means to promote traditional babywearing worldwide in whatever ways may present themselves in the future too. But if anyone is hesitant about sending in a photo, we wanted to offer the choice of making it available to us just for the calendar project.”

“We do not have a membership but we know that many babywearers have been helped by our educational materials, images, programs, and website. We invite you to feel a part of the Rebozo Way Project and submit your photo.
We do need photos that are 300 dpi or greater, of a quality that they can be printed and look good, although in some cases we may accept a blurred or ‘bad’ photo if the subject is rare or absolutely enticing, or if the photo is old.”

“Please share your ideas with us as well as your photos! . . . Thanks to everyone in advance for your help and photos!”

To see some of the lovely photos already in hand, check out this traditional babywearing slideshow.

And for full disclosure, I’m a trustee on the RWP board. It’s a wonderful organization, worthy of your support. Please peruse the website and donate, if you can.

-V