Robyne Hayes is a researcher on the topic of child marriage.

Never trained in photography nor videography but trained in research. She believed that photography was the way at the time to engage people with the tragic situations that were encountering in Ethiopia, Nepal and Bangladesh. Not only did she go there to stop this crime against humanity but she also dug deeper to find out about the people she were working with. What she got out of it was, all the girls had social issues as well as sustainable problems.

The most horrendous thing to hear  is that every girl that goes through child marriage doesent know why they are having kids let alone why they get their period and this is all because of the lack of education. Robyne Hayes always loved kids and working with them, she found a passion deep inside when she got to work with them. As soon as her husband handed her a camera on Christmas her love for photography started. When she put the two passions together she started up the business that she has come to today. She quoted “Words don’t come easy to me, but photography does”. This goes to show that her way of expressing herself is through an art that helps to guid her thinking. During the talk she also mentioned that we as 1st world kids take so many things for granted that a 3rd world kid can’t even imagine. We take simple things such as food and a home for granted while they don’t ever.

“Giving cameras to little girls with no voice, was one of my defining moments” – Robyne Hayes. If someone has no voice and you give them an opportunity to their lives will change forever. Experiencing someones life first hand is a major thing when it comes to working with kids that live the complete opposite life to you. When Robyne Hayes quoted that ” You don’t have to do anything, you just have to be aware” this made me think about all the situations in life where no words are needed but instead actions that will fulfil others needs more than yours.

“How do you feel when you see change?, I see hope”.