Guided by Mickey Choothesa, a world renowned photographer and founder of the nonprofit organization COSA, you will visit and experience remote communities that have been guarded for generations from outside visitors and influences.
   All proceeds of Your lens to Social Change's expedition will go to COSA, the Children’s Organization of Southeast Asia, to help support its programs and the children residing at the “Bann Yuu Suk’ shelter located in Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

   The ‘Your Lens to Social Change’ expedition will guide you into a number of remote regions within Southeast Asia. These regions are focal points for traffickers that prey on people and young children; children who will become victims, and one of the 2 million children who are trafficked in Southeast Asia each year.

   With access to these remote Hill Tribe regions, you will experience and photograph the daily reality of those residing within these communities. Talking to local villagers, visiting shelters and emergency camps, will allow you to gain an understanding of the challenges these people face in their daily lives, and in turn the impact your contribution will have on the lives of victims and their families.