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Young photographers in the frame RotaKids - Dictionaries for Life in Uganda
Members of the RotaKids offshoot of Exmouth
Rotary’s Young Photographer Competition has and District Club are sending copies of
secured the services of Kilkhampton-based Dictionaries for Life to a charity school in Uganda.
wildlife photographer Ross Hoddinott, who is to The delivery of more than 100 dictionaries to the
run a workshop for winners of each age group in Ugandan charity school, “Mission His Way”, which
and around his studios on March 29 2017 (noon is led by David Slater, has been made possible by
to dusk). the RotaKids of Marpool Primary fundraising
efforts to cover the cost of air transport and is
Ross Hoddinott was the winner of BBC timed to co-incide with the visit to the school by
Countryfile’s junior flora and fauna category at Exmouth Community College senior student Josh
the age of 11, and later went on to win the Young Brown.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Now aged 38, he is among Britain’s leading In the picture are David Slater with Rotary Club
outdoor photographers, winning the British title in Past Presidents Gerald Garraway and Brian Drake.
2009. He Is recognised as a close-up specialist, They are unloading the books to a store at
and is well-known for capturing evocative Marpool Primary. The dictionaries have been
landscapes and coastline. His work can be seen funded by the Rotary Club with the support of
on www.rosshoddinott.co.uk Rotary’s own charity, the Rotary Foundation.
More from Francis Hart-Venn on
He will be supported by top photographers Peter fah.venn@btinternet.com.
and Caroline Bland. They can be seen on
www.silverlakephotography.co.uk.

There will be prizes for runners-up in each
category, valued at £25 each.

Again, District Conference (Newquay March 3-5
2017) will be running a “delegates’ favourite”
competition, with a prize of professional quality
photographic software, provided by ACD Systems.
More details on www.acdsee.com.

More information from Nick Warrick, D1175 Young
Photographer Competition Organiser on
nick.warrick@icloud.com.