SEEtrust is actively involved with women and youth at various locations, contributing towards a healthy development of existing social initiatives. Martine’s work shows the initiators and their social enterprises, registering daily life, work, culture and religion of the inhabitants of these areas.
The Grass is Burning shows careful optimism. It shows hope and life energy, demonstrating how people make a living and how individuals and small organisations work to improve life. Countless private and public initiatives exists where people work together across what used to be and in many cases still are social, economical, racial and cultural divides.
Time and effort are required to bridge the still existing differences. The Slash&Burn series is symbolic for current day South Africa: making progress in a societal context of dormant fires which can either die down or flare up unexpectedly.
