The document summarizes The Other Hundred project, which aims to provide alternative perspectives to mainstream media by celebrating ordinary people making a difference. It shares stories and photos of entrepreneurs, photographers, and others from around the world who earn less than $800/month but deserve recognition. The project involves annual books on different topics submitted by over 1,000 photographers from 158 countries. It has been exhibited internationally and featured in over 110 media outlets.

2. WHAT ABOUT
THE OTHER HUNDRED ?

3. Photographer
Rodney
Dekker

4. The Other Hundred is a unique not-for-profit photojournalism
project initiated by the Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT)
aimed at providing a counterpoint to the mainstream media
consensus about some of today's most important issues.
Photographer
Joydeep
Mukherjee

5. At its heart, The Other
Hundred is an attempt to
introduce readers to the vast
majority of people, ideas,
places and cultures
overlooked by most major
media publications.
Photographer
Jenny
Matthews

6. Through an annual series of books,
each focusing on a particular issue or
subject, The Other Hundred provides
an alternative and refreshing view on
everything from people and their
homes to educators, performers,
farmers and company owners.
Photographer
Imran
Ahmed

7. 01INAUGURAL
EDITION

8. The Inaugural Edition of The Other
Hundred is a counterpoint to the
Forbes 100, Bloomberg billionaires
list and the countless other rich lists
that are constantly making headlines.
Photographer
Gregorio
b.
Dantes

9. Highlighting the stories of
people around the world who
are not rich but who deserve
to be celebrated.

10. Submitted by nearly 1,500 photographers
Shot in 158countries
Selected from 11,000 images
Photographer
Anzor
Bukharsky
Photographer
Fernando
Moleres

11. The Other Hundred celebrates those who will never find
themselves on the world’s rich lists or celebrity websites.

12. Earning less than US$800 a month, Mila has to support her family of 8 in
one of the world’s most expensive – and most unequal – cities.
Photographer Edwin Koo
SINGAPORE

13. The Khyber Mail train service – named after the famous pass linking Pakistan to Afghanistan – runs daily
from Peshawar to Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city.
Photographer Sam Phelps
KHYBER MAIL TRAIN, PAKISTAN

14. Almost all China’s best tea comes from the three eastern provinces of Zhejiang – home to Moganshan – Anhui and Fujian.
Photographer Rachel Gouk
MOGANSHAN, CHINA

15. The women of UCT6 know the tragedies that unexploded ordnance can unleash.
Photographer Tessa Bunney
XIENG KHOUANG, LAOS

16. Seydou works seven days a week, earning around US$7-8 a day. In Mali, blacksmiths are a highly respected caste,
often acting as mediators in local conflicts.
Photographer Valerie Leonard
BAMAKO, MALI

17. Laetitia Mukandahiro, 28, one of Rwanda’s most sought after coffee experts, is now head
of quality control for KZ Noir, a global coffee trading company.
Photographer Jonathan Kalan
NYABUMERA & KIGALI, RWANDA

18. Sisters Aleftina and Ludmila Sablina spend half of each year in a small
Russian village that has changed little over the decades.
Photographer Nadia Sablin
ALEKHOVSHCHINA, RUSSIA

19. Martin, 52, lives alone in a one-room home without mains electricity or running water, one kilometre from the nearest village.
Photographer Christine Denck
GÜLITZ, GERMANY

20. Guests dance the siritaki, a popular Greek dance, at the wedding party of Anna and Christos. To save money,
Christos organised the party in his petrol station.
Photographer Nick Hannes
RIO, GREECE

21. ALEPPO, SYRIA
Syria’s civil war has left many people jobless. To make enough money to survive, many of these
people have become traders, selling whatever they can buy or make.
Photographer Franco Pagetti

22. Frank, Yvonne and their two teenage children, visit a wealthy
neighbourhood in Amarillo, Texas, to enjoy the Christmas decorations
that adorn most of the homes. The family lives in a trailer.
Photographer Bieke Depoorter
AMARILLO, USA

23. Sightings of The Other Hundred
From Around The World
INDONESIA
IRAQ
MACEDONIA
PHILIPPINES

24. 02ENTREPRENEURS
EDITION

25. A GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO TELL THE STORIES OF
EVERYDAY ENTREPRENEURS
WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS DESERVE TO BE CELEBRATED.

26. 91types of
business
95countries
100ways to live
your life

27. Here are people who have never written a formal business
plan, hired an investment bank, planned an exit strategy or
dreamt of a stock market floatation.

28. Another
story
here
pls
(Asia)
Nott Vachira Tongrow set up his own wood workshop in his garage and started to
teach himself carpentry from the internet, books and other carpenters.
Photographer Lek Kiatsirikajorn
BANGKOK, THAILAND

29. ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE
Comcrop, an urban farm spread across a 6,000-square-foot roof-top in downtown Singapore.
Photographer Richard Koh

30. Raymond Lun went from being a no-name tailor to designer to the stars.
Photographer Leo Kwok
CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG

31. A four-person business painting the exteriors of high-rise towers in Kolkata.
Photographer Dripta Guha Roy
KOLKATA, INDIA

32. Fatou
Fatou
Mercedes
Garage,
one
of
only
three
female
owned
businesses
in
Senegal.
Photographer
Anthony
Kurtz
DAKAR, SENEGAL

33. Ibrahim Djan Nyampong and his team make around 300 bamboo bicycles a year.
Photographer Nana Kofi Acquah
ACCRA, GHANA

34. Digital start-ups run by twenty-something- year-olds are redefining perceptions of Uganda.
Photographer Ciril Jazbec
KAMPALA, UGANDA

35. For
20
years,
Nihad
Cengic
has
been
restoring
art
works
in
mosques,
churches,
cathedrals
and
other
buildings
damaged
during
the
Yugoslav
Wars.
Photographer
Massimo
Sciacca
BOLOGNA, ITALY

36. Boris Bazhenov and Alexander Bobin create industrial sculptures inspired by the steampunk movement.
Photographer Vladimir Filonov
FRYAZINO, RUSSIA

37. A
cableway
of
steel
hawsers
and
pulleys
allows
nomads
to
cross
the
deep
river
canyon
in
north-­‐west
Iran’s
Chaharmahal-­‐va-­‐Bakhtiari
province.
Photographer
Seyed
Esmail
Mousavi
DINARAN, IRAN

38. Iraq Builders, a volunteer group committed to rebuilding damaged or
destroyed homes in and around Baghdad.
Photographer Ali Imad
BAGHDAD, IRAQ

39. NEW YORK, USA
They grew up in the age of Amazon, with computers and
iPods manufactured worlds away. But for these New Yorkers,
handicrafts is far from a thing of the past.
Photographer Benjamin Petit

40. Calzados Correa, a third generation family run men’s
shoemaking business.
Photographer Anatol Kotte
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

41. Our Events & Exhibitions
OECD Forum in Paris, France
June 2015
FORMAT International Photography Festival in Derby, UK
April 2015
The Other Hundred Entrepreneurs Launch Event in Hong Kong
March 2015
The Other Hundred Exhibition in Dubai
September 2014
The Other Hundred Exhibition in Singapore
April 2014
At a glance
Evening Discussion at Asia Society
November 2013

42. Press & The Media
Around The World
The Other Hundred project has been
featured in over 110 media outlets,
including CNN, BBC, NHK, The
Guardian, Al-Jazeera, Forbes, SCMP,
EurasiaNet and others.

43. Ways to Support Us
The Other Hundred Project
PURCHASE THE BOOK
EXHIBIT THE OTHER HUNDRED IN YOUR COUNTRY
SPONSOR FUTURE EDITIONS OF THE OTHER HUNDRED
DISTRIBUTE THE OTHER HUNDRED (IN STORES, AT EVENTS…)
VISIT WWW.THEOTHERHUNDRED.COM
SHARE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
The Other Hundred @TheOther100@TheOtherHundred

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Project Manager
from Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT) Foundation