West Coast visual artists journey to Senegal on a mission to spread the joys of midwifery, art, music and education. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1837630429/1597096128?token=59590d86

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2. World Bridge Project
We envision, nurture and support a planet where all life thrives.
World Bridge Project (WBP) is an International conscious movement that connects
visionaries; such as artists, musicians, midwives, healers, earth guardians and cinematographers.
Through visual, healing and musical art, we build a bridge to unify people, stories,
positive change on the planet as well as provide top quality media and health care.
We aim to unify with others that share the importance of individual participation
toward our collective experience here on Earth.

3. Senegal, Africa
Our intentions with the World Bridge Project in Senegal is to create a
healthy cultural exchange through art, music, literature, and community
engagement. With a team of talented, conscious and diverse artists, WBP
aims to create works of art with communities in Dakar and other surrounding villages to help build more awareness and solutions promoting the
safest possible natural birth conditions in Senegal. WBP will also be
hosting educational art workshops with the youth, as well as installing a
solar-powered water pump in Cassamance. Once we have completed our
goals and documented the experience in Senegal,
WBP will be present a group exhibition in December at Art Basel in Miami,
murals, as well as artisan products created during our travels.
Through our Kickstarter campaign, WBP strive to support the African Birth
Collective in their endeavor to publish and distribute Hesperion Health
wifery Educational Manual and Reference Guide that will provide essential
knowledge to a midwife in Africa helping to reduce mortalities by making
birth safer. A portion of the proceeds made from the exhibit at Art Basel
will also be donated to the African Birth Collective.
We want to show the world the importance of learning from
each other and working together. We hope the World Bridge
Project will inspire people to pay attention to the amazing
collaborative work happening in Senegal through murals that
depict the dedication, strength & beauty of it’s midwifery
community and the people who support them".

4. How it Began
Jennifer Ingram of Tribe13 has over 15 years of experience curating and
organizing the logistics of art events, traveling shows, and galleries. Jennifer works to “mother” artists in all ways to help them promote their art.
After being involved in a budding art movement connected to the visionary realm of healing the planet, hitting countless events, and curating
events all over the world, Jennifer Ingram decided to go back to her roots
in midwifery and help one of the places she feels is her calling.
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Jennifer Ingram
In 2006, WBP Co-Founder, Jennifer Ingram was inspired to learn more
about natural birth and served as a doula and midwife in training at a
24-birthing clinic in Sénégal, West Africa. She volunteer with the African
Birth Collective and was sent to assist in Mbour - an African village of
10,000, where she assisted in delivering babies for nearly 4 weeks in
some of the most extreme and challenging conditions. Approximately
6-8 babies were born a night, but there were also many mothers and
babies who didn’t make it.
Realizing the importance that safe natural birthing had on the mothers,
their families, and their communities, Jennifer believed that bringing in
more support to provide better training for the midwives in emergency
situations and better equipment would make a world of a difference.
When she returned back to the US, Jennifer a long-term commitment to
empower mothers, midwives and natural birth communities was born.
“By bridging art, music and birth, we build a foundation of expression
and awareness to co-create a world that we all want to be a part of.”

5. Meet the Artists: Amanda Sage
Amanda Sage is at the forefront of a new breed of visionary/interdimensional artists using art as a tool for personal, spiritual,
planetary growth and transformation.
Sage was born in Denver, Colorado. Her life’s travels and
projects bounced her between Bali, Indonesia and Vienna,
Austria. While in Bali, Sage illustrated an herbal book with over
70 indigenous plants and herbs for the natural Birthing Clinic,
now called Bumi Sehat.
She has exhibited Solo and in Group Shows in Galleries,
Salons and in various projects/events worldwide since 1999,
including London, Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Bali, Colorado, Seattle,
San Francisco and most exotically at Burning Man.
Her work can be seen
at the Phantasten Museum in
Vienna Austria, a new museum
for Fantastic & Visionary Art that
opened in January 2011.

6. Meet the Artists: Ras Terms
Ras Terms A.K.A. Terockatron is a Miami born
visual artist of Latin descent inspired by the
power of ancestral communication. He views art
as a link between the ancient and the modern
world.
His work has always contained spiritual and urban
themes. With an uncanny ability to channel both
the living and the dead through his work, Ras
Terms’ art has been seen in museum settings, to
Ethiopian churches, as well as on the streets.
Although a street artist by nature, Ras
Terms has had the priviledge to exhibit at
the prestigious Smithsonian Museum in
Washington, D.C.

7. Meet the Artists: Rachel Mandala
She now paints for the people, burning down our barriers of perception with
blazing brushes and boot kicks straight to our mind’s eye.
Born with the talent of trans-dimensional time travel, Rachel Mandala fearlessly peers into the
space between our lucid dreams and darkest secrets. Acknowledging her own free heart and
intuition, she follows the winds bareback atop her savage br
rom one penetrating frequency to the next. Mandala once spent a lifetime battling post-apocalyptic roadkill,
ro-spect-gun.
Rachel was educated in the arts from the King of the Gypsies on a small unnamed island off the
coast of Guatemala during one of her many pixelated light wave excursions,

8. Meet the Artists: AndreasOne
Exploring many mediums as he
grew up in the rural hills of Northern
California, AndreasOne has developed
a unique art style that radiates eclectic
experience.
After graduating college with a
BA in Computer/Video Imaging and
traveling to several continents,
AndreasOne settled in Oakland, CA.
Since 2001, he has shown art and
installations in galleries and various
venues throughout the San Francisco
Bay Area and beyond. Starting in 2006
he developed a reputation as a
performance painter, creating live art
at numerous festivals and events,
including Earthdance, Lightning in a
Bottle, Reggae on the River, Eclipse
2012(Australia), DeYoung Museum,
and many more. AndreasOne currently
runs his own clothing company
P.E.A.C.E. Fits, a socially conscious
art based fashion line.
Embracing visual and performing arts from a young age, he created sculpture,
theatre sets, costumes, screen prints, posters and illustrations

9. Meet the Artists: Safety First
Senegal, West Africa
Our intentions in Africa are to create a healthy cultural exchange
through art, music, literature, and community engagement. From
November 2013 through December 2013, the World Bridge
Project will begin multiple creative initiatives in Sénégal, West
Africa.
WBP co-founder Jennifer Ingram previously served as a doula
and midwife in training in Sénégal - delivering babies for weeks at
a time, and thus building a special bond with the community.
Returning to Sénégal with a team of diverse artists, we will nurture that bond and kindle new connections. First, we will co-create murals with with the people of Dakar and surrounding villages, as well as host painting workshops for youth in the streets.
Once we have made an artistic contribution, we will then install aFirst grew up in Ithaca NY, currently lives in Oakland
Safety
solar powered water pump in Cassamance. Following ourCA. He began drawing at 4 and painting at 15. His work is
volunteer service, we will print and distribute “A Book for Midwives”, a
re, Hip Hop, graphic design, graf
medical guide book translated for French speaking Africans.
Once we have completed our goals and documented the experience, the results will be presented at a group exhibition during
Art Basel in Miami, FL. The exhibit will include a documentary
Safety First is known on the streets for his inventive hand styles and in the
roducts
created during our travels. Proceeds fr
galleries for his abstract portraits of empowering African cultural icons.
the African Birth Collective.
He currently has a mural featured in the Oakland Museum of California.

10. Meet the Artists: Nikila Badua
Born on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, Nikila is a self-taught multimedia artist, designer, and performer inspired by an
earth-based wisdom of Roots and Culture. Mother and
community organizer, her work as an advocate for youth, indigential role within shaping the foundation of her creative path.
As a singer and dancer, Nikila devoted 10 years to
performing, recording, and touring with many well-respected
artists within the World, Reggae, and Underground Hip Hop
music scenes.
While living in Hawaii, Nikila co-directed the youth arts organization 808 Urban. She also works as the Art and Design Associate for Women's Earth Alliance, is a core founding member of
the Youth, Roots, and Justice program in Hawaii, and a freelance artist and designer under the guise of MamaWiisdom1.
She currently resides in Seattle, Washington.
Weaving underlying stories, traditions, and elements of the sacred indigenous with modern
rground, Nikila's
art is dedicated to honoring the maternal perre; thus birthing the alias
"MamaWisdom".

11. Music Collaborators: AfroMassive
By bringing muscians to colaborate with some of the most talented underground hiphop artists of
Senegal, we hope to fuse the beats of Africa and the west coast to create an ancient digital sound.
Born and raised in Cleveland, OH, Aaron Bortz was raised with a strong musical
electric guitar and bass at age 15, which coincidentaly is when he found Fela Kuti
and his love affair with afrobeat music came into play. After studying for years, he
Aaron Bortz
After moving to Humboldt County, California in 2006 to attend University, he went on
to found AfroMassive and continue his journey in the Northern California music scene
by relocating to the Bay Area. It was in the gritty counter-cultural hub of Oakland, CA
that he cut his teeth touring professionally with ALBINO! Heavy Heavy Afrobeat
(www.albinoband.com). Since moving on from them, he has taken his career with
AfroMassive to new heights and continues to build his resume and skills.
AfroMassive is a new ensemble bringing the masses exciting new music with a
mission to turn on your brain and make you get down.
Based in northern California, AfroMassive is a collective of like-minded musicians
looking to cultivate something uniquely different in our current diverse music scene.
ences from sounds from around the world. Mixing heavy bass, driving beats, sweet
synthesizers and an in-your-face horn section, the end result is a sultry concoction
designed to move you body and your mind.
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12. Music Collaborators: David Block
“We don’t play music, music plays us” – David Block www.humanexperiencecreations.com
The Human Experience” is David Block’s principal project as a live electronic composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Listeners experience a delicious symphonic
blend of prismatic soundscapes and sultry beats.
David is constantly pushing the boundaries of live electronic music. Playing, composing, and conducting his own electronic symphony live on stage, his performances are
brimming and layered with human emotion, world exploration, and sacred sounds.
Whether performing by himself, or with a live band, “The Human Experience” always
delivers an emotionally charged show.
“The Human Experience” aims to cross cultural barriers through music. David has
collaborated with artists all over the world including Ignacio Perez (Buena Vista Social
Club), William Close (The Earth Harp), Random Rab, Govinda, Amae Love, Rising
Appalachia, and many others.
Since his debut album “Inaudible Sounds” in 2010 , he has released four other
albums in the last two years and has four new projects planned for release in 2013.
Each song is a sonic journey; interweaving psychedelic layers of melody and harmony with organic grooves and international vibes.
Composing and performing live with the Audio/Visual/Dance projects “Phadroid”
(Andrew and Phaedra Jones), “Quixotic”, “Lucent Dossier”, and “Seraphim” David is
expanding his sounds into the mixed media world.
Since 2010, David has performed all over the world sharing the stage with renowned
artists such as, Thievery Corporation, Bonobo, Tipper, Random Rab, Emancipator,
Bluetech, Kalya Scintilla, and Kaminanda.
David Block, By Andrew Jones

13. Music Collaborators: Lafa Taylor
A world traveler based in Oakland, CA Lafa Taylor is
an achieved singer/emcee/producer. His music
carries a message of inspiration and activation, while
staying gritty, bassy, and most importantly danceable. Lafa’s live show is energetic, dynamic and
unique. He has a great talent for connecting with his
audience and working with the energy of the crowd.
Courtesy of Lafataylor.com
In the summer of 2003, at age 17, Lafa single handedly produced and released his debut album “Life
Music”. In 2004, after three months of traveling
around Costa Rica with a portable studio in his
backpack Lafa released “Hot Winter”. Next he
headed out to explore Japan. There he became a
part of the multi platinum Japanese band “Def Tech”
and played a 26 city tour. Every venue of this tour
was sold out, including the prestigious Budokan in
Tokyo which has a capacity of over 9,000 people.
Lafa’s song “Lift Up” with Def Tech saw major success in Japan. It was licensed for a a Sony Ericsson
commercial and the music video saw heavy rotation
on MTV Japan and Space Shower.
His collage of infectiously harmonic, bass heavy
r. His vocal
style ranges from sweet melodic choruses to tongue twisting rhymes. He is also known for his intricate beat
boxing, and often incorporates live looping.

14. African Birth Collective
Impact & Needs
The African Birth Collective
out of the need for greater safety and empowerment of women in their
birth experiences, and a desire to bridge the gap between traditional and
modern midwifery.
By exchanging knowledge and skills, providing essential medical supplies
and educational materials and reducing infant and maternal mortality
rates, the African Birth Collective makes a difference.
Direct entry midwives, or matrones, deliver the vast majority of babies in
Senegal, yet their education is very limited, and mostly without an academic component or written materials. Matrones typically spend only six
months in clinical training, and are then posted to more rural clinics. Since
they do not have any books, they often have an unclear understanding of
the anatomy and physiology of birth.
Without a clear comprehension of birth complications, their causes and
symptoms, there is a tendency to rush or induce deliveries, creating a
myriad of risks that too often end in mortalities.
The African Birth Collective is working to improve access to midwifery
educational materials and curriculums. They have translated Hesperian
Health Guides’ classic “A Book for Midwives”
educating matrones in rural areas of West Africa and Haiti where the need
is great. Simply written and heavily illustrated, this book contains a wealth
of life-saving information on family planning, nutrition, pre-natal care,
prevention counseling on STDs, including HIV/AIDS, basic primary health
care, diagnosing and treating a broad range of birth complications and
post partum care.
Only 65% of women in Senegal are attended by a
skilled practitioner during birth. Over 5% of infants die
during childbirth, 35% due to infection. Maternal
mortality rates are high as well; on average, one in
twenty women will die in childbirth during her lifetime.

15. Impact & Needs
What we are offering:
-4-10 large murals in the city of Dakar and a visit to
Ziginshor to small villages up and down the coast.
-Painting workshops with youth in the streets
-Involvement in community events
-Volunteering hours to facilitate a solar water pump at the
clinic in Cassemance.
-Musical collaborations with some of the most
talented underground hip-hop artists in Senegal.
-A body of art than can be used to create products to raise
funds for the African Birth Collective.
-Positive cultural exchange for both parties.
What we will need:
-Plane tickets for 10 people
-Housing
-Paints / Supplies
-Food for artists
- Give Away Items
- Printing Funds
The funds from this campaign will pay for travel expenses,
art supplies, and the printing of the 'The Book for Midwives'
for the French speaking people of Northern African
Countries.

16. How You Can Help
If you help support the World Bridge Project, you will see the positive impact of art, midwifery, and the power of cultural
exchange. Here are some ways to support the project:
Contribute on Kickstarter - http://kickstarter.com/worldbridgeproject
Kickstarter donors not only can contribute to something good, they have the chance to receive exclusive gear, limited edition
prints, and even so far as an original portrait by Amanda Sage!
Donate Art Supplies - Donation sites in Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Ashland, Arcata, Ukiah, Grass Valley / Nevada City,
Healdsburg, Sonoma, Napa, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. More details at www.worldbridgeproject.org
We are accepting crayons, colored pencils, sketch books, pens and pencils, erasers, sharpeners, glue, colored paper,
Donate Cash Direct - Paypal worldbridgeproject@gmail.com
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World Bridge Project
P.O Box 513
Brookdale, CA 95007
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“Coming back to the birthing
grounds of life itself...We aim to
bring beauty to where there may
never be color.”