Tommy Trenchard @TommyTrenchard
No longer active on Twitter. You can find me over on Instagram at https://t.co/2JkPcKPF5M tommytrenchard.com Cape Town Joined October 2013-
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Inside the latest issue – the South African academy using forensic knowledge (and plenty of fake blood) to tackle wildlife crime. Photography @TommyTrenchard slow-journalism.com/49
And another recent story in Vi Menn, on South Africa’s “Miracle Train”, the #Phelophepa, which has been travelling around the country for nearly 30 years bringing essential healthcare to marginalised communities. #photojournalism
Latest publication in Norway’s Vi Menn magazine on the outlaw diamond diggers of Namaqualand, South Africa. #photojournalism
Was a real pleasure taking part in the @xposureXPF festival last month and having the chance to meet so many great photographers from around the world. Huge thanks to the organisers for bringing it all together and doing such a great job with the exhibitions. #photojournalism
@TommyTrenchard's series 'Animal CSI' has been published in @demorgen and @FD_Nieuws
Meet the Cape Town activists reclaiming vacant government buildings for affordable housing (photos by @TommyTrenchard) npr.org/sections/goats…
Our year in pictures 📸 Kenya produces 0.01% of carbon emissions world wide, yet is on the frontline of the #ClimateCrisis. Photographer @TommyTrenchard documented children and families suffering from a problem they didn't cause. Read their stories: bit.ly/3WdKIJ5
Animal CSI. My latest for @guardian in words and pictures on South Africa’s wildlife crime forensics academy. theguardian.com/environment/20… #wildlifecrime #photojournalism
Huge thanks to @GeographicalMag for running this piece on the fight to clear Angola’s landmines as the cover story of their December issue, with a ten page spread inside. #Landmines #Angola #photojournalism
Advances in aerial imaging, drones and a new generation of ultra-sensitive metal detectors are helping speed up mine clearance in Angola econ.st/3EUblLF
Latest from #Angola on how drones and advances in aerial imaging technology are boosting the fight to clear the country’s landmines. In this week’s @TheEconomist economist.com/middle-east-an…
These photos capture some of the desperate search for scraps left by big diamond operators in South Africa. Facing poverty and unemployment, some people take the risk to try to provide for their families. n.pr/3APfLlG
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@TommyTrenchard, thanks for teaching us about the poaching of succulents in South Africa. We'll teach kids about it on Sun at LNE.news :)
I'm so pleased for you mate that it's been accepted as a new record. 👏👏👏
The world record breaking heaviest bell pepper. 🎉🏴
Good to meet up with @TommyTrenchard from South Africa for a Giant Shoot this morning #growyourown #giantveg #gardeningtips
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Great to be one of the 30 young journos on this list, for uncovering a government data breach of millions of students' ages and addresses+ high-pressure loan sales tactics which saw elderly guarantors unwittingly sign away their homes mhpc.com/winners-30-to-…
@TommyTrenchard I read that on my way back from Benin! Awesome job!
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“I like my job. I always wanted to be a #nurse. When I treat you and you get well, I feel good.” - Jane Atim, a #midwife & nurse in the Karamoja region of #Uganda. #HealthWorkers like Jane are critical to improving quality & availability of care. 📷: @TommyTrenchard
This could be the worst example yet of Foreign-Leader-Dances-With-African-Kids
[WATCH]: Prime Minister #TheresaMay at ID Mkhize Senior Secondary in Gugulethu, Cape Town. @SABCNewsOnline @SAgovnews @KhayaJames @UbuntuRadioZA @PresidencyZA @DBE_SA
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