A 26 year old photographer in Aberdeen is using her talents as both a model and a photographer to help her local Cancer Research UK shops to sell their donated fashion items.

Ali Smith has been fundraising for cancer charities since her mother died of ovarian cancer when Ali was seventeen. Now she’s been able to help the shops promote their clothing rails by working with model Rebecca Tulloch to take pictures of both fashion items and vintage clothing that have been displayed in the shops in the Aberdeen area. The photographs are both studio shots of Rebecca and self-portraits of Ali, in donated clothing such as evening wear, sportswear and casual T-shirts and jeans. Cancer Research UK regional manager Ken Donaldson said, ‘Ali’s shots look fantastic and show there are some really classy items available at bargain prices from [our] shops.’

And Prince Harry’s African children’s charity Sentebale is undergoing a major shake-up.

It was set up to assist 400,000 orphans of HIV-Aids in Lesotho. Now a new Chief Executive is moving the organisation forward after rumoured financial problems led to intense public scrutiny of the charity’s performance.  The aim of Sentebale, which means Forget-Me-Not in Sotho language of Lesotho, is to assist the many destitute children who live in the country.

It is estimated that 15,000 children have the disease, though no one knows for sure and less than 3,000 are being treated with anti-retroviral drugs. Because of the one-in-three adults who have HIV-Aids in Lesotho, boys as young as five may be sent to the mountains to herd sheep alone – they have no access to education and lack blankets and warm clothing. In addition to education about HIV-Aids, the charity provides teachers and books, family planning for adults, and weatherproof jackets and boots and bedding for migrant sheep-herding boys.

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