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Photography Proposal

→ Community Photography for Children
http://pinpartnership.org/index.php/proposals/main/community_photography

Follow this link to see an inspiration for this kind of proposal: Giving Cameras to Nepali Girls, by Sue Carbenter (Resurgence Magazine, May 2008)
"A major aim of My World, My View was to encourage girls to express themselves and to gain strength and self-confidence in the process....
"The magic of digital photography is that it’s instant, it’s fun, and anybody can do it, with no special technical skills. Having a camera in their hands gave the girls confidence – and licence – to go places and do things they wouldn’t normally dream of doing. Experimenting with their zoom lenses, they swiftly progressed from their early snaps of friends standing to attention in the distance to wonderfully observed candid portraits, colourful still lifes and reportage.
"Last year we held successful exhibitions in Kathmandu, Pokhara and London, and now, thanks to support from the British Council, the girls’ work has been showcased in the book My World, My View, featuring 140 photographs and their moving stories."

Another wonderful photography project for children in poverty was created by SOIL, Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods. You can see more information here.
"Looking through their eyes is a photo empowerment project for youth, which is designed to encourage them to discuss and engage in local issues that effect their communities. It facilitates the opportunity for young people to look critically at their environment, share emotions, build unity, and brainstorm together. Most importantly, the photo empowerment project builds confidence and challenges kids to effect change in their lives.
Photography:
The first step is making a connection with a local youth group or organization. We begin by sitting together in small groups of varied age and gender and teaching them how to use the digital cameras. With a laptop we are able to review the photos with almost instant feedback. The participants are always very enthusiastic - for many of them it is the first time they have ever seen or had the opportunity to use such technologies.
After the training, each person is given a camera for a couple of days and asked to answer the following questions in the form of pictures:
What do you like about living in your community?
What you don’t like about living in your community?
What makes you happy?
What makes you sad?
What makes you angry?
The photos are both provocative and artistic and give us the rare opportunity of “looking through their eyes” and beginning to understand and talk about some of the realities of living in poverty."

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What kind of external work? Work that is engaging for more than the “Occupation” group. For example: How can a busy working mother feel that she’s contributing to a global phenomenon – without leaving her job or family? In both Portland and Los Angeles, I’ve heard many “Occupiers” implore people “come down here and support us”. For this phenomenon to mature and sustain itself, that must change to “Let’s go out there and create/support the LARGER Occupation!”
In my work with Sarvodaya in Sri Lanka, we developed several different tools to support my small army of “Truth-Seekers” in developing and disseminating the People’s “Vision Declaration” across the island. In doing this, we were able to bypass the government-controlled media – we became our own media! The Truth-Seekers’ strategies included:
→ Conducting thousands of surveys (Individual, group and “person on the street” interviews). Surveys are very powerful instruments, especially when it is necessary to by-pass the “official” version of events and opinions.

By taking our campaign out into society, we were able to engage and enlist the support of hundreds of thousands of people, from all walks of life. All of our actions were non-violent, positive and demonstrated the nature of the society that we intended to create.
What can the “Occupiers” do to expand the “Occupation” front? I think all of the actions of Sarvodaya’s “Truth-Seekers” are available, in each “OT” city.
In addition: I think that OT is approaching the time for “direct action” vision implementation. Protests only go so far: to be effective, it is necessary to show people what the change in society, the change in POWER, looks like.
This is what Gandhi did with the Salt March. An act that was highly illegal AND highly moral. This is what the Civil Rights demonstrators did with the lunch counter sit-ins. Highly illegal and highly moral.
-- Sharif Abdullah

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Idea: The Peace Heart Project
Hands to Hearts International has started the Peace Heart Project which gives children around the world the opportunity to write their peace commitments on paper hearts that are then hung from a tree at their school, home, or any public place creating a simple yet beautiful public display of peace through art. What better way to start a movement for peace than with children, the leaders of our future and hope for a brighter day.
The sweetest thing about the Peace Heart Project is that it gives children the opportunity to help other children in the world. When you order a peace heart kit, all proceeds go directly towards HHI’s work to help improve the lives of the world’s most vulnerable and needy 0-5 year old children with the most cost effective and nurturing care available.

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