Snapshot Initiative
The Snapshot Initiative is a photo project that gives cameras to children in impoverished areas and allows them to tell their story with the end result being a published children's book with profits going back to the community.
The Snapshot Initiative is a photo project that puts the cameras and the story in the hands of the underprivileged children throughout the world while giving them a voice and a mode of creating income for their community.
The project began in 2006 in Meru, Kenya. Over 25 disposable cameras and journals were sent to a small village and given to various children ages 6-18 willing to participate in the project. The children shot photos of their everyday lives and kept notes about the details with the intention that the photos would become a book for young children across the globe where the majority of the profits would return to their village.
The goal of the snapshot initiative is to take the photo project world wide. To allow the children of these native areas a chance to tell their stories and gain an opportunity for commerce in their area. These children have so much pride, happiness and sense of community to share despite their struggles and pain.
Storytelling not only restores a sense of pride in the community but a new found sense of power in what otherwise might be a victim of global society. This project needs your help! We need to reach more children, more areas and we need funding to publish these beautiful lives.
PLEASE VOTE FOR US! VOTE FOR THE CHILDREN!
30 Comments
i like this! they will take great interesting photos got my vote let me know what u think about mine
great idea, i have seen some exhibits like this before. i voted for ya, check out mine and leave a comment or vote too if you like it. good luck!
I like it. They are small, but they see BIG. Voted for you. Feel free to return the favor. My project is to document issues in Zimbabwe.
i have seen this idea elsewhere on this site..but i voted for you,my diea is also for kids please check both of them out and vote if you like..
Hey Katie... your idea is grand... good luck! and keep up the good work! r
Katie,
I voted for your great project.
MOM
Katie,
Looks great...I voted...good luck!!!!!
:) Dawn
You got my vote lady!
See ya soon!!! xoxoxox
Clever idea : ) Good luck!!!
Tracy
Hey, Katie. Great idea - you've got my PIC. We're trying to donate the $50k prize money to charities across the US. Please check our idea out and support us if you like it. Thanks and good luck!
A photo can make a person feel 'real'. I like your idea!
I just PIC'd you, so please stop by and leave a comment ...and a vote!
I'm a photographer who is trying to change the world, starting with my community.
Thanks!
Super idea-sustainable source of income for these communities.
Good luck!!!
INCREDIBLE idea! Go for it! ;)!!!
Good Luck Katie!!! I hope you and the children win!!!!
Great idea Katie!
Leah
Katie - what an Awesome Initiative...good luck! Jeff Rice
Katie, you are an amazing person! I am proud to be your friend! Good luck!
sending my voted to you and the children, great project.
good luck! Stina in Sweden
I voted for you :) Good luck.. It is a wonderful project!!!
Michelle
Great idea Katie! I hope today you get the votes you need...
Angie
Good for you! As a mother of a little girl and a small business owner promoting travel to Africa, I fully support this initiative! Please let me know if you need any advice when it comes to travel, and best of luck to you!
Sarah Fazendin
www.fazendinportfolio.com
Go Katie!
I like your idea, check out mine and vote for me if you like it. Its about poverty and society in 3rd world countries and how they are controlled, devastated by their governments and western industrialized nations. http://tinyurl.com/chy79g
I would really like to see multicultural things since I am from outside of U.S. Thanks for doing this!
Interesting and worthwhile project - I voted for you - please check out an additional project that I like! http://www.nameyourdreamassignment.com/the-ideas/richs85/making-peace-with-the-world-peace-corps-at-50/
This project is so successful, has been a blessing to so many... I can't wait to see what you do next
good luck with the project
What a beautiful, worthwhile idea. I wish the project much success!
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FatherJohn
My dream is also for children! Good luck. I voted for your dream. I believe in Pay it Forward, the Golden Rule, and affirming the worth of people and their dreams.