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Originally Posted by Northendzone
have you contacted volunteer calgary? otherwise contact organiziations like world vision and ask if they have such a need.
as an aside, i have always wondered about people who go to document the issues in the 3rd world, do they provide tangible help - i.e. a donation?
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Do you not think when someone documents "issues" that its not help making others aware? I think so. Plus, it's just not the documenting. Last year I did a thing here in Calgary called
Help Portrait. I don't know if you guys have heard of it. What we did was, we had a large space and about 40 volunteers, 20 of whom where photographers. We setup shooting stations and had people come in and they were photographed. Either by themselves or with their loved ones. We provided them prints right on site. Most of these people did not have the financial means to go to a studio and have family photos done. So most didn't have photos of their kids, babies or even themselves. The look on these people's face made me really realized how powerful photos were for ALL people. Some were brought to tears. We had a huge turn out last year and hope to make it bigger this year.
I just think it would be a great life experience to do something like this again but in another context.