From "WorldNomads":

"Portrait Equality is a not-for-profit project that seeks to provide family pictures to those in developing nations and remote communities – perhaps a photo of a child for a father to carry when he goes away to work in the city, or of an aging grandmother so she can be remembered by younger generations. We offer instant cameras on loan (free of charge) along with packets of film to photographers travelling to developing nations and remote communities so they can, inturn, provide portraits to local people along their journey. The goal is to give photos, not just take them, and to perhaps give a villager their first family photo.

If you were asked what you would save if your home were burning to the ground, you would likely mention your family photo album. With online media and digital cameras widely available throughout most modern Western societies, key moments of an individual’s life are now easily documented for posterity. Many families could never afford a family portrait, and many villagers have never had a photo of themselves or their children. This, however, is still not the case in a great number of developing nations and village communities the world over."

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