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Prisca showing Lydia the photo she took in the Cameras For Girls training in Kampala, Uganda August 2019 @Amina Mohamed Photography
Cameras For Girls News Donor Stories for Cameras For Girls

How Authentic Donor Connections Are Now More Meaningful Than Ever

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I took to sharing our charitable work online through various channels and also wanted to speak with my donors through pre-arranged online coffee dates (thank you Zoom) about what was working and what was not. I wanted to ensure that the communication we were putting out was clear and reached the hearts of our donors. Authentically connecting with my donors has meant everything to me. The fact that these people who have their own daily struggles take the time to talk and share with me is incredible.

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Education Female Empowerment

Cameras For Girls Works For Gender Equality Through Photography.

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Empowering females is crucial in a world that stills struggles with gender inequality. Empowering our female students with photography and business skills enables her to fight for her rights for a job and be paid as equally as possible to her male counterpart. The pay gap amounts to a 17% difference, which tells us there is still much work to do in this area.

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Joanita setting up her camera at the Cameras For Girls workshop, Kampala, Uganda
Student Stories

Cameras For Girls Looks Back at Our First Training in August 2018

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I survive these days, remembering my first training that took place in August 2018. I first came up with the idea back in August 2017. At that time, I left a 15-year career in film and television and had embarked on a new career as a mortgage broker. I was a very successful mortgage broker, and I had even won a few awards, but I was not satisfied as the call of photography kept beckoning to me. However, I was not prepared to leave my well-paying job to just take photos for a living. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with that, and in fact, I do that with my other business Amina Mohamed Photography. On a personal level, leaving a well-paying job had to mean I was changing lives through the power of photography.

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