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The idea behind Proyecto Infancia was born in Chile in 2006, when Spanish photographer José Mogrol in cooperation with the Chilean Nordic Institute of children's literature, organized an initial photography workshop for children of vulnerable districts of Valparaiso, Chile. The success of this first workshop leaded to the materialization of further and regular workshops around Chile and later on, the idea was taken to other countries of Latin America such as Colombia, Perù, Brazil and México. Nowadays the project has been extended to other geographical locations such as Kosovo and Algeria and now Geelong!
The main aim of Proyecto Infancia is to approach young people aged from 7 to 15 years from disadvantaged backgrounds around the world and familiarise them with the aesthetic expression of photography, bringing them the possibility to explore their creativity and visual abilities. At the same time, Proyecto Infancia has children use photography as a window to look at the realities of other children in very different geographical locations of the world. On 3rd and 5th October, children participated in this workshop, run by Proyecto Infancia's Vannisi Araujo and Yineth Moreno. Each child was given a disposable camera and was afforded the opportunity to take photographs at Western Beach in Geelong and of their families at home. On the second day of the workshop, children were presented with their photographs and chose their favourite photos and described why the images were special to them! The children enjoyed their experience and had many photos to take home with them to show their families. A special thanks goes out to Proyecto Infancia's Vanissi Araujo and Yineth Moreno, who donated their time and the equipment for the workshop and volunteer Jaime Howell who assisted on both days. |
During the school holidays a number of children were given the opportunity to take part in a photography workshop run by a Proyecto Infancia, a non for profit organisation who runs workshops for children around the world. The project came about when a Diversitat volunteer Yineth Moreno suggested that she could run this workshop over the school holidays with the children.