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India Through Her Lens

Self-discovery is a shutter click away when a child sees her world through the lens of a camera.

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India Through Her Lens

India Through Her Lens

India Through Her Lens

India Through Her Lens

India Through Her Lens

Self-discovery is a shutter click away when a child sees her world through the lens of a camera.

Self-discovery is a shutter click away when a child sees her world through the lens of a camera.

Self-discovery is a shutter click away when a child sees her world through the lens of a camera.

Self-discovery is a shutter click away when a child sees her world through the lens of a camera.

KIOO Project
KIOO Project
KIOO Project
KIOO Project
3 Campaigns |
New York, United States
$5,459 USD 81 backers
27% of $20,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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We are KIOO Project.

We teach photography to children from communities with limited access to creative resources. Our nonprofit helps young girls and boys develop self-confidence & discover self-expression. We put cameras in the hands of young people who learn to visually tell stories about who they are & how they see the world. We have previously worked with restaveks (child slaves) in Gressier, Haiti & students living in Nairobi, Kenya's Lenana slum. The moments they capture take our breath away.

These photographs were taken by students in our January 2014 Kenya workshop.

Where KIOO is going next.

This November we are focusing our lens on gender equality. In partnership with She’s the First & Shanti Bhavan School in Baliganapalli, India we will host a 10-day workshop with young girls and boys from the Dalit caste (also known as the Untouchables). Girls will learn photographic techniques the first week. During the second week, boys will join the workshop to learn photography from a special group of newly-minted teachers – the girls.

This unique journey ensures that both girls and boys experience the rewards of an arts education. Girls develop valuable leadership & presentation skills along with the confidence to become active agents of change in their own lives & communities. Boys understand the value & worth of girls in their community by learning a new skill through them. At the end of the 2 weeks, a gallery show exhibiting the students’ work presents the local community with the opportunity to celebrate the creativity blossoming from budding photographers.

All the camera & printing equipment we bring to India remains at the school. Our goal is for our young graduates to continue teaching & learning photography long after the workshop is over.

Young female photographers & their local gallery show at the school in the Lenana slum, Nairobi, Kenya, January 2014.

How you can help KIOO.

The estimated cost of bringing a KIOO workshop to India & creating a long-term photography program is $40,000. We've raised half that amount & need your help raising the other half. We'd love for you to get the word out about our fundraising campaign too. How? Before & after you donate, kindly make some little & big noise about our India workshop. Share this campaign link on Facebook & Twitter.

Our gallery of student prints are collector items for our donors. If you'd like a print for your wall, or you'd like to send a gift to someone who you feel would be moved by the work of our alumni artists, please kindly peruse our SHOP page.

Photographs taken by the young students who participated in our Kenya workshop.

What your generous donation buys.

    + Cameras and printing equipment*
    + Basic travel & living expenses for 4 volunteers (3 photography teachers + 1 Program Officer) during a 2.5 week span

*Price List
              $15 : camera case
             $20 : international converters
             $25 : memory card
             $30 : ink cartridge
             $75 : ream of paper
           $150 : camera

           $175 : hard drive

          $250 : printer

       $1,500 : flight

Budding photographers in Gressier, Haiti & Nairobi, Kenya.

What your generosity gets you.

Besides a very big, heartfelt thank you, some warm & fuzzy feelings, and a truly beautiful story to share with your friends, we present you with some highly desirable tangible perks for you to have as your very own:
     + A beautiful 50-page digital book of photographs taken by our students in India
     + A gorgeous print of one Indian student’s work to hang on your wall
     + A dazzling 60-page coffee table book with images taken by the children in India
     + A stunning 20" x 30" photograph of India by KIOO founder & humanitarian photographer, Babita Patel
     + A signed copy of the documentary (director's cut) of our India workshop made by an award-winning filmmaker!

*All perks will be distributed after the end of the workshop.

Thank you, धन्यवाद, merci, asante!

Big & small, your donation makes it possible for 10 girls and then 10 boys living in Baliganapalli, India to explore their world through a camera lens. We can't wait to share with you what they discover about themselves.

Photographs snapped by the students in our Haiti workshop. January 2013.

Donate now!

Photography. It’s more than an art form.
It’s a catalyst for hope, possibility, and social change.

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*Images of students at Shanti Bhavan School in this campaign
were taken by Kate Lord & provided by She's the First.

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Choose your Perk

Dost / Friend in Hindi

$25 USD
A heartfelt thank you. And a beautiful 50-page digital book of photographs taken by our students in India.
6 out of 200 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Beti / Daughter in Hindi

$50 USD
A heartfelt thank you. A beautiful 50-page digital book of photographs taken by our students in India. And a gorgeous 8" x 10" print of one Indian student's work to hang on your wall.
10 out of 100 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Didi / Sister in Hindi

$100 USD
A heartfelt thank you. A beautiful 50-page digital book of photographs taken by our students in India. And a gorgeous 11" x 14" print of one Indian student's work to hang on your wall.
7 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.

Patni / Wife in Hindi

$500 USD
A heartfelt thank you. A beautiful 50-page digital book of photographs taken by our students in India. A gorgeous 11" x 14" print of one Indian student's work to hang on your wall. And a dazzling 60-page coffee table book with images taken by the children.
0 out of 10 of claimed
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Maata / Mother in Hindi

$1,000 USD
A heartfelt thank you. A beautiful 50-page digital book of photographs taken by our students in India. And a gorgeous 11" x 14" print of one Indian student's work to hang on your wall. A dazzling 60-page coffee table book with images taken by the children. A stunning 20" x 30" photograph of India by KIOO founder & humanitarian photographer, Babita Patel. And 2 free tickets to the KIOO India Gallery Show in NYC.
0 out of 5 of claimed
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Rani / Queen in Hindi

$5,000 USD
A heartfelt thank you. A beautiful 50-page digital book of photographs taken by our students in India. A gorgeous 11" x 14" print of one student's work to hang on your wall. A dazzling 60-page coffee table book with images taken by the children. A stunning 20" x 30" photograph by KIOO founder & humanitarian photographer, Babita Patel. 2 free tickets to the KIOO India Gallery Show in NYC. A signed copy of the documentary (director's cut) of our India workshop by an award-winning filmmaker!
0 out of 1 of claimed
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