By Wen Hung | Project Leader
Zuliha, 15 years old, lives with her mother and two siblings, and joined our class in September 2015.
“When my husband died in 2007, I had no idea what to do with my three children and worried about being a single mother. My oldest daughter, Zuliha, is an introvert and likes drawing alone. I found she was very excited about the class after she joined the photograph program. I believe she found that the excitement, interest, and enthusiasm towards learning were the primary components of motivation. I was surprised whenever she was talking about photographs. What is more, she has become a volunteer in TFCF and enjoys participating in TFCF activities always. She is my big girl now and always takes care of her younger sister and brother. She behaves as a good role model in front of siblings, and I'm so grateful for that change in her life.”
- Message from Zuliha’s mother
What children learned
In order to capture movement in photography, we organize Shutter Speed Exercise and all children can begin to drastically improve their photography. Children may use a quicker shutter speed, so they can experience to freeze the action/movement in front of them. It's designed to be used with moving subjects, so they are able to capture cars at the go-kart track. We hope to increase their chances of capturing a sharp action shot through on-track karting photography. Children were excited about capturing motion in photography class.
Family photobook creation
We encouraged children to make a family photobook and recorded their family history, stories, memories through photos and text. This is one of our big programs of project,Empower Disadvantaged Children through Photograph, and our social workers invited families to participate in this program and accept the interview with children. Through the support from the group of student volunteers, children learned the interview and communication skills. We’ve observed children’s changes during the family photobook creation program and they were doing it very well. Now, we are looking forward to seeing the great output of their works by the end of the program.
Long way to go
It’s been 9 months since we’ve activated this project. Although there are only 10 donors joining our project currently, we are grateful to have one recurring donor with us. All of you are very important to our children and we greatly appreciate your support and your helpful comments if any. With your generous donation, we will keep moving forward and I believe you will accompany us to achieve our goal.
Thank you for providing the power of change for children!
With gratitude,
Wen Hung
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