Have a look at Photovoice!
Send the old lenses and cameras you do not use anymore but that still work fine to this place! They will help those who are usually photographed to take pictures of their own life with their own eyes and mind behind the camera!
Here is part of their statement:
‘With visual saturation comes indifference. Many of the images we witness of war or famine, disease or extreme difficulty no longer touch us – the people depicted are elsewhere, their plight irrelevant to our lives. Rarely do we have the opportunity to get close to these “static” people, to really glimpse their lives, to see them as active individuals with views and opinions rather than as helpless victims. This is what PhotoVoice can achieve.’
They have won quite a few prices for their ideas and deeds and seem to be rather transparent and serious.
This gallery was a good example of what they do.
I am sending them my old Nikon camera and two Nikon lenses. They work just fine but I have a digital camera now and one lens in double! So why let them collect dust in my closet? 🙂
yes I know! I got their name from your website and thought I should promote this idea! 🙂 Sylvie
I sent some gear to Photovoice last year. They seem like a really good organization and they were very grateful too.