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Mar 17th, 2010 - 05:30:37 |
Greg Spira
The first Photovoice project is now complete and the photographs are online! The photos qui parlent project (“photos that speak”) loaned cameras to clients and volunteers of VODEBO – a local community-based organization that provides care and support services to people infected or affected by HIV in a community in Cameroon’s Far North region. This project used the Photovoice method to gauge the impact of VODEBO’s work in the HIV/AIDS sector.
Click through to the next blog posts to see participants' photos, read – in their own words – why they took the images & discover how this VSO local partner is impacting, and learning from, its beneficiaries. More pictures taken by participants and descriptions can be viewed at:
http://beneaththemosquitonet.wordpress.com/photovoice-images/photos-qui-parlent/
VODEBO’s community volunteers conduct home visits, accompany clients for medical care and engage in community education aimed at decreasing HIV transmission and stigmatisation. The community where the project took place is not named because the participants wanted to protect their confidentiality.
Stigma and discrimination against HIV+ individuals is still so great that they feared exposure would impact the way they are seen by family, employers and neighbours. While talking about HIV is still difficult in the community, change is starting to be seen. This shines through in the photos they took and their insights. While they do not want the name of their village shared, they are nonetheless eager to share these with other communities to help build understanding.
The project was carried out to:
* identify services delivered and the impacts of these on the clients
* explore challenges and opportunities for future services delivered by VODEBO
* capture the stories and insights of both volunteers and clients directly affected by the work of VSO’s partner organisation.
VODEBO works through long-term relationships between community volunteers and their HIV+ clients. Therefore, 6 pairs of volunteers and clients photographed together and then returned to document what each picture meant to them.
More photovoice projects are planned for 2010 - 2011. Stay tuned and Enjoy! 
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