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25.01.2022 SYDNEY!!! Do you have an old camera lying around? Want to travel vicariously and assist young people in Kenya tell the world their stories? In conjunction with sotheycan.org.au we are collecting unused cameras in Sydney - now may be the time to clear out that bottom drawer of technology you haven't used for a while...

25.01.2022 Our young Victorian program manager, Guled Abdulwasi, has been busy cataloguing and sending out donated cameras far & wide this week - to Tom Price in WA, to Mornington Island in QLD, to the Fitzroy flats in VIC, and even as far as Kenya via Sydney. He's sure been busy!!!

24.01.2022 Perthians...with a car...needed to pick up 30 digital cameras from Midland Police Mon-Fri between 8 to 2pm....?? The opportunity may be there to shake a hand and pose for a photo, if that's your thing :) Otherwise a reliable person and vehicle is sufficient.

22.01.2022 Check out the latest news and events on the Camera Recycle Project website We've been having a lot of fun lately!

21.01.2022 This week's donations picked up from the collection box at Red Flair Photography in Balwyn, VIC. Thank you to all the donors who dropped their old and unused gear off here!

20.01.2022 THANK YOU Tamie Duncan-Bible in VIC for your generous donation - these cameras between them have been around the world twice Tamie told us, and they will maybe go around the world again :)

20.01.2022 Youth reporter, Mirza, and mentor Brett photographing the "War Touches Us All" awards ceremony at Doncaster Library on Saturday :)

20.01.2022 Young photographers and photography mentors explored a day in the life of Isis the dog. To book a therapeutic photo walk (cameras and animals included) contact [email protected]

19.01.2022 Recently CRP facilitated a National Youth Week photography "tour bus" workshop with City of Wanneroo. Natalie Blom and James Morton facilitated - and aw shucks, once again some great feedback from our clients "Nat and James were absolutely fantastic, it was a very long day and must have been exhausting for them both. However, they did a great job in building rapport with young people and assisted them where necessary. I was very impressed with the way in which they interacted with the staff and young people. Fantastic workers, lovely people." (Rad, City of Wanneroo)

19.01.2022 Landers & Rogers Law Firm in Melbourne gave us a brief: "Some 12 year olds from Palm Island are coming to Melbourne with the Cathy Freeman Foundation - can you do something fun with them?" So, Camera Recycle Project employed three young Melbourne artists and over 2 hours we made a song "D Street" using fruit to create beats, sound effects by the kids, wrote the lyrics, and used a Go Pro to record footage to make this clip.... Amazing what you can achieve in 2 hours! We had an awesome time hanging out with these young ones, and we think this video shares the fun experience :)

18.01.2022 URGENT - need someone in Melbourne to pick up cameras in Bentleigh East (Officeworks HQ) and transport to Fitzroy this week...will pay for your time and love you lots and lots!!!! Puuhhleeease!!!

17.01.2022 15 young people from four communities - Woorabinda, Palm Island, Elcho Island and Tiwi Islands - won a trip to Melbourne for their school attendance. Camera Recycle Project facilitators Ben, Jade, Gum, Adim and Dut held a beat-making / lyric writing / digital media evening with lots of Nandos chicken, Mario Brothers with potato controllers and some awesome bonding. :)

17.01.2022 Check out the latest video clip collaboration with Cathy Freeman Foundation and Landers & Rogers Law Firm in Melbourne Students from Woorabinda, Palm Island, Elcho Island and Tiwi Islands achieved this in just 2 hours with a room full of strangers, and a round-robin style set-up where you could film, photograph, rap lyrics, write lyrics, work on the music video editing. It was AMAZING...we hope this music video makes these young people feel proud of where they're from and how much talent they have, and honoured we got to hang out with them in Melbourne.

17.01.2022 A fantastic app idea that Guled Abdul (who just so happens to work for Camera Recycle Project) has submitted. If you like Guled, Maulid and Magang's idea (we certainly do!!!), you just have to click on the below link and then click the "Like" button on the left side of the screen.

15.01.2022 These cameras are being sent from Melbourne to Sydney, so that an awesome organisation (sotheycan.org) can take them to their children's orphanage in Kenya in October. We can't wait to see some of the kid's photos!

15.01.2022 Pretty excited - this Wednesday Camera Recycle Project is partnering up with Together Like Brothers and Landers & Rogers Lawyers to deliver a beat-making workshop to young Indigenous kids visiting Melbourne with Cathy Freeman Foundation. Check out last year's efforts https://www.facebook.com//vb.12841341389/670876559652223/

14.01.2022 In partnership with Landers & Rogers Law Firm and Cathy Freeman Foundation, Camera Recycle Project held a digital media beat-making workshop for 12-year-old youth visiting Melbourne from Palm Island in QLD. In 2 hours, we recorded our own beats, made a stop motion video clip and wrote our own lyrics. Young facilitations Ror Da Poet (17) and Guled Abdulwasi (19) assisted to facilitate, and they were AMAZING!!! Photos courtesy of Guled Abdul

14.01.2022 Did you know 1 in 5 Australians are not accessing the internet? Do you think the internet should be deemed a human right? 774 ABC Melbourne takes a look at the impact of the #DigitalDivide and the groups trying to address this.

14.01.2022 Great news! Weve been nominated to participate in the Grilld Local Matters donation program at Grill'd Carlton this month. When customers buy a burger, they will receive a token to put into one of 3 jars representing different groups. Whoever has the most tokens at the end of the month receives $300. The other two groups receive $100 each. To do your bit to help our cause, spread the word and head on down to GRILL'D CARLTON located at... 350 LYGON STREET Corner of Faraday St Carlton VIC 3053 See more

14.01.2022 Today was the 2nd time the Media Club met. Camera Recycle Project sent five cameras this way earlier in the year - YOU may have donated your camera? These cameras came from Melbourne and Perth, and are now taking beautiful photographs by young photographers in Tom Price in the Pilbara region of WA. Please enjoy this wonderful snapshot into life in Tom Price recently :)

13.01.2022 African Communities Foundation in VIC have just held a wonderful exhibition "Changing Perspectives - My Voice Through Photography" featuring images taken by young people using Camera Recycle Project cameras. We are pleased to hear that the program was very successful with the young participants not only learning about photography but sharing their perspectives through their images.

11.01.2022 A little radio interview on ABC Local WA today for our new technology library in Tom Price (WA) - if you are near Tom Price you can drop in your old cameras to Gumala Radio or check out our website for collection box locations around Australia. Want to host a collection box in your area or workplace? Contact us on [email protected]

11.01.2022 We are searching for extra cameras in Melbourne to assist a photography program for 16-25 year olds run by the African Communities Foundation Australia...please let us know if you have a spare camera to donate and we'll come and pick it up in the Melbourne metropolitan region.

10.01.2022 Thank you Paul Allinson (Perth, WA) - your Canon 350D has been matched up with a Canon lens from Tim (Melbourne, VIC) and is heading up to young people in Tom Price in remote northern Western Australia.

09.01.2022 Thank you Kaye M (Brunswick East, VIC) for your very generous donation - these cameras are on their way to Kununurra, Western Australia, where we anticipate some stunning photos of Top End wet season life.

09.01.2022 Ocean's winning photo for the theme "colour my world"

09.01.2022 Stay tuned for the BRAND NEW Camera Recycle Project Technology Library opening in Fitzroy, VIC (in partnership with Yarra Youth Services). Our young coordinator, Guled Abdul, is busy getting all the cameras ready to be hired - WATCH THIS SPACE!

08.01.2022 THANK YOU Pat in Joondalup (WA) - this collection of underwater cameras are amazing!!!

08.01.2022 Are any of our young photographers at the Fitzroy Camera Library interested in this opportunity?

06.01.2022 Some great feedback about CRP from Lee-Anne Smith (Founder & CEO of Halo Leadership Development Agency) "Your project was one of the most rewarding ever at Halo. Throughout the ups and downs of our Halo journey: funding some losses some wins, bureaucracy battles some losses, some wins, individual battles some losses, some wins. As we battle suicide, incarceration rates, deaths in custody and the demons of the stolen generation we thank you for our camera recycle photo galleri...es that have provided opportunities to tell a different story - the photos inform, inspire, make us laugh and sometimes cry but overall they are one of things that keep help keep us strong. You don't win an OAM, become a Telstra business woman of the year finalist, win the community service sector choice award, inspire a kid in care to win WA young person of the year because you did it alone. "If we see further than others it is because we have stood on the shoulders of giants." Thank you Jade and your vision for camera recycle for being one of those giants - you will always be a winner through our HALO lens." For more info on the remarkable HALO program check out www.facebook.com/haloleadership

04.01.2022 Sydney friends - Camera Recycle Project is working with http://www.sotheycan.org (based in Sydney) to collect unused cameras that will go over to Kenya in October. For the month of August or September I need a couple of "collection points" where consumers can drop off their camera to you, and then a CRP rep will take them all off your hands.

03.01.2022 Congratulations Ocean - her photo was the winner of the Music to Open Your Mind poster comp. ocean borrowed a CRP camera but now has a camera of her very own!

01.01.2022 Yesterday, the Fitzroy (VIC) Technology Library officially BEGAN!!! Offering young 12-25 year olds who predominantly live in the Fitzroy housing estate the opportunity to freely use and hire at very low rates high-quality digital cameras.

01.01.2022 Congratulations Daryl Riley - solid photo taken with a CRP camera at Music To Open Your Mind, and very deserving of a prize :) A young photographer in the making?

01.01.2022 We have a new initiative with the Camera Recycle Project, providing cameras to our children to capture their world through their eyes. We plan to share these ph...otos with you here, on our website and in our newsletters! If you have a camera (digital, film or video) lying around and would like to donate it to this initiative, please drop it at our collection points below (Australia only). So They Can HQ Suite 5, 139 Alexander Street, Crows Nest, NSW 2065 Addison Road Community Centre Office Building 1/142 Addison Road, Marrackville, NSW 2204

01.01.2022 Just a lil' Camera Recycle Project production from Kununurra, Western Australia, 40km from the NT border in the Top End. There is some great community spirit happening up here, and it's an honour to be a part of it.