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Mr. Manalo from Brooklyn NY is requesting instructional technology through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Help Heal Trauma Through Learning Photography!

Help me give my students from traumatic backgrounds - a chance at seeing the beauty of the world through photography!

  • $6,129 goal

This project expired on May 14, 2020.

This project expired on May 14, 2020.

My Students

Our students are very diverse, most are English Language Learners and Arabic speaking from Yemen and Pakistan. Some of our English Language Learners are from Haiti, Bangladesh, Dominican Republic, and Central America. We also have students who are native English speakers from Brooklyn. We are a Title I school- so most of our students are living in poverty- but they are thirsty to learn and have amazing grit! They are eager to learn and need a new after school program.

My Project

We are looking to help students who exhibit symptoms of trauma through the beauty of art- specifically photography. They will learn techniques in portraiture, editing, and elements of photography. They will be creating projects on changing how they see the world and themselves through looking at a camera lens and learning elements of photography. This will be coupled with restorative circle conversations about what they’ve learned about others and themselves through taking photos of subjects and taking self-portraits. We will be working in conjunction with the guidance team (counselors and social workers) to help their social-emotional progress as time goes.

Mr. Manalo
Never Before Funded Grades 9-12

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Canon EOS Rebel T7 digital camera EF S 18 55mm IS II lens • CDW-G $445.49 5 $2,227.45
Canon EOS M6 Mark II Mirrorless Digital Camera Body Only Silver • CDW-G $901.60 1 $901.60
Canon EF macro lens • CDW-G $890.99 1 $890.99
Case Logic DSLR backpack for camera with lenses and tablet • CDW-G $69.12 5 $345.60
Xerox Phaser 6510DN printer color laser • CDW-G $216.81 1 $216.81
Adobe Acrobat Standard 2017 license 1 license • CDW-G $206.39 1 $206.39
StarTech com Adjustable Tablet Tripod Stand For 6 5 to 7 8 Wide Tablets • CDW-G $61.22 2 $122.44
HP Advanced Glossy Photo Paper • CDW-G $16.78 7 $117.46
SanDisk Ultra flash memory card 64 GB SDXC UHS I • CDW-G $14.80 5 $74.00

Materials cost

$5,102.74

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$76.54

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$5,209.28

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$919.28

Total project goal

$6,128.56

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