History
Since 2011, The Alliance Cultural Foundation has been collecting a total of 4,000 secondhanded cameras from the public and giving them to rural elementary schools in the Hualien and Taitung Counties. Through volunteer teachers' instruction, the "Through the Lens of Children - Campus Photography Cultivation Project" was launched. The following year, the Industrial Bank of Taiwan donated 140 new cameras, and The Alliance Cultural Foundation selected seven middle and elementary schools in Hualien and Taitung which were willing to commit to long-term photography courses to promote photography on campus.
Mission
In 2014, the "Through the Lens of Children - Campus Photography Cultivation Project" set "Teacher Training," "Experience Sharing," and "Sustainable Growth" as its midterm and long-term goals. This initiative aimed not only to increase the involvement of volunteer teachers and college volunteers in accompanying children in their learning journey but also to enable school teachers to integrate cameras as teaching tools within educational activities, allowing children to discover the beauty of their surroundings through the camera.
Teacher Training: involves designing photography curricula and conducting photography workshops (covering photography, child education, aesthetics) to enhance their knowledge of photography.
Experience Sharing: Through sharing experiences from the courses (short-term and in-depth courses), it aims to rally corporates from the north, central, and south regions of Taiwan to sponsor rural photography education.
Sustainable Growth: Supporting schools in planning their curricula and teaching, so that photography courses can deeply root in rural areas, becoming a part of school club activities or a distinctive feature for sustainable development.
