Photography & Ethical Storytelling Training for Youth Mental Health

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Overview

Conduct online training on photography and ethical storytelling for youth.

You have:

• Proven experience in photography education, visual storytelling, or photojournalism.
• Strong understanding of ethical photography, including informed consent and trauma-sensitive representation.
• Experience working with youth groups or facilitating interactive online workshops.
• Familiarity with mental health-sensitive communication is preferred.
• Ability to explain concepts in simple, accessible, and engaging ways.
• Degree or professional background in communication, media studies, journalism, photography, or related fields is an asset.

Contract

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This assignment is part of WHO Türkiye’s broader initiative to strengthen youth engagement in mental health and suicide prevention advocacy and outreach campaign.

We are seeking 1 Online Volunteer to deliver a photography and ethical storytelling training session to young participants (ages 19 – 29) involved in a WHO Türkiye Photovoice Advocacy Campaign focused on suicide prevention and mental health awareness.

The Online Volunteer will be responsible for: • Preparing a 3-hour online training session for two different date/time with same content covering: o Basic photography techniques (composition, lighting, perspective); o Visual storytelling principles (how to convey emotions, messages, and narratives through images); o Ethical photography practices, including informed consent, respectful representation, and non-stigmatizing imagery in the context of mental health and suicide prevention; • Ensuring that the training aligns with human rights-based, non-ableist, and trauma-sensitive communication standards in line with global ethical rules; • Engaging participants interactively, answering questions, and providing practical examples and tips; • Providing a simple handout or presentation slides summarizing the main concepts shared during the training and may provide several feedback through sample outputs after the trainings.

The 3-hour training (two session on different days) will be conducted online (e.g., via Zoom or Teams).

• Proven experience in photography education, visual storytelling, or photojournalism. • Strong understanding of ethical photography, including informed consent and trauma-sensitive representation. • Experience working with youth groups or facilitating interactive online workshops. • Familiarity with mental health-sensitive communication is preferred. • Ability to explain concepts in simple, accessible, and engaging ways. • Degree or professional background in communication, media studies, journalism, photography, or related fields is an asset.

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