donate your iPhone

Have an iPhone 4s or newer iPhone that you are no longer using?

Please consider donating your used iPhone to The Heart of a Woman Project (THOAW), a women’s mobile photography and digital literacy development initiative.

The Heart of a Woman Project is a small grassroots initiative that partners with community projects and non-profit organizations to provide education in mobile photography and digital literacy to women and youth impacted by poverty.

The goal is to empower through mobile photography and Internet access. With skills in mobile photography and access to the Internet, it gives women the opportunity to tell and share their own stories, photograph and promote their products and events and earn income.

The pilot project, project South Africa, was implemented at eKhaya eKasi Art & Education Centre in Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s largest township, in November 2013.

WATCH: The Heart of a Woman Project IGTV – iPhone donation

READ:

• Our biggest project yet
• Three years of digital literacy in a South Africa township

MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAMS:

MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY INCOME GENERATION

Unfortunately, the operating system (iOS) and primary apps we use are no longer being supported on older iPhone models making it a challenge. For this reason, we are primarily seeking Phone 5 and newer models ( iPhone 5c, 5s, 5se, 6, SE, 6s, 7, 7+ and newer) for our income-generating programs due to the need to produce high-quality images and print photo products as well as access to social media apps. We seek used iPhones as we are most familiar with the operating system, the photo quality and what each model is capable of.

Older iPhones may be used by members of the community or other outreach projects for the purpose of Internet access and learning mobile photography & digital literacy on a more casual basis.

We are also seeking iPhone accessories such as cables (30 pin and lightning, chargers, portable chargers, USB drives, and used iPads).

MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO STORYTELLING

We are happy to accept iPhones with wifi for our mobile photography and video visual storytelling programs.

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As a donor, you will receive: 

• a confirmation email of receipt
• a ‘welcome to the program’ once your donated smartphone has been received (you may opt-out)
• up to 3 images from the program (via email, you may opt-out)

Pledge Your Donation**: 

**After submitting the form, please contact Andrea by email to arrange your iPhone donation as some emails may get lost in the spam folders. 

Email: connect @ heartofawomanproject. com

Thank you for your consideration.