Free Family Photos for Refugees/Disaster Survivors

Hello friends and supporters. This is a recap of the work Retake has been doing since our last report in April. 

June and July were full of World Refugee Day celebrations across North Carolina. We always love getting to see families we've worked with, nonprofits and organizations we've partnered with, and new people we want to get to know. The celebrations are a chance to meet and mingle, and also to learn about refugees in our local communities; what they've gone through and how we can welcome them. 

We photographed a couple of Ukrainian families who have resettled into North Carolina. As the war rages on, families continue to make the tough decision to leave. One of the families had been here for 8 months, another had only arrived the month before.

Now that summer is ending, we are scheduling back-to-back photoshoots throughout September and October. We will be working with as many families as possible. 

In November, we plan on working in Washington, DC with our nonprofit partners in that region. 

Thank you again for your support. It is because of your generosity that we are able to help more families who are starting over by giving them new keepsakes through trauma-healing photoshoots. 

-The Team at Retake

Hello friends and supporters. We are a third of the way through 2024 and that seems crazy to our team! We used the first few months to fundraise and plan for upcoming projects. As an organization that does outdoor photoshoots for families, we don't host a lot in the winter months. 

In February, though, we photographed at an event supporting efforts in Ukraine that was hosted in our hometown of Wilmington, NC. 

This past month, our director was able to go to Washington, DC and photograph at a "Unity for Sudan" event as well as show support at a protest for Palestine. 

In May, we'll be at a Ukrainian Festival in Wilmington, NC offering free portraits to resettled families. 

In June, we are attending multiple World Refugee Day events across North Carolina including at Raleigh, Durham, and Wilmington. 

As we continue to fundraise, we'll be able to offer more and more photoshoots to the families we serve. 

As a reminder, we give keepsakes in the form of portraits to families who have survived conflict or disaster and are rebuilding their lives, primarily working with refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers. We give them new mementos in a trauma-healing way. 

Thank you for your support!