36.0 Purpose
Safeguard the identities of vulnerable children.
36.1 Professional Photography
OSSO occasionally hires professional photographers to capture images for social media, marketing, and training purposes. To ensure coordination and clarity, the Operations Coordinator will work with orphanages to schedule and arrange each photography session. Before any photos are taken, the OSSO/Orphanage Photography Consent Form must be completed and signed by all parties.
36.2 Volunteer Agreement and Signature
During in-country orientation DOVEs review the media policy with the volunteers and the volunteers sign a physical copy of the media privacy policy. The policy is kept on file until the end of the volunteer's service.
36.3 Providing Photos to Volunteers
DOVEs take at least one photo of each volunteer working with the children per week. Once a week, DOVEs show the weekly photos to the Operations Coordinator. Once the Operations Coordinator has approved the photos, they are uploaded to the correlating site and semester Google photo album.
For example, photos taken during October 2025 would be uploaded to the Cuenca Fall 2025 Google Photos album.
The photos must meet the following criteria:
1. No faces or identifying marks of children may be visible
2. No locations may included in the comments on the photo.
3. No names may be included in the comments on the photo.
36.4 Rules
Volunteers are strictly prohibited from taking photos or videos of children in orphanages.
Volunteers may not bring phones, cameras, or any recording devices into orphanages. All such devices must remain at volunteer housing while on shift.
36.5 Violation Penalties
Penalties might include:
$100 fine per photo on the volunteer's personal device.
Immediate dismissal from the Volunteer Program.