How should charities handle consent for field photographs?
Consent should be informed, voluntary, appropriate to the risk and context, and understood as separate from eligibility for assistance whenever possible.
What this means in practice
Power differences can make a simple yes insufficient.
Consent for taking an image is not automatically consent for global, permanent online publication.
Famidi can choose process and object-centered evidence when meaningful consent is uncertain.
What responsible proof looks like at Famidi
Famidi separates financial records, operational records, and field evidence because they answer different questions. It favors precise claims and can document work through supplies, infrastructure, process, wide scenes, and source trails without demanding maximum exposure from recipients.
Evidence should be read for what it directly supports. Archive coverage is not automatically a beneficiary count, a fundraising appeal is not proof of completion, and one image rarely proves an entire project cycle.
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Editorial standard: This page is reviewed by a person, sourced to Famidi records or authoritative references, and revised when the program or underlying guidance changes. It does not replace legal, tax, medical, or financial advice.