ProjectFocus Hawai'i Inc. (PFH), founded in 2005 as a community service endeavor, is a newly established non-profit Hawai‘i corporation whose activities consist of enriching the lives of at-risk children (those suffering from physical, emotional, mental and/or socio/economic distress) through the use of photography and using this medium as a vehicle for enhancing self-esteem, self-awareness, and self-reflection.
PFH, Inc. provides an annual 12-week photographic internship to a maximum of 14 at-risk children ages 10 through 18. Participants are both the photographic subjects and photographers. The culmination of their work results in public exhibits held at multiple island venues. At the end of their exhibits participants receive 30” X 30” black and white gallery-wrapped canvas portraits of themselves and their subjects and hardbound coffee table books and DVDs containing their images.
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Each year a different non-profit organization (whose mission is to provide critical services to at-risk children) is selected to work side-by-side with PFH, Inc. as a conduit for identifying and selecting participants from their organizations and, to serve as PFH fiscal sponsor. PFH is currently waiting to receive its IRS Letter of Determination for tax-exempt recognition.
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