Alliance organisations need to be able to show their audiences what God is doing around the world through Bible translation movements. The Alliance’s Skip photo library provides all Alliance organisations access to inspiring, high-quality photos. Since moving from a locally managed system to an Alliance-wide collaborative platform, photo library has opened the way for all Alliance organisations to contribute and share images.
The license fee is needed for the next two years to continue providing this valuable resource to all Alliance organisations.
Project Name: Global Image Sharing System
Implementing Organisation: Wycliffe Global Alliance
Email: info@wycliffe.net
Start date: 1 October 2024
End date: 30 September 2026
Summary
Alliance organisations need to be able to show their audiences what God is doing around the world through Bible translation movements. Since 2012, the Skip photo library has played a significant part by giving all Alliance organisations access to inspiring, high-quality photos.
The Skip library was initially managed by the Wycliffe News Network, a team of writers, photographers and videographers who created content for Alliance organisations to use. By 2019, the principle of this centralised service no longer fit our global strategy of working through Alliance organisations. The Wycliffe News Network ceased to exist; however, the need remains for all Alliance organisations to have access to a shared photo library. The free technology on which the original Skip library was built became obsolete. In early 2022, through the financial support of Wycliffe USA, this system was set up for the Alliance and the initial license fee paid.
Since Skip was relaunched on PhotoShelter in 2023, image submissions have increased and the overall user experience is much improved. The collection has more than 300 users from all four Alliance regions. In the new library’s first 12 months, these users downloaded more than 10,000 images. Funding is needed for the next two years to continue providing this valuable resource to all Alliance organisations.
The Skip photo library is managed by a small editorial team which includes staff members from several Alliance organisations, along with members of the Alliance communication team. The system allows photographers and administrators to directly contribute photos. And, the editorial team can call on photographers from almost any part of the world to contribute to the image library. This reduces the need to fly specialist teams around the world — and increases collaboration among Alliance organisations.
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Budget
FY 2025: $10,450
FY 2026: $10,450
Two-year total need: $20,900
Total Amount Received: $14,407
Balance Needed: $6,493
For more information, including budget details, contact us at info@wycliffe.net
