I think she'd be much, much better served by sending her with a very simple point & shoot, or a couple single-use film cameras. With the F828 there are simply too many buttons, too much confusing information in the viewfinder and LCD display, too much risk of batteries going south, etc. Have the negatives or prints scanned, or even use Kodak's single-use "Plus Digital" camera that returns the photos on CD as well as the prints and negatives.