Why Comics? Education Charity

Our sister organisation, PositiveNegatives have launched their new education platform ‘PosNeg Learning’ where our resources have been rehoused.

Check out the platform and the new resources @ https://positivenegatives.org/about/education/

Ola - Episode 6: Daring to Consider

Ola - Episode 5: What if they knew? Despite being smart, outgoing and popular Ola is desperately trying to keep a secret from her friends. At the start of the school year she meets a new transfer student, Sai. As Ola and Sai get to know each other their connection begins to grow, that is, until Ola’s secrets start to catch up to...

"I'm so happy to share a short comic I collaborated on with ! It was such a fun story to illustrate. Thank you so much to Why Comics? Education Charity for making this collaboration possible." - , Michelle Zhuang

Check out her website: http://mzhuang.weebly.com

I'm so happy to share a short comic I collaborated on with @scoopmag ! It was such a fun story to illustrate. Thank you so much to @whycomicsorg for making this collaboration possible. . . . #comic #comics #kidscomics #scoopmagazine

Girl Centred Design! Having an amazing prototyping comics for girls in refugee camps. Huge thank you to The Maiden Factor for making this possible with your laptops

We are very grateful to The Maiden Factor team who go out of their way to help workplaces of primarily young women.

They managed to find enough work laptops to supply our ENTIRE WhyComics? team!!

These will be of use outside of the office, as well, as some of our team head to Nairobi this week!

If you don't know The Maiden Factor's story, check out their page!

Just some of the amazing work that the students of London Academy created as part of our WhyComics? workshop!

page: https://www.facebook.com/London-Academy-848919811896995/

Website: www.londonacademy.org.uk

AHRC Open Event - e-Voices: Redressing Marginality e-Voices: Redressing Marginality Wednesday 17 January 2018 9:30 am - 5.00pm This one-day open event, part of an AHRC International Network, brings together academics and practitioners working with digital media and issues of marginalisation. Through interactive sessions, the event aims to: (1) conce...

This week WhyComics? is featuring Zein's story, for students 7 years and up!

For Zein's story, click here: http://whycomics.org/zein

Despite North London being the one he has known, Zein describes the day-to-day discrimination he faced as early as ten years old.

Student can begin to think of the discrimination that exists around them, and how its persistence can provide debilitating for children and adolescents in their daily routines.

For younger students, issues of speaking a different language at home from the one used at school could be discussed as was the case for Zein.

We are VERY excited to announce that we are one of the winners of the OpenIDEO's challenge: "How might we provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services to girls and women affected by conflict or disaster?"

Please take a look at our proposal as well as those of the other winners, here!!:
https://challenges.openideo.com/challenge/reproductive-health/final-review

Comics are an accessible way to educate young girls about their sexual and reproductive health as well as their rights, particularly in times of conflict where girls and women can be effected by compounding discriminations in regards to their health.

In the past, some of our most well received comics have been created with the goal of dismantling some of the barriers that young girls experience in accessing education and health services, as well as addressing young people struggling with sexual and gender identities.Our comic "Born Julia and Julius" is a perfect example of how comics can be used as educational resources in this context.

Born Julis and Julius is found here: http://whycomics.org/born-julia-and-julius

Why Comics? Educational Charity: Using comics to supply displaced adolescents with sexual and reproductive health and rights education Why Comics? ensures displaced, adolescent women can make informed decisions around their sexual and reproductive health and rights

*CALL OUT*

Our partner organization, PositiveNegatives, is currently looking for a Congolese woman from the DRC, approximately 18-22 years of age to a voiceover for one of their projects in London (They need someone immediately, ideally before the new year)
This opportunity pays £150!

Please get in touch with us, or them directly, if you are interested !

Thank you in advance and please share! :)