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One snowy morning in early February, I was sitting on a runway in Cincinnati, Ohio, waiting for the plane to be de-iced before take off, checking emails on my phone. Amongst the mundane messages one leapt out: from Christine McNab of the Measles and Rubella Initiative, the subject line read, "Proposal to travel to the DR Congo/ Illustrate." Through this small device in my hand, I was whisked from the icy Mid-West to Africa, to communities devastated by measles, to children dying in the thousands from this preventable disease. The proposal was very compelling, to visit these communities to talk with families and the immunization workers who travel across the country, often on foot, to distribute the vaccine. And then to draw. To create posters and maybe a book and a video, to communicate the toll of measles and show the ways we can prevent deaths and eliminate this disease.
I could barely wait to get back to New York so that I could say yes. In spite of reading terrible news every day from Central Africa, and in spite of my father's thoughtful links to reports of Congolese plane crashes, there were three insistent reasons to go: 1. I have never been to Africa. 2. I can hear all the news and all the statistics about measles, I can read that 380 children die a day, and yet, as I wave my own healthy children off to school in the morning, I can't possibly imagine the truth of this until I see it. 3. I love my work. I love making pictures that encourage children to turn pages or that cheer up subway commuters, but I've never worked on pictures which might conceivably save lives.
Throughout the past months of conversation and planning, Christine has sent me updates on her work with the Measles Initiative. She has told me about health workers in Nepal who climb mountains to reach remote villages, and immunization campaigns in Myanmar, where the children sit patiently in the shade with circles of bark paste on their faces to cool the skin. Inspired by her beautiful photographs, and because I was itching to get started on this project, I painted this image of a newly vaccinated family.
How wonderful! I have often thought that art and creativity could do much to further the work of public health (my profession by day) and am excited to hear more about your experiences and this collaboration. Please keep us updated!
Oh how wonderful!! I just returned from South Africa and it has forever changed me. You are so right when you say that you need to see it for yourself. Many blessings for your work!! Praying for safety and good health for you!! :)
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Check out the original songs (by the cast of “Glee.” Ryan Seacrest got the exclusive debut today on his radio show, and from the sound of it, he’s a fan. New York Magazine, however, not so much) (Billboard)
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Who should turn up at The Hughenden but renowned conductor and counter-tenor David Vivian Russell.
Strange
David landed unexpectedly in Sydney, where he accidentally met Barry Humphries and they chatted as they know each other.
Stranger
David was looking for accommodation and noticed the heritage Hughenden in the arts area -he enjoys this area. Then he noticed that I’m a Director of The Hughenden.
Stranger & stranger
David knew I was an author. He had read my story backwards-frontwards & inside out -”To east Timor With Love from Australia’ which opens the IBBY-Nami Island international anthology ‘PEACE STORY’.
Why did he know my story? Because he was the overall editor and designer of Namibooks PEACE STORY!!!
Stranger & stranger & stranger
He books into The Hughenden and starts laughing. There’s the satirical portrait of Barry Humphries painted by protrait artist Jules Sevelson.
Stranger & stranger & stranger & stranger
David wanders up to his room and sees the powerful portrait of Paul Dyer by artist Stephen James. He stops gob-smacked. Paul Dyer is the artistic director of the baroque Brandenburg orchestra and one of Paul’s good friends and collaegues.
David Vivian Russell is one of Australia’s leading counter-tenors and an expert in Baroque music, an international conductor-artistic director.
Stranger & stranger & stranger & stranger
We have a wonderful breakfast at The Hughenden before he headed overseas. We talked about “Peace Story’ where 22 authors, 22 illustrators, 22 countries contributed their work on youth and peace as a Nami Island, IBBY, UNICEF initiative.
‘Peace Story’ is already being published in Pakistan and there is interest across the globe.
David and I plan to meet again at the Hughenden when he’s next in Sydney.
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MySpace launches its redesigned interface today (though the overhaul won't be complete until mid-November. A new design is part of the struggling site's shift toward music and movies — an attempt to transform the social network into a "social... Read the rest of this post
Clare on Mount Saleve,
where Eglantyne … drafted her
pioneering statement of children's human rights …
Today I interview Clare Mulley, author of The Woman Who Saved the Children: a biography of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children.
Welcome Clare! In the previous three weeks we've already uncovered a great deal about Eglantyne's journey. Today, I am particularly interested in hearing
2 Comments on SATURDAY FOCUS: REMARKABLE WOMEN (4) The Research Process, last added: 9/13/2010
The Woman Who Saved the Children: a biography of Eglantine Jebb, founder of Save the Children
by Clare Mulley
First published by Oneworld Publications, Oxford, England 2009.
Released in Australia as a Paperback in 2010
A slab of marble in St Georges Cemetery two miles south of the city of Geneva in full view of Mount Salève, and on the end of a sparsely populated row, by a gravel path marks the
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Mabel Kaplan
Isn't serendipity wonderful?
...I visited my local library yesterday, and the first thing I noticed was the poster by the 'in' desk: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Child Friendly Language. I looked at the credits and found the poster to be a collaborative Childrens Week Project between the Community Development Office for Children and Youth, Meerilinga Young
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Article 7 of this document states that nations who are parties to it will cooperate in the, “rehabilitation and social reintegration of persons who are victims.” The Declarations and Reservations made by US related primarily its recruitment of 17-year-olds and noting that the ratification did not mean any acceptance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child itself, nor the International Criminal Court, thus indicating its acceptance of Article 7.
However, the United States frequently detains and incarcerates child soldiers. The United Nations has noted the “presence of considerable numbers of children in United States-administered detention facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan” (p.6). The New York Times states the U.S. report to the UN regarding its compliance with the Optional Protocol states that it has held thousands of children in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2002. The same report also states that a total of eight children have been held at Guantanamo Bay.
The United States is currently in the process of trying a child soldier who has been held at Guantanamo Bay for the past 8 years. Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen, is accused of throwing a grenade that killed an American soldier, Sgt. Christopher Speer. Omar was 15 years old at the time, well below the minimum age for child soldiers. The head of UNICEF, a former U.S. national security advisor, has stated his opposition to the trial:
The recruitment and use of children in hostilities is a war crime, and those who are responsible – the adult recruiters – should be prosecuted. The children involved are victims, acting under coercion. As UNICEF has stated in previous statements on this issue, former child soldiers need assistance for rehabilitation and reintegration into their communities, not condemnation or prosecution.
The Paris Principles, principles and guidelines on children associated with armed groups, was developed in 2007 to provide guidance on these issues. Developed by the United Nations, it has been endorsed by 84 nations as of 2009, not including the United States. It states that “Children … accused
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Recent floods in Pakistan have immobilized the country and have put many lives at peril and risk. Of course, among the many affected are children. Response to the disaster has been slow but there are places where one can donate specifically to help children such as UNICEF, World Vision, Save the Children in addition to the Red Cross. PaperTigers has covered a number of books about Pakistani children in distress, particularly those in refugee camps on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and those working as child laborers. The plight of children in distress and the way their stories can be told in books is the focus of Pegi Shea’s Personal Views piece in this month’s PaperTigers issue which is about refugees.
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Some of my ‘babies’ promoting STORY as a way to reach the world for 2010 are:-
International Conference in GOA India – January 2010
SCBWI International Conference at The Hughenden 17-19th September 2010
The Kids & YA Literature Festival at the NSW Writers Centre Rozelle 3rd July 2010
My new book ALWAYS JACK comes out for Breast Cancer Awareness month October 2010
I AM JACK in the USA published by Tricycle (Random House USA)
PEACE for Kids – 5th Nami Island Children’s Book Festival, South Korea – IBBY (IBBY), UNICEF, UNESCO - November 2010
Storytellers, Partners in Crime, Sydney Writers & Illustrators Network, Launch of ‘Fear Factor – Terror Incognito Picador – at The Hughenden 2010 www.thehughenden.com.au
More News coming … let’s make 2010 an amazing year.
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Bilaal has recently been named one of the Top Twenty Under Twenty and is the current UNICEF Child Ambassador. Bilaal also holds the title of “Youngest Orca Author.” Watch the video below to learn more about him.
Sounds like a law firm, doesn’t it?
I’m going to mention the Schneider Award for one reason and one reason only: The winner of the middle school category is Tracie Vaughn Zimmer for Reaching for Sun. The announcement of this book was heralded by some definite whoops in the audience.
The Coretta Scott King author award goes to no big surprise here Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul
6 Comments on ALA Awards: Printz, King, Sibert, and Schneider, last added: 1/14/2008
I have not read ANY of the Printz books yet. Only heard of ONE of them. Clearly I am slacking off big time, or else just hopelessly uncool.
And I thought the Carnegie Medal was reserved for Weston Woods? Shocking!
tim b said, on 1/14/2008 8:23:00 AM
Let's not forget the Sibert Honor books, which include one of my favorites for the year, Brian Floca's LIGHTSHIP. I'd have loved to see it get a Caldecott Honor but maybe they'll save that for the Apollo 13 book he's working on right now...
Little Willow said, on 1/14/2008 8:25:00 AM
YES! Reaching for Sun! YES!
tim b said, on 1/14/2008 8:25:00 AM
Sorry... Apollo 11. I knew that. Just typed it wrong.
Really.
MotherReader said, on 1/14/2008 8:50:00 AM
Em, I hadn't heard of the Printz books either except for the one I read - which I thought was an older book - so I'm not really so well aware either.
Tim, HI! I was trying to get down on the Sibert Honor books, but the titles went by so fast and then my system crashed and it was post then or forever hold my peace.
LW, I wish you could have heard the very distinct Whoop! noises that came after that announcement that did not appear with the other two titles in that award. It was funny - and echoed by me at home.
Tricia said, on 1/14/2008 10:13:00 AM
Okay,this is my non-book admission here, but William (a six-year old) LOVES Jump-In. Having seen it now too many times to count, I can say that it isn't a bad movie. It's got a great message about following your dreams. It also made me want to jump rope again. :-o
What an amazing opportunity. I look forward to reading/seeing more.
What a wonderful experience! I can't wait!!!
How wonderful! I have often thought that art and creativity could do much to further the work of public health (my profession by day) and am excited to hear more about your experiences and this collaboration. Please keep us updated!
I would love to have an opportunity to really do something positive like this! I hope to hear more!
Lovely painting,looking forward to see more c",)
a country dear to my heart. can't wait to see more!
Oh how wonderful!! I just returned from South Africa and it has forever changed me. You are so right when you say that you need to see it for yourself. Many blessings for your work!! Praying for safety and good health for you!! :)
Congratulations, what an amazing opportunity! Can't wait to see the results. Have a safe trip :)