Anybody can write. Every child can read.
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Anybody can write. Every child can read.
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Item No. 2617
All the books we have read, shared and lived by –they made us who we are today. They brought you here.
You have seen this before. It is a tent.
For the purpose of this story –let us say that usually, it is blue.
For the purpose of this story –let us say that usually, it is blue.
But let me keep a grey picture —for we may have passed one every day in our neighbourhood, city or country and yet, hardly noticed. The UN has a code for it. Item Nr. 2617. If you read closer, the specifications contained within is the pinnacle of humanity's achievement in science.
Specifications of Item 2617. UNHCR Website.
Waterproof, Rot-proof, UV-resistant, Re -inforced plastic tarpaulin designed for long outdoor use in all climates. Made of woven HDPE fiber, laminated on both sides with LDPE coating to maintain sheltering capacities for one year.
Fire retardant is optional.
Fire retardant is optional.
In the circumstances, given the scale of adversity and the availability of its sometimes meagre resources –this might be the best the United Nations can do. However, there is more to the specifications of Item Nr. 2617.
The UN loves blue
A line of six UNHCR logos must be printed on both sides of the sheet.
Typeface: Helvetica Bold.
Color: Pantone Blue 300 CMYK C = 100 % M = 45 % Y = 0 % K = 0%.
They must be across the five meter side, placed one meter from the bottom edge of the five meter side. The combined height of the emblem and logo has to be 55 cm. Near the railway station of Delhi, Makoko island in Lagos and Yida in Sudan — blue is not the preferred color for tents.
It is yellow. Sometimes pink.
(And 55 cm is what you cut out to make a window.)
Typeface: Helvetica Bold.
Color: Pantone Blue 300 CMYK C = 100 % M = 45 % Y = 0 % K = 0%.
They must be across the five meter side, placed one meter from the bottom edge of the five meter side. The combined height of the emblem and logo has to be 55 cm. Near the railway station of Delhi, Makoko island in Lagos and Yida in Sudan — blue is not the preferred color for tents.
It is yellow. Sometimes pink.
(And 55 cm is what you cut out to make a window.)
Near the railway station of Delhi, Makoko island in Lagos and Yida in Sudan — blue is not the preferred color for tents. It is yellow. Sometimes pink.
Imagine going to school and reading a storybook about how plastic is harmful to the world.
We need a new storybook. Within its pages stories that are human, irreverent, joyful and human. We have created a storybook such as this.A storybook that everybody can write.
It needs just a single sheet of paper to work.
Go ahead, download one and take a print to see how we are re:imagining paper for children in adversity.
We need a new storybook. Within its pages stories that are human, irreverent, joyful and human. We have created a storybook such as this.A storybook that everybody can write.
It needs just a single sheet of paper to work.
Go ahead, download one and take a print to see how we are re:imagining paper for children in adversity.
We are re:imagining Paper to make a brave, new classroom for the children of the world. If you want to write a story from your life that can inspire the children we work with, let me know.
Write to me also if you work with children in adversity. We can help you in your mission to break the walls that surround them.
Write to me also if you work with children in adversity. We can help you in your mission to break the walls that surround them.
