Children of Earth
What is one of the most important needs of the children?
The need for education, the equality of chances in education.What is the main setback for education?
The cost of education, the need for educational material, resources and so on.What is the primary cost of educational institutions?
The most basic resource: textbooks, drain budgets.A proper education is not only vital for society, children have a basic yearning for knowledge.
The aim of this project is to give children the ability to learn for low cost, and teach them about the global community they inhabit. For the impACT competition, we are implementing "Phase 1": a gallery of artwork and creative pieces by children from across the globe to paint a picture of the world, the eponymous "Children of Earth". Not only will this provide an overview of the rich diversity (yet inherent similarities) of youth, but it will serve as an introduction to the world for students of young ages. The compiled gallery and accompanying text will be offered free of charge to the participating schools, and also sold for a small profit to wider audiences via the Amazon Kindle and CafePress. The proceeds then return to the contributing schools.
Children are full of curiosity, and once they know about the big old planet they live on, they become desperate to know what it's like out there. We serve to teach them that, and to give them a sense of community and an opportunity for proper education.