Support Fund for Cartoonists
With the support of the Pro Victimis foundation and private donors, our Foundation manages a pool of funds dedicated to supporting cartoonists in danger and in need of help. Cartoonists from Malaysia, Venezuela and Syria have benefited from this help since 2017.
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Educational Project
In 2020 the Foundation launched the pilot educational project “Creative Drawing for Humanity”: a series of cartooning classes held by Hani Abbas in schools across Geneva. The classes have been organized in collaboration with the Département de l’instruction publique, de la formation et de la jeunesse (DIP) and NGO Enfants du Monde.
Hani Abbas, Laureate of the 2014 International Cartoonist Award, designed a series of three modules which offer students the chance to learn basic drawing techniques and to use them as a means to express themselves. The classes stimulate students with an innovative mix of art and culture. The key objectives of Hani Abbas’s Project are:
- Promote values such as: justice, freedom, equality and tolerance through drawing, with a focus on the importance of peace.
- A focus on dialogue and discussion as motivational tools and a means for students to express their creativity.
- Encourage students to discover their own artistic inclination and to find their own style, using the simple techniques taught by Hani Abbas.
- To allow the free flow of imagination of the students by making them aware of the power of drawing and graphic design. Support talented students who wish to pursue an artistic career in the future.
- Help teachers by bringing in an additional skill, i.e. by merging traditional art and illustration courses with the above mentioned values.
See the project’s description on the website of Geneva’s Département de l’instruction publique
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