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24 people are interested
Can you create instructional drawings to help people living in extreme poverty
ORGANIZATION: The 5th Village Project, Inc.
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24 people are interested
The 5th Village Project is creating an online library with information that can help those living in extreme poverty all over the world. For additional information on this idea, please go an look at our website.
Because we have to take into account language barriers, we are looking to create visual instructions (think IKEA instructions).
The instructions have to be so clear that you can 'do' or 'build' from the visuals, with very few words. There are a few examples on the website so you can get a better idea.
If you think you can explain instructions in clear, (mostly) black and white line drawings, please come and help us: your art can change the lives of those who are the most destitute.
If you have worked or volunteered in a not-yet-developed country, that would help but if you are willing to learn how to communicate across cultural lines, I'll be happy to coach you.
Contact me and send me some of your artwork.
I look forward to talking with you
Miriam Jacobs
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About The 5th Village Project, Inc.
Location:
3865 Caniff Ave, Hamtramck, MI 48212, US
Mission Statement
The 5th Village is building an online library with solutions for people living in extreme poverty (under $2 a day). We aggregate existing, proven, low or no cost, sustainable solutions which then are curated to individual apps which will be regionally and culturally appropriate.
Description
Between the ages of 6 and 10, I lived in rural India where my father ran a factory. Once a year the factory would give a bookcase to 5 villages in our district. The bookcase came filled with publications from the Indian government on rural development, from good agricultural advice to health care information. My father used to say that 2 years later one of those 5 villages had made astonishing progress due to this gift.
The new bookcase is now an app on the cellphone, so lets duplicate this model and exponentially grow thriving 5th villages!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
November 2, 2020
SKILLS
- Safety & Disaster Education
- Drawing
- Anthropology
- Cross-cultural Communication
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Orientation or Training
- Some ideas can be drawn in a few hours, some will be more complicated and will take longer to create with possible revisions
- These drawings need to be suitable for people with very different cultural backgrounds, so you must be willing to take that into consideration.