Child Poverty Book-Written and illustarted by children

As an Art Educator I believe children's art can be very powerful. A book about poverty from the lived experiences of children written and illustrated by children could be used for both education and advocacy.Taking the raw data and interpreting it into visual art will give the viewer a unique perspective on this issue.There are emotions that can be communicated visually that do not have a written equivalent.

Update (December 27, 2014)

Media Articles about our Keep the Promise projects:

http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2014-11-16/article-3941753/New-Waterford-students-tackling-child-poverty/1

http://unews.ca/children-put-faces-to-poverty-at-ottawa-summit/#Un

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1254173-new-waterford-kids-target-child-poverty#.VHmriMZAvz8.facebook

http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2014-12-16/article-3978895/Cape-Breton-task-force-to-look-into-child-poverty/1

Update (December 27, 2014)

Keep the Promise-Nova Scotia team- Adam & Joella

Update (January 9, 2015)

I wrote this after a trip to Israel-Teaching Children's Rights through Art-now being used by UNICEF in their Global Classroom.

http://www.unicef.ca/en/teachers/article/secondary-resources

Update (October 12, 2015)

We self published with the help of Imaginaction a book of children's drawings about poverty.You can download it for free:

http://greenfieldkeptthep.wix.com/gf-keep-the-promise