DRAWN 2 HELP


What's behind it?

DRAWN2HELP, HELP2DRAW is Neuland's long-term commitment and aid project in the context of "Living Learning".

Our goal:
Everywhere in the world there should be space for visualization, opportunities for communication and for sharing knowledge and experiences.

Wherever people, visions and professional tools come together, wherever spaces are created and new, better realities are forged, that is "Neuland No.One®".
Through targeted actions, we want to make this possible even where the financial resources or infrastructure are
lacking – in short: where the conditions are much worse.

Above all, we help children and young people who often don't even have the materials or tools to learn. We want to help them visualize and put into practice a better future.

In doing so, we use our network and resources to help and initiate targeted actions of various kinds: from donations in kind and monetary donations to donations of knowledge and passion.

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Benin

[Photo credits: Nicolas Verdot]

In July, Nicolas Verdot traveled to Benin to work with the Institute for Culture Benin (ICA), introducing people to visualization techniques and training them in facilitation. During his week-long workshop, he was particularly passionate about women's rights. In Africa, women still hold a very different position than most of us are familiar with. Therefore, his goal was to strengthen women's rights and support them in the sustainable development of their communities. Despite the fact that the workshop was primarily attended by men, the participants made tremendous progress in a short time. And as newly trained facilitators, they are now creating spaces for communication in Benin and across Africa, advocating not only for women's rights, but also for education, clean drinking water, and much more.

We at Neuländer supported the project with the necessary materials as part of our "Drawn2help, help2draw" initiative because we believe that every step in the right direction, no matter how small, brings us all closer to our goal. Visualization can also help with understanding.

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Cape Town

[Photo credits YOYABA]

In the summer of 2018, after the successful EuViz® conference in Denmark, Mona Ebrup had the idea to embark on a project in which she would visually document the dreams and visions of people in South Africa.

From mid-February to mid-May 2019, Mona will spend three months in Cape Town. She will visually document that even in such a divided society, people have very similar dreams and visions of the future.

Graphic recordings also take place in various public spaces – whether in Cape Town's beautiful natural surroundings, on mountaintops and beaches, or in townships with high crime rates or in very affluent areas. In these graphic recordings, the committed Danish artist asks people about their dreams and hopes for the future.
We at Neuländer are supporting this project with the necessary materials and financial resources as part of our "Drawn2help, help2draw" initiative. We are doing this because we hope that the power of visualization and the circus project will connect people in South Africa. We thank Mona and the other sponsors, YOYABA (formerly RAmpire Agency) and Visual Facilitators, for making this project a reality together.