Designing Hope and Dessine l'Espoir have been growing actors since 2003
in Europe and Africa to support people affected by HIV AIDS and fight
HIV & AIDS related stigmas and discrimination.
Thanks to a permanent link between community actions and sensitization
programs in Europe and in Africa, both structures have been constantly
adapting messages and actions to develop efficient concepts benefiting
small groups of people in micro projects as well as millions of individuals
through national campaigns.
In Europe
Dessine l'Espoir strengthened its actions in Europe by multiplying its
presence on international venues and events like the Women's Forum, Art
Paris and Maison
& Objet international fairs... ,
by cooperating with international institutions such as UNESCO, and by
organising annual events, in particular for World Aids Day, with support
of many well-known personalities.
Véronique
Sanson visiting Dessine l'Espoir's exhibition on Maison &
Objet in 2005
LA MODE DESSINE L'ESPOIR.
(Fashion Desiging Hope)
"La
Mode Dessine l'Espoir", Dessine
l'Espoir's first event, was organized on the First of December 2003. More
than 60 well-known fashion designers have supported our NGO by drawing
a personalized lightbulb, to be hand decorated by women living in the
townships surrounding Cape Town.
Agnès b., Alek Wek, Cacharel, Chantal Thomass, Christian Lacroix,
Emanuel Ungaro, Enki Bilal, Franck Sorbier, Isabel Marant, Martine Sitbon,
Maurizio Galante, Michel Klein, Nathalie Garçon, Paco Rabanne,
Pierre Balmain, Nina Ricci, Stella Cadente, Thierry Mugler, Sonia Rykiel,
Stéphane Saunier, Vivienne Westwood, Xuly Bët, Jean-Charles
de Castelbajac, Marithé & François Girbaud, Jean Paul
Gaultier, Missoni, Pierre Cardin, John Galliano, Lolita Lempicka, Philippe
Starck, Irina Volkonski, Sissi Holleis, Calvin Klein, Gianfranco Ferrè,
Sonia Rykiel, Givenchy, Loulou de la Falaise, Michel Klein, Maurizio Galante,
and Kenneth Cole took part to this project.
Signed drawings and prototypes have been auctioned to raise money for
the NGO "Dessine l'Espoir' by Remy Le Fur, a well-known parisian
auctioneer in december 2003 and december
2004 at Grand Hôtel Intercontinental
in Paris, and will be introduced in december 2006 in Berlin, in one the
most prestigious department store of Europe, KaDeWe.
The night of the auction, each lightbulb was sponsored by a famous personality.
Above : Lambert Wilson, Caroline Silhol, Natasha Saint-Pier, Laeticia
Halliday & Charlotte Rampling.
The decorated lightbulbs have been distributed in partnership with Ithemba,
and through a wide network, including parisian department store BHV, as
well as supportive shops across Europe, Japan and United States. This
project gave to Dessine l'Espoir the opportunity to sensitize more people
by introducing original objects created through income generating activies
for women affected by HIV and AIDS. A donation to
the NGO is also attached to each lightbulb sold.
Lightbulbs from "La
Mode Dessine l'Espoir" in every Paris Metro stations in December
2003.
MUSIC4LIFE
In 2005, 15 famous singers, have signed the message of tolerance to brake
stigma and discrimination affecting people living with HIV and AIDS:"I
Love You Positive or Negative" developped by the NGO, through
the project "Music4life":
Signature
of french pop singer "M", and the miniature reproduction of
his scene guitar hand beaded in Soweto.
Keren Ann, Cali, Johnny Clegg, M, Marc Lavoine, Tom Mc Rae, Sansévérino,
Véronique Sanson,
la Grande Sophie, Alain Souchon, Chris Stills, Tété, Laurent
Voulzy, Zazie...
Prototypes and original messages signed by the above listed artists, have
been auctioned on the 22nd of November 2005 by Remy Le Fur at the Intercontinental
Grand Hotel Paris to the exclusive profit of Dessine l'Espoir. Two live
performances were also offered by Singers Chris Stills and Bertrand Belin
during the evening.
Left. Chris
Stills interpreting 4 songs during the evening.
Right, French TV presenter Laurent Baffie presenting Véronique
Sanson's
signature during the auction.
ARTISTS4LIFE
In 2006, 30 prominent international artists collaborated with the campaign
to produce artwork designed around the same sensitization campaign «
I Love You Positive or Negative ».
This project called "Artists4life",
will lead to an exhibition on Art
Paris, contemporary art fair at he Grand Palais in March 2006, at
the Fondation Salomon
de Rothschild, in May 2006, and will be show at “Women’s
Forum” in October 2006.
Joël Andrianomearisoa - Alecio
de Andrade - Jane
Evelyn Atwood - Anne-Catherine Becker-Echivard - François Boisrond
- Samuel Bollendorff - Chantalpetit - Robert Combas - Henri Cueco - Nathalie
Decoster - Richard Di Rosa - Guy Du Toit - Patricia Erbelding - Antoine
Giacomoni - Elodie Lachaud - Nicolaas Maritz - Julie Mehretu - Miss Tic
- Ricardo Mosner - IngridMwangiRobertHutter
- Malcome Payne - Alicia Paz - Ernest Pignon-Ernest - Jean-Marc
De Pelsemaeker - Armin Pflanz - Raghad
- Christian Rouchouse - Antonio Segui - Yoyo Sorlin - Tony
Soulié - Sue Williamson - Duncan Wylie - Yamada - Kimiko Yoshida.
Robert Combas' Artwork for Artists4life.
ONE MONTH OF LOVE
In September 2006, Dessine l'Espoir launches "One
Month Of Love" at Maison&Objet
international fair. This useful and playful booklet is an original display
for an exhibition catalogue, including artworks from contemporary artists
supporting the "I Love You Positive or Negative" campaign, printed
on 24 cases containing one condom. Some messages supporting the campaign
are also printed on these boxes.
This booklet is an original way of promoting condoms in European countries
where use of condoms is facing a dangerous decrease. A donation of 4 Euros
attached to each booklet sold will contribute to free distribution in
Africa of condoms packed in a similar way.
In
Africa
Dessine l'Espoir started its projects in Southern
Africa, on of the most affected region of the african continent.
The NGO started first helping local associations with the funds raised
through events held in Europe. Dessine l'Espoir financed several specific
projects of medical care, nutritional et psychological support supporting
people affected by HIV and AIDS,
as well as awareness programs :
- Welness Clinic",
psychological and nutritional support for women under ARV of Monkeybiz
NGO.
-"Know your Body,
awareness
project for youth of CAS association in Durban.
-"Espoir
pour les Townships",
finances
ARV treatments as well as psychological and medical support for 250 postive
women of Wola Nani association.
Left
:
Mfuleni Township - Cape Province - Right: 6 may 2004 - Signature of the
"Espoir pour les Townships" program - South-African Ambassy
in Paris.
In 2005, Dessine
l'Espoir creates “Designing Hope Africa” an african sister
structure registered in South Africa, in order to ensure the development
of its projects, with a better control over daily management.
This
local structure brings secured supervision of the funds allocation, and
enables small daily expenses for the running of local projects, which
would be impossible to organise from France.
Swaziland also benefited a lot from this consolidated local presence,
with the community support project of Malanda,
and a daily nutritional program for 2000 patients under ARV at Piggs
Peak Hospital.
Food
distribution started with sadnwiches and supplies now warm balanced meals.
The local Swazi and
South African permanents employees of Designing Hope became
also actors of the campaign fighting HIV and AIDS related stigmas:"
I Love You Positive or Negative".
Creative workshops have been gathering and mobilizing hundreds of women
in embroidery workshops. This activity
brings them recognition, some income, and an opportunity to express their
experience of stigma affecting themseleves or their family members affected
by HIV and AIDS.
Embroidery
on Tshirts in Swaziland.
The campaign reached
in 2006 a international scale and will address in September 2006 millions
of South Africans, with a strong television
campaign broadcasted on two major channels M-Net & Etv.
Short 30 seconds clips broadcasting 20 South African "Messangers"
from various backgrouds (singers, actors, sportsmen, TV presenters...)
and giving their personal approach of the campaign message “I Love
You Positive or Negative", will be displayed for one month between
the programs of these two channels.
Messagers supporting the campaign:
TV
presenters Ruda Landman, Nnekwa Tsaija and Vanessa Jansen, fashion designer
Kensani Maganyi, singers Zola, Kabelo, Dozi, Mandoza, Gloria Bosman, Nathaniel,
Adri Kotze, Judith Sephuma, Lize Beekman, Johnny Clegg, and Zama Jobe,
Hip Hop bands Black Noise, Tulano and DSO, Jazz musicians Lex Futhane,
Mlungisi, and Anna Davel, Skate Board champion Adrian Day, rugby players
Egan Seconds, Zahier Rlands, swimmer Nathalie Du Toit, actors Goliath
Davids and Christo Davids, film director Darell Rodt, and other personalities
like Gail Johnson, Bert Du Toit and China ESP.
This campaign will be linked to a communication and sensitization campaign
at community scales, with various tools and approaches (flyers, leaflets
and free condoms packed in attractive
cases printed with visuals and messages taken from the “I Love You
Positive or Negative” campaign, with signatures of African icones
supporting the campaign.)
Condom
distribution carrying the campaign message.
Collaboration
with UNESCO will lead to pedagogical actions in african Schools.
Designing Hope already initiated a collaboration with Johannesburg's French
School (Lycée Jules Verne) for World Aids Day 2005, benefiting
the Orange Farm township (Read more).
Human ruban organized at Johannesburg's French School
with Designing Hope
Contact
mail@designinghope.org - France:
+33
1 43 46 79 18 - Fax: +33 1 44 75 88 89
67 Avenue Daumesnil - 75012 Paris - France
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l'Espoir - Aout 2006