Stigma is learned young. So is kindness.
We write stories that reach children first, so there is nothing to unlearn later.
A classmate falls. Nobody knows what to do. And a child learns a fear they carry for life. Our stories get there first.
The Day the Purple Kite Flew and My Friend Amani use warm, African-centred storytelling and characters children recognise. Sam Is Still Sam is set in the UK, with characters adapted for the UK market and beyond. Teachers use them in class. Parents read them at home. Community health promoters carry them into households.
The Day the Purple Kite Flew and My Friend Amani are published in English, Kiswahili and Shona, so the stories can travel in the languages children already speak at home.
See and buy the booksOne teacher, one class, many homes
Where we have been
- Kikuyu: 56 schools, 54,099 pupils
- Kabete: 33 schools, 18,930 pupils
- Nairobi: 4 schools, 772 pupils
First aid training for teachers
At every school, our epilepsy champions (community health promoters) gave teachers a short seizure first aid session, so the books arrive with people ready to use them.
How awareness spreads
When a teacher learns seizure first aid, she shares it with her class. Pupils read the story, go home and tell their families about it. One trained teacher can reach a whole classroom, and every child can carry the message into a home. That is how understanding replaces myths, one conversation at a time.