The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as introduced a new initiative known as the Art of Saving a Life project. This project will brings together more than 30 world-renowned musicians, writers, filmmakers, painters, sculptors and photographers from around the world to demonstrate how vaccines can help kids improve immunity and grow up safe from preventable diseases.
The major intention of the Art of Saving a Life project is to offer an opportunity for people to hear, see and feel the incredible impact of immunization and to boost global efforts to protect every child from life-threatening diseases. The art pieces are said to be released throughout January 2015.
The Art of Saving a Life idea came from Christine McNab, a consultant to the foundation. In brainstorming new ways to promote vaccines, she considered “what makes me cry, what makes me think,” she said. “It’s films, it’s books, it’s galleries.”
Chris Elias, president of the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation stated that "We hope this project will inspire conversations about the incredible value and importance of immunizations worldwide."
The artists that will use their crafts to showcase the amazing power of vaccines during the Art of Saving a Life project include;
• Alexia Sinclair, Australia
• Angélique Kidjo, Benin
• Annie Leibovitz, United States
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria
• Christoph Niemann, Germany
• Darryl Cunningham, United Kingdom
• David Chancellor, United Kingdom
• Deborah Kelly, Australia
• Evgeny Parfenov, Russia
• Fatoumata Diabaté, Mali
• Francisco Toledo, Mexico
• Frank Viva, Canada
• Geraldine Brooks, Australia/United States
• Glen Wexler, United States
• GMB Akash, Bangladesh
• Graciela Iturbide, Mexico
• Han Feng, China/United States
• Katerina Athanasopoulou, Greece
• Katharine Dowson, United Kingdom
• Lang Lang, China
• Luc Jacquet, France
• Mary Ellen Mark, United States
• Mauro Perucchetti, Italy
• Mia Farrow, United States
• Olafur Eliasson, Denmark/Iceland
• Playing for Change, United States
• Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, India
• Sebastião Salgado, Brazil
• Socorro Acioli, Brazil
• Sophie Blackall, Australia/United States
• Thomas Ganter, Germany
• Vik Muniz, Brazil
• Yegna, Ethiopia
• Yiyun Li, United States
• Yuna, Malaysia
• Zim&Zou, France
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