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THE PAROS FOUNDATION
918 Parker Street, Suite A14
Berkeley, CA 94710
Contact: Peter Abajian
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.parosfoundation.org/
Tel: US 310-400-9061
Armenia: (093) 99-80-99 From US dial 011-374-93-99-80-99
The Manana Youth Center's Animation Studio is working on an important
project that needs your help to be completed. The Sand Animals Film
Series is a project that uses creative animation to produce films
featuring each letter of the Armenian alphabet. Using the
crowd-funding platform Indiegogo.com, Manana has already reached more
than 25% of its $8,000 funding goal for this project. Please consider
supporting this effort today and help promote both the Armenian
language and the intellectual development of Manana's animation
students with your tax-deductible contribution today.
About Manana Youth Center and the Manana Animation Studio The Manana
Animation Studio is an award-winning studio that provides youth with
high-quality training in the production of animated films and
cartoons. It is part of Manana Youth Center
[http://www.mananayouth.org/], a cutting-edge multimedia training
organization that works to develop the intellectual and creative
talents of young people between the ages of 7-16 in Armenia. The
Manana Youth Center was founded in 1995, and seeks to create an
environment for the overall creative and intellectual development of
children. Students are educated as artists and critical thinkers, and
through classes at Manana Youth Center, they become socially minded
citizens speaking for their generation. The Sand Animals Film
Series. The Sand Animals project embodies Manana Youth Center's
mission of providing youth with quality educational programming in
art, new media and technology.
The Sand Animals has two primary goals:
=80¢ Produce a visually engaging education tool to teach children the
Armenian alphabet.
=80¢ Teach Manana Youth Center's students to create animated films.
Manana's animation students will storyboard each Sand Animals episode,
create the animations, and edit the short films. Through this process,
they will become adept at sand animation techniques. Each episode will
be around 40 seconds, and will introduce children to a different
letter of the Armenian alphabet and to different kinds of animals.
Manana Animation Studio students are currently working on the first
episode, which introduces viewers to the letter " Ô± Õ¡ " (A a) of the
Armenian alphabet, and to the animal "Ô±Õ=90Õ=8B" ("Arj", which means
"bear").
The Impact Manana Animation Studio students practice sand animation
techniques.
The educational impact of the Sand Animals is two-fold: teach children
the Armenian alphabet, and teach Manana Youth Center's students to
create animated shorts!
With the Sand Animals, Manana Youth Center's students will promote the
rich heritage of the Armenian language through modern media.
The finished project will be distributed widely. The Sand Animals will
be placed in libraries and schools throughout Armenia, will be given
to TV channels for broadcasting, and will be distributed to Armenian
pre-schools, kindergartens and elementary schools in the diaspora.
The Sand Animals will be a valuable resource for children both within
and outside of Armenia.
What Your Contribution Will Fund
Your support of the Sand Animals film series will go towards:
Camera upgrades and 2 computers that will allow our students to
produce a finished project at the highest possible quality. New
animation software to replace outdated programs. Studio lights for use
in the production of the Sand Animals. Pre-production materials for
scripting, storyboarding, and the creation of characters for the Sand
Animals. Creating Sand Animals DVDs for distribution upon completion
of the project.
If we don't reach our funding goal, we will make as many episodes as
possible, while applying for other sources of financial support to
complete the Sand Animals.
--
The Paros Foundation [http://www.paros-foundation.org/index.html], a
U.S. based 501(c)(3) certified nonprofit that develops high quality
high integrity non-governmental organizations in Armenia, is acting as
the fiscal sponsor for this campaign.
Formally launched in 2006, The Paros Foundation supports six exemplary
local NGOs in Armenia with contributions of quality rent-free program
space, operating funds and human resource support. To honor the
upcoming centennial of the Armenian Genocide, The Paros Foundation
launched the Paros 100 for 100 Projects for Prosperity in October of
2011. With an aggressive goal of identifying, vetting, fundraising
for and ultimately implementing 100 special projects, The Paros
Foundation and its staff in Armenia and the United States are quickly
earning a reputation as the "go to" organization to oversee small and
medium-sized project implementation in Armenia. For more information
and to get involved visit www.parosfoundation.org
THE PAROS FOUNDATION
918 Parker Street, Suite A14
Berkeley, CA 94710
Contact: Peter Abajian
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.parosfoundation.org/
Tel: US 310-400-9061
Armenia: (093) 99-80-99 From US dial 011-374-93-99-80-99
The Manana Youth Center's Animation Studio is working on an important
project that needs your help to be completed. The Sand Animals Film
Series is a project that uses creative animation to produce films
featuring each letter of the Armenian alphabet. Using the
crowd-funding platform Indiegogo.com, Manana has already reached more
than 25% of its $8,000 funding goal for this project. Please consider
supporting this effort today and help promote both the Armenian
language and the intellectual development of Manana's animation
students with your tax-deductible contribution today.
About Manana Youth Center and the Manana Animation Studio The Manana
Animation Studio is an award-winning studio that provides youth with
high-quality training in the production of animated films and
cartoons. It is part of Manana Youth Center
[http://www.mananayouth.org/], a cutting-edge multimedia training
organization that works to develop the intellectual and creative
talents of young people between the ages of 7-16 in Armenia. The
Manana Youth Center was founded in 1995, and seeks to create an
environment for the overall creative and intellectual development of
children. Students are educated as artists and critical thinkers, and
through classes at Manana Youth Center, they become socially minded
citizens speaking for their generation. The Sand Animals Film
Series. The Sand Animals project embodies Manana Youth Center's
mission of providing youth with quality educational programming in
art, new media and technology.
The Sand Animals has two primary goals:
=80¢ Produce a visually engaging education tool to teach children the
Armenian alphabet.
=80¢ Teach Manana Youth Center's students to create animated films.
Manana's animation students will storyboard each Sand Animals episode,
create the animations, and edit the short films. Through this process,
they will become adept at sand animation techniques. Each episode will
be around 40 seconds, and will introduce children to a different
letter of the Armenian alphabet and to different kinds of animals.
Manana Animation Studio students are currently working on the first
episode, which introduces viewers to the letter " Ô± Õ¡ " (A a) of the
Armenian alphabet, and to the animal "Ô±Õ=90Õ=8B" ("Arj", which means
"bear").
The Impact Manana Animation Studio students practice sand animation
techniques.
The educational impact of the Sand Animals is two-fold: teach children
the Armenian alphabet, and teach Manana Youth Center's students to
create animated shorts!
With the Sand Animals, Manana Youth Center's students will promote the
rich heritage of the Armenian language through modern media.
The finished project will be distributed widely. The Sand Animals will
be placed in libraries and schools throughout Armenia, will be given
to TV channels for broadcasting, and will be distributed to Armenian
pre-schools, kindergartens and elementary schools in the diaspora.
The Sand Animals will be a valuable resource for children both within
and outside of Armenia.
What Your Contribution Will Fund
Your support of the Sand Animals film series will go towards:
Camera upgrades and 2 computers that will allow our students to
produce a finished project at the highest possible quality. New
animation software to replace outdated programs. Studio lights for use
in the production of the Sand Animals. Pre-production materials for
scripting, storyboarding, and the creation of characters for the Sand
Animals. Creating Sand Animals DVDs for distribution upon completion
of the project.
If we don't reach our funding goal, we will make as many episodes as
possible, while applying for other sources of financial support to
complete the Sand Animals.
--
The Paros Foundation [http://www.paros-foundation.org/index.html], a
U.S. based 501(c)(3) certified nonprofit that develops high quality
high integrity non-governmental organizations in Armenia, is acting as
the fiscal sponsor for this campaign.
Formally launched in 2006, The Paros Foundation supports six exemplary
local NGOs in Armenia with contributions of quality rent-free program
space, operating funds and human resource support. To honor the
upcoming centennial of the Armenian Genocide, The Paros Foundation
launched the Paros 100 for 100 Projects for Prosperity in October of
2011. With an aggressive goal of identifying, vetting, fundraising
for and ultimately implementing 100 special projects, The Paros
Foundation and its staff in Armenia and the United States are quickly
earning a reputation as the "go to" organization to oversee small and
medium-sized project implementation in Armenia. For more information
and to get involved visit www.parosfoundation.org