Photobook from UNICEF campaign “Kindness is Contagious” launched
UNICEF and the Ministry of Health (MoH) on January 28 launched the photobook “Kindness is Contagious”, marking a successful end to a campaign of the same name to promote acts of kindness amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A photobook “Kindness is Contagious” is launched on January 28, marking a successful end to a campaign of the same name to promote acts of kindness amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo:
Hanoi (VNA) - UNICEF and the Ministry of Health (MoH) onJanuary 28 launched the photobook “Kindness is Contagious”, marking asuccessful end to a campaign of the same name to promote acts of kindness amid theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Kicked off last May, the mass media and social media campaign called on childrenand young people to show their support for their community by promoting mutualunderstanding, tolerance, and inclusion, and by sharing innovative and creativesolutions to fight COVID-19.
Its goal was to amplify their voice by inviting them to share drawings,videos, and innovative and creative solutions via UNICEF and MoH’s digitalplatforms.
UNICEF Representative in Vietnam Rana Flowers said the campaign had reachedmore than 65 million social network users nationwide three months after its launch.It was supported by young Vietnamese artists, including singer Min, music bandNgot, fashionista Chau Bui, and painter Tamypu.
The participation of influencers and popular artists helped to widely spreadthe campaign’s positive messages among the community and inspire people, shesaid.
Jointly produced by UNICEF and the Nha Nam Publishing and CommunicationCompany, the photobook features the best artwork from children and young peopleparticipating in an online drawing challenge. It includes 106 of the bestdrawings selected from the more than 500 submitted from all over Vietnam duringthe open call on social media.
Every single drawing in the book is an act of kindness, an optimisticthought, or a creative solution to mitigating the impact of the pandemic onpeople.
The paintings make people feel warm inside, Flowers said, adding thatshe hopes the “Kindness is Contagious” campaign will not come to a complete endbut continue to spread kindness throughout the community./.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) and UNICEF Vietnam launched a media campaign entitled “Kindness is Contagious” on May 6, to build solidarity and spread kindness among young Vietnamese during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
UNICEF Vietnam and the Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 6 launched a mass and social media campaign entitled “Kindness is Contagious” to call on adolescents and young people to show support for their community by sharing innovative and creative solutions to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A photobook “Kindness is Contagious” is launched on January 28, marking a successful end to a campaign of the same name to promote acts of kindness amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: 
