A sketch a day to raise cash for 'china dolls'
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March 19, 2013, Tuesday
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A CHINESE cartoonist has started a week-long online auction to raise money for patients suffering from a rare bone disorder.
The 30-year-old, better known by her pseudonym Jidi, spent one year creating 366 water-color paintings.
Her last 51 pieces of work are being put up for auction. She has already sold 315 paintings in five separate auctions since July, raising more than 138,000 yuan (US$22,200).
She uses the cash to help patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), better known as brittle bone disease. The money is donated to the China-dolls Center for Rare Disorders, a Beijing-based non-profit organization whose goal is "to create an equal and respectful social environment for people with OI and other rare diseases."
Jidi said she was determined to help OI patients when she first learned about their suffering two years ago.
Brittle bone disease, with an incident rate of about 1/10,000 to 1/15,000, is a genetic disorder that can result in bone fractures and deformities. In China, people with such disease are referred to as "ciwawa," or "china doll."
"That sounds like a beautiful name in Chinese, yet the connotation means they are just as fragile as a doll, and a fall or even a sneeze may lead to a broken bone," Jidi said.
"Nevertheless, they live their lives with a smile, holding to the belief that 'love is strong enough to put us through hardship'," Jidi said.
From July 27, 2011, Jidi devoted herself to these people by drawing one picture a day, and completed 366 pictures in a year.
2012 was a leap year.
"As a cartoonist, I cannot donate a large sum of money at once," Jidi said, "but I can take one year and help them."
However, it hasn't been an easy task. A Silver Award winner at Japan's 5th International Manga Award in 2012, Jidi admitted "there were times when she ran out of inspiration."
"Then I made a habit of capturing everything interesting instantly," she said. "Even on my honeymoon in Thailand in 2011, I brought my pigments with me," Jidi recalled. "I visited an aquarium there and sketched them out that night."
For her, even a little giving counts.
Huang Rufang, founder of the China-dolls center, said what Jidi is doing is of great value. He hopes philanthropy can become a part of people's everyday life. He said the center had provided medical and social support to more than 2,000 OI families struggling with financial difficulties.
The 30-year-old, better known by her pseudonym Jidi, spent one year creating 366 water-color paintings.
Her last 51 pieces of work are being put up for auction. She has already sold 315 paintings in five separate auctions since July, raising more than 138,000 yuan (US$22,200).
She uses the cash to help patients with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), better known as brittle bone disease. The money is donated to the China-dolls Center for Rare Disorders, a Beijing-based non-profit organization whose goal is "to create an equal and respectful social environment for people with OI and other rare diseases."
Jidi said she was determined to help OI patients when she first learned about their suffering two years ago.
Brittle bone disease, with an incident rate of about 1/10,000 to 1/15,000, is a genetic disorder that can result in bone fractures and deformities. In China, people with such disease are referred to as "ciwawa," or "china doll."
"That sounds like a beautiful name in Chinese, yet the connotation means they are just as fragile as a doll, and a fall or even a sneeze may lead to a broken bone," Jidi said.
"Nevertheless, they live their lives with a smile, holding to the belief that 'love is strong enough to put us through hardship'," Jidi said.
From July 27, 2011, Jidi devoted herself to these people by drawing one picture a day, and completed 366 pictures in a year.
2012 was a leap year.
"As a cartoonist, I cannot donate a large sum of money at once," Jidi said, "but I can take one year and help them."
However, it hasn't been an easy task. A Silver Award winner at Japan's 5th International Manga Award in 2012, Jidi admitted "there were times when she ran out of inspiration."
"Then I made a habit of capturing everything interesting instantly," she said. "Even on my honeymoon in Thailand in 2011, I brought my pigments with me," Jidi recalled. "I visited an aquarium there and sketched them out that night."
For her, even a little giving counts.
Huang Rufang, founder of the China-dolls center, said what Jidi is doing is of great value. He hopes philanthropy can become a part of people's everyday life. He said the center had provided medical and social support to more than 2,000 OI families struggling with financial difficulties.
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