Comics Uniting Nations

Comics Uniting Nations is a partnership of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), PCI Media Impact, and Reading with Pictures which seeks to communicate information about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS) using comics. The partnership has created a comic series that "leverages the universal visual language and transformative power of comics to educate people in every corner of the globe about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and empower them to create positive and lasting change in their own communities and worldwide. "
Comics were chosen as they were found to be effective teaching tools since they require readers to not only passively receive information, but also interact with the text and images to construct meaning. The series includes both comic stories and a set of comic public service announcements (PSAs).
The series consists of the following comics which can be downloaded:

• Chakra - Climate Change: The comic book highlights the impacts of climate change in different countries, the causes, how it affects the community and how to prepare your community from flooding in extremely weather.
• Heroes for Change: The comic book introduces the Goals and invites children to become superheroes themselves by taking action to end poverty, inequality, and climate change.
• Chakra - Gender Equality: The story teaches parents and youngsters why it's important to treat girls and boys equally, just because somebody's gender is different from another doesn't mean they should be treated any different. In the story Leela and Raju use a gadget from space that switched their minds to experience how it feels to be a different gender.
• Eco Boys and Girls & The United Nations SDGs: Eco boys and Girls are five animated characters that promote environmental awareness and interconnectedness. Their mission is to engage children and families around the world to be aware of, involved with and connected to each other and the earth and to empower them to take ownership of our planet, learn about the environment and explore creative new ways to live in harmony.