UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development and Penguin announce the publication of a two volume book series. Titled Stories of Kindness from Across the World: Volume I and II (tentative title).
The unique book series will feature some of the most transformative acts of kindness by youth from across the globe. The stories will be crowd sourced by UNESCO MGIEP during the International Youth Campaign on Kindness for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which was launched globally on October 2, 2018.
The campaign, which aims to mobilise youth action towards a more sustainable future, calls for youth to submit stories of goodwill and compassion related to one or more of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The stories will cut across boundaries of geography, gender, race and religion and will vary in levels of complexity.
Talking more about the book and the partnership, Prof. Anantha Duraiappah, Director UNESCO MGIEP said, “Humans are neurobiologically empathetic! This collection of stories of Acts of Kindness is meant to awake those emphatic qualities we have forgotten and help train each one of us to be compassionate to others but also to find that elusive peace within ourselves.”
Sohini Mitra, Associate Publisher, Penguin Random House India said, “This collection of stories on acts of kindness maybe just what we all need, one that inspires and endears us to other humans, shows the immense potential of goodwill and is relevant to everybody across the world. I am looking forward to working on this exciting project, and we hope our collaboration with UNESCO on this series will propagate a positive culture of empathy and love for those around us.”
How to participate:
If you want to feature your story of Transformative Kindness in this prestigious book, please follow the links below for submission of stories:
a) For submission of one’s own story: https://bit.ly/2I7N1vq
b) For submission of someone else’s story: https://bit.ly/2DrkGeb
Rules for participation:
1) The story of Kindness must stick to the word limit of 500 words.
2) The facts and information shared in the story must be authentic and original. Plagiarism of content and sharing false or inaccurate information will not be accepted.
3) Please share relevant evidence to support your story including links to websites or social media platforms, images or any other multimedia.
4) The story of Kindness must be easily verifiable.
5) Profanity or abusive language will not be tolerated.
6) UNESCO MGIEP retains the right to use your submission for further promotion of the campaign or as part of outcomes of the campaign.
About UNESCO MGIEP:
The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) is UNESCO’s category 1 Research Institute that focuses on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.7 towards education for building peaceful and sustainable societies across the world. In line with its vision of ‘Transforming Education for Humanity’, the institute’s programmes are designed to mainstream Socio-Emotional Learning in education systems, innovate digital pedagogies and to put youth as global citizens at the centre of the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development.
About Penguin Random House India
Penguin Random House India is the largest English language trade publisher in the subcontinent, publishing over 250 new titles every year and with an active backlist of over 3000 titles. With a strong fiction and non-fiction list, it publishes across every segment including biography, travel, business, politics, history, religion and philosophy, lifestyle, cookery, health and fitness, sports and leisure, visual books and children’s books. The children’s titles are published under the Puffin imprint.
Penguin Random House India's illustrious list includes Booker Prize-winning novels and winners of virtually every major literary prize, including the Nobel Prize, the Magsaysay Award, the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Several of PRHI’s authors are also recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, India’s highest civilian honours.
Penguin Random House India is also the exclusive distribution partner for several leading local and international publishing houses in India and the sub-continent.
For queries/information, please contact
Radhika Bhatnagar
Communications Officer
UNESCO MGIEP
r.bhatnagar@unesco.org
Phone: +91 7042692065
Piya Kapur
Sr. Manager, Marketing and Publicity
Penguin Random House India
pkapur@penguinrandomhouse.in
Phone: +91 9899561350.