WCI with WCF has so far conducted a number of specialized workshops on comics skill. Year 1999, was the beginning of World Comics India (WCI) initiative. Charkha development communication network was one of the main partner of WCI in these workshops. This was the time when WCI along with Charkha development communication network started intervention in visual communication WCI has so far conducted a number of specialized workshops to impart the skill of making comics.
2007 DelhiWorkshop organised in collaboration with HAAP PLAN Delhi to develop HIV-AIDS awareness package HAAP kit. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak and Budhram Gagrai.
2007 Delhi
Workshop organised in collaboration with Pravah for SMILE fellows.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised in collaboration with Urmul during Balika Mela, Lunkarnsar, Rajasthan.
2007 Bihar
Workshop organised in collaboration with Adithi Plan, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The children from the local community attended it.
2007 Jharkhand
Workshop organised in collaboration with AASRA Kashidih,
Jharkhand. It was attended by children, youth and schoolteachers. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak, Babita Sundi, Thomas Sundi and Sunder Mohan.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised in collaboration with Jan Sikshan Sansthan, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The workshop focused on gender issues and attended by youth. Workshop conducted by Manish.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised in collaboration with Phalodi, Rajasthan for children. Workshop conducted by Sunder Mohan and Hansaram.
2007 Bihar
Workshop organised in collaboration with Parivar Vikas Sansthan, Bhagalpur, Bihar. Workshop conducted by Rahul.
2007 Bihar
Workshop organised in collaboration with fishermen community of Bhagalpur, Bihar. Workshop conducted by Rahul.
2007 Madhya Pradesh
Workshop organised in collaboration with PACS, Bhopal, MP.
The participants included NGO activists. Workshop conducted by
Sunder Mohan and Champalal.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised at Hathama, Rajasthan by Barmer Comics
Manch. Workshop conducted by Kabu.
2007 Kolkata
Workshop organised in collaboration with Save the Children, Kolkata. Activists from various partner organisations attended the workshop. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra, Nayak.
2007 Delhi
Workshop organised in collaboration with ISST, Kalyanpuri, Delhi.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised in collaboration with Samanantar, Bharatpur, Rajasthan for the members of community libraries.
2007 Bihar
Workshop organised in collaboration with Paridhi, Bhagalpur, Bihar for the children of fishermen community. Workshop conducted by Rahul.
2007 Uttarakhand
Workshop organised in collaboration with SBMA Plan, Gairsain, Uttrakhand. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak.
2007 Kolkata
Workshop organised in collaboration with Prayasam, Kolkata, WB for the children and activists from brick quarries.
2007 Delhi
Workshop organised in collaboration with children from Chattishgarh, UNICEF, Delhi.
2007 Madhya Pradesh
Workshop organised in collaboration with PACS, Chatterpur, MP for activists from NGOs. (Workshop conducted by Champalal.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised in collaboration with Barmer Comics Manch, Barmar, Rajasthan and attended by children. Workshop conducted by Suresh.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised in collaboration with Urmul, Bikaner, Rajasthan for Anganwadi workers and children. Workshop conducted by Manish.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised for children at Lunkaransar, Rajasthan. Workshop conducted by Manish.
2007 Orissa
Workshop organised in collaboration with Khadikapoda, CYSD Plan, Karanjia, Orissa for children. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak and Rashmi.
2007 Orissa
Workshop organised in collaboration with Kantidiha, CYSD Plan, Karanjia, Orissa. Participants were from their children media unit. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak and Nandesu.
2007 Orissa
Workshop organised in collaboration with Nisaposi, CYSD Plan, Karanjia, Orissa for children. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak and Anita Das.
2007 Orissa
Workshop organised for children in collaboration with Siyadijoda, CYSD Plan, Karanjia, Orissa. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak and Loknath.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised at Barmar, Rajasthan for school children. Workshop conducted by Hansaram and Kabu.
2007 Jharkhand
Workshop organised in collaboration with P.M. School, Rugud, Poncho, Chaibasa, Jharkhand for the villagers and students. Workshop conducted by Babita Sundi.
2007 Bihar
Workshop organised for youth in collaboration with Parivar Vikas Sansthan, Bhagalpur, Bihar. Workshop conducted by Rahul.
2007 Kashmir
Workshop organised in collaboration with AYJNIHH, MERC, Kashmir University, Srinagar, Kashmir. The participants included mass communication students.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised for youth and activists in collaboration with Pravah, Tilonia, Rajasthan.
2007 Madhya Pradesh
Workshop organised for activists at Malanpur, MP. Workshop conducted by Manish Singh.
2007 Delhi
Workshop organised in collaboration with Journo Junction, Kamla Nehru College. The participants were all mass communication students.
2007 Uttar Pradesh
Workshop organised children of weavers in collaboration with PVCHR, Varanasi, UP.
2007 Jharkhand
Workshop organised in collaboration with World Comics Finland, Tatanagar, Jharkhand. It was an annual Training of Trainers workshop.
2007 Delhi
Workshop organised in collaboration with Pravah, Delhi. The participants included youth activists.
2007 Rajasthan
Workshop organised for youth activists in collaboration with GVNML, Rajasthan. Workshop conducted by Manish, Suresh and Sunder Mohan.
2007 Delhi
Workshop organised for children in collaboration with CASP Plan, Delhi.
2007 Uttar Pradesh
Workshop organised at GNK Plan Maharajganj, UP. The participants were all children. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak and Sundar Mohan.
2007 Maharashtra
Workshop organised in collaboration with Marathwada University. The participants were mass communication students of the university. Workshop conducted by Manish.
2007 Brazil
Workshop organised for youth in collaboration with Viracao, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2007 Delhi
Workshop organised at Nehru Memorial for youth and children. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak and Suresh.
2007 Brazil
Workshop organised in collaboration with Communication Culture, Fortaleza, Brazil. The workshop was attended by university students and children from the community.
2007 Jharkhand
Workshop organised in collaboration with Aanganwadi Kendra Gutusai, Chaibasa, Jharkhand for their workers. Workshop conducted by Babita Sundi.
2007 Brazil
Workshop organised in collaboration with department of Justice and Human Rights, Belem, Brazil. The participants included youth, NGO functionaries and counsellors.
2007 Jharkhand
Workshop organised in collaboration with Swayam, Saraikela, Jharkhand. The participants included youth and children. Workshop conducted by Lakhindra Nayak.
2007 Brazil
Workshop organised in collaboration with Museu do Pessoa, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The participants included the functionaries of the organisation.
2007 Bihar
Workshop organised for youth and activists in collaboration with Paridhi, Bihar. Workshop conducted by Rahul.
2007 Orissa
Workshop organised in collaboration with Primary School, Bhubneshwar. The participants were all school children. Workshop conducted by Nandeshu.
2007 Assam
Workshop organised for mass communication students in collaboration with AYJNIHH, University of Assam, Tezpur, Assam. Workshop conducted by Manish.
2007 Jharkhand
Workshop organised in collaboration with AASRA, Patamda, Jharkhand. The participants included students and school teachers. Workshop conducted by Rupam, Kailash, Mochiram and Lakhindra Nayak.
2007 Bihar
Workshop organised for children in collaboration with Adithi, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Workshop conducted by Vandana and Ameresh.
2007 Andhra Pradesh
Workshop organised in collaboration with Samskar-Plan, Andhra Pradesh. The participants were children from the media unit of the organisation. Workshop conducted by Firoz.
2007 Jharkhand
Workshop organised in collaboration with Mechua, Jadugoda, Jharkhand for youth. Workshop conducted by Sunder Mohan and Madhu Soren.
2006 Kolkata
Save The Children, Kolkata. This workshop was focussed on HIV-AIDS and children from few organisations of Kolkata attended it.
2006 Rajasthan
Oxfam, Rajasthan (kankroli). A workshop in which youth groups from various districts of Rajasthan participated. It focussed on ’violence against women’
2006 Uttranchal
Gairsen-Plan, Uttaranchal (Lakhindra, Sunder Mohan).
2006 Chandigarh
Yuvsatta,Chandigarh. This workshop was focussed on the HIV/AIDS issue.
2006 Madhya Pradesh
Jabalpur,MP (Lakhindra)
2006 Rajasthan
We can campaign. Bharatpur, Rajasthan
2006 Orissa
Plan, Bhubneshwar, (Lakhindra)
2006 Jharkhand
TRTC, Chaibasa, (Thomas, Lakhindra, Geeta Rout)
2006 Delhi
This 22-day worksop focussed on HIV/AIDS and was attended by children from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi, to develop HIV/AIDS Awareness Package (HAAP kit).
2006 Rajasthan
Oxfam, Chittorgarh
2006 Goa
Metamorphosis, Salgaonkar Law College, Goa. College students attended a workshop focussed on child rights and paedophilia.
2006 Rajasthan
Maru Vikas sansthan, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, (Lakhindra, Manish)
2006 Goa
Metamorphosis, Xaver College, Goa 13.2006, Metamorphosis, DMC College, Goa 20-22 July
2006 Goa
Metamorphosis, TOT, Goa. a trainers’ workshop for selected participants.
2006 Rajasthan
Urmul-Plan, Bikaner (Manish). A workshop for children from Bikaner district.
2006 Rajasthan
Bikaner (Manish). A workshop was conducted for the participants of ‘Balika shivir’, a camp for educating the girl child.
2006 Madhya Pradesh
PACS, Gwalior (Manish)
2006 Chhattisgarh
PACS Raipur (Thomas, Sunder Mohan)
2006 Rajasthan
Pravah-Oxfam Udaipur. A workshop was focussed on communalism issue for Urja ghar members.
2006 Goa
Metamorphosis, Rajori College, Goa (Lakhindra)
2006 Madhya Pradesh
World Comics Finland, Bhopal, ToT,. An annual trainers’ workshop for participants from South Asian countries.
2006 Orissa
Plan, Orissa, (Thomas, Lakhindra)
2006 Mizoram
MAS, Serchip,Mizoram, (Tauna) Mix Group
2006 Madhya Pradesh
Hoshangabad,MP, (Champalal) Mix group and Eklavya
2006 Nagaland
AIDA, Dimapur, Nagaland. A workshop was conducted by a new trainer Rina for the members of local self-help group.
2006 Uttar Pradesh
Maharajgunj, Uttar pradesh, (Thomas Sundi) with Plan
2006 Chhattisgarh
Bastar,Chhattisgarh, ( Rahul, Lakhindra Nayak) with Unicef
2006 Jharkhand
Patamda, Jharkhand, (Babita Sundi, Lakhindra) with Aasra
2006 Rajasthan
Mount Abu, Rajasthan (Sharad) with Pravah, Oxfam
2006 Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan, (Sharad) with Insaf Foundation
2005 Goa
Workshop was conducted with the visual communication students of St. Xavier’s College. AIDS was the major issues of the many addressed in the comics.
2005 Kolkata
Workshop was conducted with the youth from Kolkata. The issues of disability were addressed.
2005 Assam
Workshop was conducted in Golaghat with the local youth participants to familiarize them with the power of comics. During the session all major local issues were addressed in the comics developed.
2005 Delhi
GNK-Plan was the host organisation. The participants were women, children and youth from UP and Uttaranchal. Comics were made on the issues of gender.
2005 Manchester
Community Pride Initiative was the host organisation. Participants were from community-based organizations from Manchester and Salford. The idea of grassroot comics was introduced. This was followed by a ToT workshop.
2005 Barmer
Vikalp was the host organisation. Children from 21 tehsils participated and came up with comics on various issues of the region like girl child, child marriage, alcohol, water were addressed.
2005 Solan
M.S. Panwar Institute of Communication and management hosted the workshop. Students from community college and mass communication were the participants. Issues of the city (environment, water, drugs) were addressed through the comics.
2005 Kolkata
Ciniasha was the host organization. Workshop was focussed on issue of parenting. The participants were parents and underprivileged children. Comics were developed on the issue of parenting from the perspective of the parents and the child.
2005 Kathmandu
Save the Children-Sweden was the host organization. Idea of grassroot comics as communication tool was introduced to the participating children who were from the South Asian countries.
2005 Nagaland
AIDA (ANMA Integrated Development Association) was the host organization. Activists working in four other NE states participated and developed comics on issues like alcohol, substance abuse, gender, peace
2004 Panjim, Goa
This workshop was conducted with the students of fine arts and visual communication to acquaint them with comics art.
2004 Imphal, Manipur
This workshop was conducted with DSSS. Activists, mainly women, from remote areas of the region were the participants. They made comics which addressed issues mainly like water harvesting, Self Help Groups, and Health. The work was exhibited in the Manipur Press Club.
2004 Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
The participants in this workshop were mainly from Chattisgarh and MP. The host organization was 'Samarthan' which works mainly on issues related to Panchayat System and already had introduced Community newspapers in the region. In this workshop comics were utilized in the community newspapers and their reach was successfully tested by a feedback from the local people.
2004 Delhi
Along with Gandhi Smriti, a 10 day summer camp on Disaster Management was organized for children from the orphanages. The children drew their ideas of tackling disasters in the form of comic stories.
2004 Bongaigaon, Assam
This workshop was organized in association with Ant and Society for Bodo Cultural Institute. Here comics were used as an initiative to inculcate reading habits in the youth. The event was highlighted in the local news by the Bodo students.
2004 Delhi
The workshop was conducted in association with Gandhi Smriti. The participants were a contingent of children heading to Pakistan to promote 'Cricket for peace'. The children were acquainted to the idea of using comics as a means to express their views and experiences.
2004 Sarguja, Chattisgarh
This workshop was a field visit. The comic wall posters developed on agriculture, village conditions, health, and other related issues were displayed and feedback from the local people was taken
2004 Bastar, Chattisgarh
Vanvasi Chetna Ashram (VCA), a Gandhian organisation hosted this workshop. Comic wall posters were developed which are now in regular use.
2004 Chandigarh
Yuvsatta, Gandhi Smriti and WCI conducted this workshop for underprivileged children. The children learnt the art of expressing their thoughts in the form of comic stories.
2004 Solan, Himachal Pradesh
Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped was the host organisation. Mass communication students were the participants and they were equipped with the skill of making comics with which they addressed the issues related to disability.
2004 Delhi
This workshop was organized with Oxfam-India to mark the launch of We Can: a movement addressing the issue of violence against women. The participants were youth from 8 states and they used comics to bring to fore women related issues.
2004 Mizoram
This was a follow-up workshop organized along with MAS and WCF. Matti Hadelberg and Katja from Finland were there to share their experiences and skills with the participants.
2004 Tamil Nadu
It was ToT (Training of Trainers) workshop. Three of the trainers conducted the entire workshop. VCDS and WCF were the partner organisations.
2004 Mobile Comics Workshops
The workshop was organised over a span of 9 days during Mumbai to Kolkata and Kolkata to Hyderabad train journey which was part of the friendship tour. 40 Pakistani and Indian children and youth were the participants.
2004 Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh
The workshop was organised along with GNK-PLAN. The participants were activists from Nepal Border. Comics were made in Bhojpuri language and dealt with issues like agriculture, self help groups, child marriage and veil system.
2004 Delhi
Plan-India was the host organisation. The participants were 45 underpriveleged children who made stories on HIV-AIDS issue.
2003 Bangalore, Karnataka
This was the first grassroots comics workshop in Karnataka. This was jointly organized by Centre of Development and Learning (CDL). Participants from all over the state arrived to attend it. Two participants each from Pune and Goa were also there. Apart from NGO's activists, many mass communication students learnt the art of making comics in this workshop
2003 Bastar, Chhattisgarh
WCI with Charkha organised this dedicated comics workshop in this new state. Apart from local participants, two participants arrived from Maharashtra. During this five day preliminary workshop the art of 4-panel comics making was introduced to the participants. Now WCI is planning a number of comics workshop in the state.
2003 Hazaribagh, Jharkhand
Workshop was conducted with children. Comics were made on local issues and were put for local display.
2003 Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh
A comics-writing workshop for grassroots activists was conducted in association with Charkha.
2003 Delhi
This workshop was conducted in association with the social wing of FICCI. The participants were the activists working in the slum settlements on issues related to HIV/AIDS. Comic wall posters were created and the concept of wall posters is stil being used in their campaigns.
2003 Alwar, Rajasthan
In this workshop, conducted in association with MMSVS, the comics drawn by the participants were taken to the villages, put to test for comprehension by the local villagers. The feedback was later incorporated in the comics.
2003 Aizawl, Mizoram
This was a follow-up workshop in association with MAS and Charkha. The participants addressed the issues of health, jhoom cultivation, and environment.
2003 Delhi
A comics workshop was organized with Gandhi Smriti, Delhi for children. 35 children from an orphanage and from other Delhi NGOs also participated.
2003 Chaibasa, Jharkhand
This was a follow-up exercise in which the earlier participants who were now the trainers conducted the workshop. Participants were from distant areas and states like MP. The workshop was organized by WCI, WCF, and JOHAR.
2003 Hoshangabad, MP
This WCI-WCF follow-up exercise was conducted in association with Gram Seva Samiti, a Gandhian organization working mainly on issues related to agriculture, patent rights, women and girl child. After this workshop, dedicated comics wall posters were planned. Now the people have come up with an indigenous wall-poster "Binna" in which comic strips are used regularly. More trainers were coordinated as a part of this workshop
2003 Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
The workshop was conducted in association with JOHAR and WCF. The participants were from Bihar and Jharkhand. 8 Page comic book format was introduced in this workshop. Activists have started making their own comic books.
2003 Aizawl, Mizoram
This follow-up workshop was conducted in association with MAS and WCF. The entire workshop was conducted with the trainers. It was in this workshop that the poster "kawhhumuhtu" was conceptualized to involve people's contribution. Leif Packelen and Maatti Hadelberg, noted cartoonists from Finland were there to share their skills with the trainers. Feedbacks from the remote villages were taken to assess response to the comics.
2002 Aizawl, Mizoram
Visual communication has been a successful means to reach out to people where illiteracy is a barrier. It was a new experience to organize comics-workshop in far northeastern state. Being the second most literate state of the country, Mizoram was different in many ways and it was also new for WCI as its previous experience of working was in low literacy states. Comics and cartoon word were very new for the locals and its use as communication tool was beyond their imagination. The response of this workshop was overwhelming. A comics-division with in the host organization Mizoram Artists’ Society (MAS) was also formed.
2002 Delhi
This was WCI's first workshop in a metro city. A group of girls and boys from an old Delhi muhhalla were trained in comics skill. The workshop was jointly organized by SARAI which focuses on the role of new media in community development
2002 Jamshedpur,Jharkhand
A cartooning workshop for activists and students was organised with the Jharkhandis Organisation for Human Rights [JOHAR] and CEC, Delhi at Jan Vikas Kendra ,Jamshedpur. This workshop was supported by World Comics Finland
2002 Indore, Madya Pradesh
A comics – writing workshop for grassroots activists was conducted for the first time in this state with the association of Charkha.
2002 Alwar, Rajasthan
A comics – writing workshop for grassroots activists was organised here in association with MMSVS (full form and activities). Local NGO's activists learnt how to use comics and cartoons to address serious social issues.
2002 Udaipur, Rajasthan
A comics – writing workshop for grassroots activists. Local NGOs like Seva Mandir and Astha who are working in communication and education field sent their participants.The participants learnt how to use comics art for communication. Seva Mandir has started printing their own wall poster (name of the poster).
2002 Bajju, Rajasthan
This workshop was also dedicated for women sarpanchs and grassroots activist. After this workshop, organized in association with most of the participants started producing their own Deevaar Akhbaar (wall poster) in their respective villages. Everyone was excited about the new communication tool- comics.
2002 Aizawl, Mizoram
This was WCI-Charkha’s follow up workshop in the far northeastern state. This time along with the participants from the last workshop, people from far flung districts also attended it. This workshop was organised with MAS “comics division”. Now MAS is planning to print comics wall posters.
2002 Chaibasa, Jharkhand
Another follow up workshop in Jharkhand region was organized along with JOHAR. Participants from MP and Bihar were also invited. WCI supported few participants in printing their wall posters.
2002 Devas, Madhya Pradesh
This workshop was conducted in association with Charkha for the activists. Through comic stories issues related to Panchayati Raj, Gender and allied issues were addressed.
2002 Karasanoor, Tamil Nadu
This was the second workshop in the region after WCI started co-operation with WCF and Tamil Nadu based organization VCDS. A special workshop on comics was conducted at Tindivanam in Tamilnadu. Participants were from Tamil Nadu as well as from other states like Karnataka, Mizoram, MP and Jharkhand. In Tamil Nadu trained comics artists/activists have published their own educational comics book.
2002 Chennai, Tamil Nadu
A workshop was conducted with the visual communication students of Loyola college
2002 Chaibasa,Jharkhand
This was another follow up workshop in Jharkhand region. This time WCI supported few participants in printing their wall posters. Local organization JOHAR also trained them in screen printing. Participants from Bihar were also present.
2001 Neemrana, Rajasthan
This time a workshop dedicated completely to comics was organised. During this, low cost comics book and wall-poster techniques were introduced. SOHARD hosted this workshop.
2001 Karasanoor, Tamil Nadu
After last four annual workshops, it was decided to introduce this workshop as a “Training of trainers” (ToT) programme. The major aim was to make the trainers familiar with the easy to learn techniques of comic art. Participants from remote areas of the state were there.Again a four-member team from Jharkhand was invited to attend this ToT program. VCDS was the host organisation.
2001 Chennai, Tamil Nadu
A workshop was conducted in Loyola College with the visual communication students.
2000 Neemrana, Rajasthan
This was the follow-up workshop. Most of the participants were from the previous workshop. Second level of the comics-making art was introduced there. Here, also participants started producing their community wall-newspaper on developmental and local issues. SOHARD, the host organisation, focusses mainly on panchayati raj, gender and health issues.
2000 Karasanoor,Tamil Nadu
Annual comics workshop was conducted at Tindivanam in Tamil Nadu. This time new resource persons from Finland were there to impart comic’s skill in participants. A team of grassroot activists from Jharkhand also attended this workshop. One of the aims of this workshop was to ‘train the trainers’. VCDS was the host organisation.
1999 Chaibasa, Bihar (then)
Worth mentioning here is a cartooning workshop for activists and students organised with the Jharkhandis Organisation for Human Rights [JOHAR] at Chaibasa [Jharkhand] in 1999. JOHAR mainly works on human rights and other issues related to the tribals. The participants were introduced to the potential of comics as an effective means to voice their thoughts.
1999 Neemrana, Rajasthan
This was the extension of Charkha’s writing workshop series with visual communication. World Comics India introduced its unique comics formats. Grassroots activists and women village heads sarpanch participated in this workshop.
1999 Karasanoor,Tamil Nadu
This was the year when World Comics India started co-operation with World Comics Finland (WCF) and Tamil Nadu based organization Village Community Development Society (VCDS) working for women and dalit issues mainly. A special workshop on comics was conducted at Tindivanam in Tamilnadu. Since 1997 annual comics-workshops have been organised in Tamilnadu. Trained comics artists/activists have published their own comics book.
1999 Lunkaransar, Bikaner, Rajasthan
This workshop was also dedicated for women sarpanchs. It aimed at providing them with an effective medium of communication to help them counter the traditional roadblocks. After this workshop most of the participants started producing their own Deevaar Akhbaar (wall newspaper) in their respective villages. URMUL, an organization working in western Rajasthan on women, girl child, health and education issues mainly, was the host organisation.
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