Oil.Spill.Penguin

Name- Oilla

Creature/animal- Penguin

Sex- Female

Age- 4

Environmental Issue- Oil Spill Polution

Life Story- Oilla lives in the cold chills of the Antarctic. She was born in an igloo and raised by 2 very brave parents. Her mother and father were in a fatality oil spill. They were covered from head to tail in pure evil oil. They suffocated from the oil and died instantly. Oilla watched the whole thing, she tried her very bravest to rescue them. Luckily for Oilla she only had minor pure evil oil spilt on her so she was safe. She  is still traumatised by the accident and her home was wrecked.  She now needs a loving home and some care taken of for her to survive. She needs to recover and then get back on her two flabby feet and use her special powers!  It was only 2 weeks ago when after her parents had gone to penguin heaven that the emperor penguin(god) sent her a gift a gift of special powers to save any other penguins that were injured from pure evil oil. And to prevent it from happening in the future.

Special Powers- Oilla has a magical black blanket that freezes oil when it hits land/snow. She throws the blanket over the oil mass and with a blink of an eye the oil dissolves into the blanket and magically dissapears leaving no toxins in the blanket. She can then clean the other penguins with the blanket so they are safe and clean from pure evillness. 

All the money used to buy Oilla will go towards the animal welfare program. Helping animals recover from oil/pollution spills. She needs a loving home to take care of her so then she canb go out and fight pure evil forever! Also with Oilla comes a petition letter about oil spills and such. By signing this letter you would have helped many animals.

Oriel - African Refugee Doll

There are literally millions of refugees across Africa, many of whom are women and children, as the men are away fighting or killed in an effort to protect their villages.

Tribal disputes for power and land force whole villages away, with violence and killing the greatest threat.  Sexual violence against women is especially a concern were it is reported:

“Mass rape, often perpetrated by members of the Sudanese armed forces and affiliated militias, is endemic in the Darfur region of Sudan. Government officials deny that rape is an integral part of violence in Darfur and assert that Sudan aggressively punishes rape. In fact, rape victims suffer from an almost complete lack of access to justice, and the Government is more likely to take action against those who report and document rape than those who commit it.”            http://www.refugeesinternational.org

www.unhcr.org/africa

Some of the countries with great numbers of refugees are Uganda, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Eritrea, Sudan and Congo.

Ethiopia, the oldest independent country in Africa, remains committed to offering asylum to refugees arriving on its territory from neighboring countries. Over the past decade, Ethiopia has hosted about 1 million refugees. Fortunately, over time most of them have been able to repatriate to their respective countries. At the present, Ethiopia is home to approximately 80,000 refugees, mostly from Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan, and Kenya. More than a quarter of the refugees, or about 23,500 individuals, are from Eritrea. Over 1,700 Eritrean refugees were registered in the first quarter of 2008.

An estimated 2 million of the more than 4 million people displaced by the north-south conflict have returned home. However, the scale of need in south Sudan is immense, and communities are very vulnerable to a new humanitarian crisis and outbreaks of further conflict if gaps in basic services go unaddressed.

Women Show Their Determination to Rebuild: These women were showing us bricks they made by hand, in an attempt to construct a center to receive new returnees.  There are many women’s groups showing great initiative and willing to support returnees, but they rarely receive the support they need.

 

My concept for the doll is a family, mother with children hanging off her and clinging to her, arrive at the refugee camp, where they may have to wait to be registered and assigned an area.  In the case of the UN refugee camps, they may also be given some basic supplies.

Having walked great distances, their feet are accentuated.

Their eyes are wide, holding the mystery of what they have seen, and heard and felt in their success in escaping and traveling to relative safety.  Some may give birth here, some may die here.

LuLu : Meet Tick-Tock Jones

Ambassador for The Earth Against Global Warming Foundation.

Tick-Tock Jones was born in London, England. After completing High School in London, he went on to study World History at University. Jones travelled the world after his years of schooling and found himself passionately involved in campaigns much alike Green Peace. He has rallied for environmental causes all over the globe. When he first heard about Global Warming, he was shocked to realise that his beloved city, London, was where the Industrial Revolution first began to pollute the Earth.

Since then he has been traveling all over to teach people about the many ways they can help reduce their impact on the world's resources to help minimise Global Warming. 

Tick-Tock Jones has dedicated his life to saving Earth. He has undergone surgery to install a timer in his chest as a reminder that time is running out and that we must make changes to our lifestyles now.

Tick-Tock Jones may not have any super powers but he sure is a super wonderful human being, 

and he will do all he can to make people see just how great our earth is and why we must cherish it.

Tick-Tock Jones is more of a designer figurine than a doll. He is a collectors item of our current times that is meant to remind the people that the power is in our hands. I decided to use a human form for my character because i think that humans seem to identity and act upon an issue faster and with more force if the issue directly affects humans and their own lives.

drop bear against nuclear 

this drop bear toy is against nuclear power and cutting down its habitat that it lives in. for nuclear power  and weapons this toy will be equipped with a shield that is very powerful and has great defense  he hates rich power plant owners and the government. its wrong to destroy the world and its habitat for money and power so the drop bear club fights back.  

ANTI-RACISM / PREJUDICE RAINBOW: Christopher

CAUSE - Racism and prejudice of all type is one of most serious underlying social problems today. Although it becoming more a thing of the past, it still exists and causes a lot of pain for some individuals and should not be tolerated. Prejudice is bred from a young age from in the media and some sad cases of family values.

The hope in this toy is to aim at the younger age mainly yet including older ages to abolish as much chance of prejudice before it becomes a set mind frame.

NAME - Skylar Thompson

The name Skylar Thompson because Skylar is a unisex name which reminds me of rainbows and clouds etc etc. and Thompson cause it sounds friendly like Thompson and Thompson out of Tin Tin.

STORY - Skylar is an alien who came to this planet looking for a new home. Although he only appears on occasions he witnesses and feels the pain of the people on earth. When he arrive he didn't understand or see prejudice, but his curious mind got the best of him and as a highly intellectual being he came to the sudden realization that the little time that the "humans" have left, they spend it hating, hating for no plausible reason. So Skylar became a strong promoter of anti-prejudice.

He has a magic power to wipe out the human race easily if they dont change their ways.

MAKE - Out of soft materials, almost like a pillow for kids to love and hug during the night.

Skylar's Thoughts!

I don't feel that prejudice,
Can't see divided lines.
To me we are all just the same,
Our difference in our souls and minds.
You tell me that the difference,
Is red, brown, black and white.
A world of such variety,
To you becomes an excuse for hate.
We've gotta learn, have hope, unite
And care enough to end this fight.
You're hating with no real insight,
And burning crosses in the night.
A hundred years of barriers,
Yet still we can't see fit
To bring about world unity
And learn to live with it.
Now I'm not just complaining
And I won't preach to anyone,
But we should think about it
'Cos this war has not just begun.




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Susie Beame -Designer Toy

Cause: Anti smoking

Tens of billions of marketing dollars are spent on tobacco advertising worldwide annually, most of which is aimed directly at recruiting new smokers. The most highly valued recruit is the young consumer. In fact, the younger the better, because cigarette companies know that kids are easier to lure in and hook on tobacco, and young people have decades of smoking years ahead of them. Our children are the life blood of the tobacco industry. Without them, their consumer base would dry up as tobacco products kill off long-time users.

Worldwide, most people start smoking before the age of 18, with nearly one quarter of them trying cigarettes for first time before the age of 10.  Also, the younger a child is when he or she starts smoking, the stronger the odds are for long-term addiction.  And smokers who start very young seem to be less likely to quit.

Introducing "Buster"

"Buster" the healthy heart & healthy lungs monster, has devoted his life to educating kids & teens about the horrible effects of smoking and "busting" underage smoking.

"Say NO to smoking or I'll kick your butts!" he shouts as bounces around and punches the air.

Buster's Story

Buster's Mum was a heavy smoker, but a kind & caring mother.  He adored her.  She developed lung cancer and heart disease when Buster was only 8 years old and she died a slow painful death less than 4 years later.  He missed her terribly and at that time of his life he saw many people smoking and even friends taking up smoking in their teens and he thought they were real losers.

Through Buster's loss came incredible inner strength and determination to promote anti-smoking, fitness, exercise and healthy eating.  "It's not rocket science," he says, "Don't smoke, be happy, live long and strong!"

Although Buster appears to be a bit of a beafcake (pumped up attitude and body), he is incredibly compassionate and streetwise and found people are drawn to his magnetic personality and charm.  He actually possesses a magical power to persuade and influence people.

The most important thing parents can do is quit smoking themselves, he says: "Actions speak louder than words."  Model healthy behaviour and become strongly engaged in your children's lives.

All sales from each "Buster" toy will be directed and donated to Quit Smoking campaign and focussing on educating our young.

http://quitsmoking.about.com/od/antismokingresources/a/WNTD2008.htm
http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20061031/study-teen-antismoking-ads-backfiring

Hayley- Designer Toy

CAUSE: Youth Homelessness
It is estimated that over 160,000 Australians experience homelessness every year. One third of those are children. My designer toy has made it his goal to raise enough money to rent or buy a home where kids like him can get support, a bed, food and clothing. He is working hard in the homeless community to get the money, being their spokesperson in the city in which they live.

HIS STORY: This boy's parent died when he was a toddler and he had no known living relatives that could care for him. He was then put into a foster home where he had been abused for a number of years by older kids who were living with him. After being through so many trials already in his short life, at the age of 6, he felt strong enough to run away from the home and turn to the streets. Being so young, he was taken in by a group of kind homeless men and women and cared for by them. He came to view these people as his family, since he never knew any of his own. One woman in particular took him under her wing and he came to see her as his mother. He felt lucky and was happy in his life.
Many kids who may have been in his position may have grown bitter and turned to crime to survive. My character, however, used his life experiences to help him grow as a person, and under the nurturing eye of his "mother" became a humble and unselfish 13 year old. His motivation is to give back to the homeless community for the love he has received from it.
Helping younger and less-experienced homeless kids gives him purpose in life. He wants to provide the same opportunities for love and acceptance that he got.
He wants to help others before himself, often sharing food and giving away his minimal possessions to less fortunate homeless youth.

PERSONALITY: My character is the lovable scamp of the story. He has very little reason to look at the positive side of life, yet manages to always be upbeat and caring. Being the mascot for the entire homeless youth community, and dealing with people from the mainstream world, he keeps himself well-presented. Only having access to second hand, found clothing sometimes makes this difficult, but because he is so focused on his goal he makes it happen.
Loved by his peers and non-threatening to outsiders, he gets a lot accomplished in his mission.

APPEARANCE:

• Age-13
• Hair- Light brown
• Clothing- Shorts and a t-shirt. A bit tattered and worn but still neat. He takes care in his appearance as much as his environment allows.
• Shoes- Worn sneakers but obviously been cleaned regularly.
• Hat- Multi-colored cap. Maybe with a spinner on top.
• Skin Color- White. Australian boy. This is to emphasize the fact that "everyday" youth are part of the homelessness problem.

MATERIALS: In keeping with the theme of second-hand clothing etc, my character will be made with used/ second-hand fabrics. It will be a stuffed doll, mainly hand sewn so that the stitches are visible. I would like to use a variety of fabrics so it gets a patchwork appearance. My characters life has been a series of good and bad experiences all sewn together with hope, love and positivity. I would like the construction to reflect this.
To make the toy movable I will insert pliable wire under the stuffing so that the toy can be moved into different positions i.e. sitting etc.

POSSIBLE NAMES:
Homeless Humphrey- Peace loving guardian, peaceful home.
Helmut the Homeless- Courageous warrior
Homeless Herbert- Brilliant warrior
Howard the Homeless- Watcher, guardian