The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) announced the winner of the School Superhero comic contest.
According to UNICEF, they have chosen the ultimate school-saving superhero to defeat the silence and end violence in schools.
The winner is
Rizka.
Rizka is 17-year-old high school girl from South Sulawesi, Indonesia who loves coffee and bicycling. “I’m a shy person but please do not hesitate to approach me,” she says. As she was inspired to keep drawing by someone, she hopes her drawing can inspire someone else too. “I planned to create Cipta with a concept of fighting the silence with silence.”
Rizka will work with a professional team to publish her own comic book and receive a mentoring session with comic artist Gabriel Picolo!
Cipta, a comic character, which won the award.
Rajwa, also known as Cipta, is a 15-year-old who can turn her drawings into real-life objects and control them to stop school violence. She gives her sketchbook to children who are afraid to speak up. In it, they can draw or write the object they want her to create and control. She draws and then spreads ‘sketch-birds’ across the community for children to write down their problems and send a message to her and whomever they would like.
“Stay tuned here or by following @UNICEF on Twitter and Instagram to see the winning superhero come to life in a full-length comic book in July 2019,” UNICEF website reads.
“Thank you to everyone for participating in the School Superhero Comic Contest to help us stop The Silence. Together, we can end the violence in schools.”
