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When we see the world through the lens of gratitude and act with kindness, we create ripples with our thoughts, words, and actions.
A humble invitation to the children of Socotra
We invite the children of Socotra to join thousands of other children from around the world, coming together to create the Human Alphabet: one letter per country, with approximately 500 children in each letter. Ten letters are complete, and more than 4,500 children have taken part in the Kinditude art festivals.
Socotra is one of the most extraordinary natural places on Earth, and its people have cared for it for generations. We would be honored if the children of Socotra would like to come together and co-create a letter of the Human Alphabet, and add their own story of joy to our Happiness Manifestation.
With gratitude,
Filip Cederholm Agoo
Photographer & Founder of Kinditude
Art Festivals
At our Art Festivals, children from all over the world come together to co-create a Human Alphabet, one letter per country, photographed from above.
The artworks are sold to fund more free Art Festivals. An act of paying it forward, where the kindness of one child opens the door for the next.
Children form letters.
Letters form words.
Words form stories.
Storytelling transforms the world.
The art travels far beyond the festivals, shared online and in classrooms, inspiring other children to begin their own journey by asking two questions:
What can I be grateful for now?
How can I be kind?
A letter from Socotra
Together with the children of Socotra we would co-create one letter of the Human Alphabet, joining the ten letters already formed with children in South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, Germany, the Dominican Republic, Croatia, Thailand, Norway, India and Sri Lanka.
October to December 2027
We hope to come to Socotra between October and December 2027 for a three-day art festival with children aged 7 to 13 from three to five schools, beginning with art workshops in the schools. Around 300 to 500 children would form the letter together. The festival is free of charge for the children, funded by the sale of art from previous productions.
We would be grateful for guidance on where, and with whom, to do this, so that everything is done in the way that is right for Socotra, its culture, its traditions and its children. We would also be grateful for introductions to people who align with the project, for the endorsement of local leaders and authorities, and for permits and guidance.
Photographer & Founder of Kinditude
Why Socotra
Socotra is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed in 2008. UNESCO describes it as globally important for biodiversity: 37% of its plant species, 90% of its reptile species and 95% of its land snail species do not occur anywhere else in the world.
Its people have cared for this nature for generations, and the children of Socotra are its future guardians. We come to learn and to share, and to connect the children of the island with children around the world through art.
We would therefore be honored to bring the Human Alphabet to Socotra, so that the children can form a letter in a place their island is proud of, and share its beauty, and their care for it, with the world.
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Let's co-create a beautiful story for our future. Get inspired by our Happiness Practices. Dance, sing, paint, write, play, come together and tell stories of hope.
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Share the art in your community and spread the joy. Ask your parents to share it online and invite others to ask what they are grateful for and how they choose to be kind. Plant seeds and ripple kindness.
Art Festival
The art festival is built around our values: connect, co-create and contribute. It takes place on three separate days, about a week apart. Every day includes some Happiness Practices chosen for the country.
Day 1, Connect. We visit schools and share our vision of a more playful and kind world. We pay gratitude to the children who came before, enabling them to now take part in this ripple of kindness.
Day 2, Co-create. The big art festival takes place in a beautiful place in nature and the 300-500 children co-create art. With giveaways, food and entertainment we create a memory of a lifetime.
Day 3, Contribute. The exhibition day. The children experience the joy of paying their art forward, both to the community and to Kinditude.
The Human Alphabet
Connecting the next generation through the power of art and a shared purpose: co-creating a global Happiness Manifestation.
The Human Alphabet is an art project that brings children, companies, and communities together in a creative and playful way.
No matter their background, political status, or religion, all children are welcome to take part in creating the Human Alphabet. Children from South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, Germany, the Dominican Republic, Croatia, Thailand, Norway, India, and Sri Lanka have taken part to date. With 10 letters done and 16 to go, we will now invite 16 more countries, evenly spread around the world.
Our intention is to create a lifetime memory, so that when the children look back, they remember one of the best days of their lives as a day when they were kind to other children.
The Happiness Manifestation
The Happiness Manifestation is the accumulation of all the art created by the children. Every drawing, dance, song and picture tells a story of joy and brings hope to children around the world.
The art is created both at our Art Festivals and through our Happiness Practices found on kinditude.com, where children in schools and at home can access them free of charge, come together and share stories of joy through art.
Together, the children's art becomes a message from the next generation to the world: let's seek happiness through gratitude and kindness, and protect the planet so their grandchildren can enjoy it as well, in harmony with functioning ecosystems.
The Happiness Manifesto
The Happiness Manifesto will be written by children from every country in the world. Our vision is to let it ripple from child to child, and we would be honored if the children of Socotra would add their voices to it.
The exercise is called My Happiness Manifesto. A child writes their own, reflecting on what truly makes them happy in life. For younger children, a class or a whole school can write one together, adding everyone's thoughts as a co-creative exercise.
From 2027 we will invite children at every art festival to create their happiness manifesto. Our aim is to hold one festival in every country in the world within ten years. After that, we will synthesize it all into one global document: the global Happiness Manifesto, written by the children of the 21st century. A message from the children to the grown-ups, sharing the world they dream of, so we can start preparing and have a shared vision to move towards.
Cultural Exchange
We want to contribute to the global belief that sharing art, ideas and traditions between countries can build understanding and trust. We hope Kinditude can honor and help keep alive the cultural heritage. Beginning in 2027, we will combine this work with the Art Festivals.
The images above were taken by Filip C Agoo, our founder, when working with forest conservation and supporting indigenous communities.
Kinditude Launch
In 2027 we launch Kinditude, the next chapter of the work formerly known as ABC Charity. Together with thousands of children around the world, we co-create a Global Happiness Manifestation.
Kinditude grew out of ABC Charity. Children around the world co-created giant alphabet artworks at art festivals, and the artworks were sold to raise money for charity. It was a well-intended model, but a hard one to build momentum with.
The festivals themselves proved the concept: children, schools and communities loved them. Progress was slow, though, because it depended on Filip’s financial capacity and time, including thousands of voluntary hours.
To move faster, the business model has changed. The concept at the heart of the project stays the same.
Kinditude is the next chapter of the work. When art is sold, the money now goes to the organization, so we can produce more art and reach more children.
We have also developed the Flow of Happiness, our framework, and the happiness practices, which will bring the same level of execution as the Human Alphabet to other art workshops.
We will launch Kinditude in April 2027. Later in 2027 we hope the children of Socotra will want to co-create a letter of the Human Alphabet, sharing the beauty of their island, and their care for it, with the world. From there we can keep spreading happiness around the world, share knowledge and wisdom, and empower and inspire children globally.
Everything created at the art festivals will also live online, as a platform where children can get inspired, create and learn about happiness. It will be free for all children everywhere, powered by the sale of the art. Whoever buys the art helps children gain access to valuable knowledge about gratitude and kind intentions.
Everything will be made for children, to create excitement and spark interest. The story behind it is the mystery of life itself and the magic we are part of: the sun, our own life, our breath, the air and our connections with others. Children learn to find happiness through gratitude, and to notice and guide their own thoughts.
Every Art Festival, workshop and practice in Kinditude comes back to two simple questions: What can I be grateful for now? How can I be kind?
They turn gratitude and kindness into something a child can ask in any moment. Ultimately, these are the questions we hope children will reflect on every day.
As an advertising photographer, Filip Cederholm Agoo used the tools of persuasion to sell products, with the promise of happiness after the next purchase. Reflecting on his creative expression, he wanted to use those same tools to bring true happiness to children. He was tired of working for international brands and wanted the Earth to be his client and its children the shareholders. That thought gave birth to the Human Alphabet.
See his work at filipagoo.com.
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