An animated series entitled “Rashid: Living With Type 1 Diabetes” aimed to uphold the rights of children with Type 1 diabetes has been awarded a Telly Award for Film/Video at the 37th Annual Telly Awards.
The winning animated series consisting of twelve animated shorts in high-end 3D animation, voiced in Arabic and English, aims to uphold the rights of children and bring awareness of children with Type 1 diabetes, said a press release yesterday.
The series was created by Chocolate Moose Media for the Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA), sponsored by ORYX GTL. The series is available for free viewing, downloading and use by any organisation or person.
The Telly Awards receive over 13,000 entries. The Telly Awards is the premier award honouring the finest film and video productions. The Telly mission is to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting, and supporting creativity.
The series covers several important topics on children living with diabetes including creating awareness on: a proactive mind-set of understanding the needs of children with open discussion and empathy; a policy of allowing children to check their blood glucose level whenever/wherever necessary; children who feel unwell should be tended to immediately; eliminating discrimination and prejudice against students etc.
Dr Abdulla Al Hamaq, Executive Director of Qatar Diabetes Association, said: “QDA is honoured to win for the animated series entitled Rashid: Living With Type 1 Diabetes at the 37th Annual Telly Awards. Winning this award is a big bonus that will inspire us more in our diabetes awareness campaign.”
