Pictured above are two of the voter education posters being distributed across Afghanistan in advance of the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections. There is actually a professional artist at the Commission that draws and colors each and every one. Because the electoral process is very new to Afghanistan one of the IEC's duties is to educate voters on topics such as who they are voting for, how to vote, and what the polling centers will look like. The extremely low literacy rate, estimated to be around 28 percent, necessitates that widely distributed materials convey their messages using pictures and shapes, instead of words. In addition to printed materials, the IEC also hosts a "190" hotline which Afghans can call to have their election related questions answered. I just completed revising and editing the newest printed FAQ list which is being distributed now. The Commission also sends out teams of civic educators into the provinces--one of which was killed two weeks ago--to educate citizens living far from urban areas.
Do you do the revising and editing in dari?
ReplyDeleteit's interesting. i'm wondering how these are put together because it's clear part of the card is drawn while other parts are computer rendered. i'm assuming he scans in his drawings and overlays the icons, etc. just an observation.
ReplyDeleteI love the J-Pop color scheme going on. It kind of reminds me of like elaborate Swedish instruction manuals.
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