Yuki, the robot with a heart. The Superpowers of Friendship.

Yuki is a robot that, in order to work, needs to be programmed with the 7 friendship superpowers: kindness, creativity, humor, forgiveness, honesty, empathy and enthusiasm!

THE VALUES OF HISTORY

This is a story inspired by one of the most beautiful themes of human flourishing: the virtues and strengths of character (Peterson and Seligman, 2004). Books have always been privileged messengers to tell children about human virtues and values. This one talks about friendship and 7 superpowers - kindness, creativity, humor, enthusiasm, honesty, forgiveness and empathy - that we all have and put at the service, every day, many times without knowing.

YOUR PURPOSE

Throughout our experience in interventions in primary schools, working intensively on this Positive Education theme, we feel that children are involved with a lot of interest in discovering their personal strengths. Creating and implementing contexts for discovering your positive traits and promoting positive peer relationships is one of the keys to your psychological well-being.

The creation and launch of the book "Yuki, the robot with a heart. The Superpowers of Friendship" arises from the need to create an educational resource that explicitly works on the strengths of character in children between 6 and 10 years old.

This book is part of the Growing in Strengths - Sowing Values® intervention model (7-10 years old), giving countless children the opportunity to develop their character strengths. Yuki, and her story, launch the imaginary that will accompany them throughout the intervention, leaving them with stimulating learning proposals to discover their strengths and their peers.

The children that have already explored history, led by their teachers, certified it with the seal of enthusiasm! Their involvement encouraged us to take this step that will allow us to spread Yuki's messages to many hearts!

In addition to this special function, within our school project of socio-emotional development, the book is also a path for families to travel together, towards their best. We know that they will get involved with history, review themselves in the dialogues and discover superpowers. At the end, they will find clues for reflection on the topic and suggestions for growing up as a family.

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WHO WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED

Mafalda Lobo (author) and Rita Correia (illustrator) met 8 years ago, as result of a happy chance that brought them together in the book "The Princess of Light and the Crystal Fairy - The magic seeds", an author's edition for solidarity purposes.

ONE MORE SEED

This campaign will allow us to pay the costs of illustration and graphics. This is the second crowdfunding we have done. The previous one, very successful, motivated us to embrace this new challenge. Although the current social context is quite different from what we experienced 2 years ago, we believe that this is yet another strong reason for, with hope and courage, to continue to sow values!

Peterson, C., & Seligman, MEP (2004). Character Strengths and Virtues: A handbook and Classification . New York: Oxford University Press and Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

About the author

Semear Valores is a cooperative whose mission is to promote well-being and citizenship among children and young people , based on Positive Education models, enhancing resources for children to experience well-being, realize their potential and practice good. In short, that they develop as full citizens. We envision a world where all children flourish!

We develop our work through 3 pillars: Training; Consulting & Coaching and Innovation & Development. The creation of the book “Yuki, the robot with a heart” is part of this last pillar.

Mafalda Lobo de Carvalho, Patrícia Moraes Sarmento and Kalpna Kirtikumar are three friends who have as strong common motivation Education based on the values of children and young people. Together, they founded the Semear Valores cooperative, where they develop various activities aimed at schools and education professionals.

Mafalda, Patrícia e Kalpna, fundadoras da Semear Valores, CRL

Mafalda is a social entrepreneur and trainer. His basic training is Law (FDUL), where he worked for 14 years. In 2014, he changed his professional path to dedicate himself to education in values. She has a postgraduate degree in Applied Positive Psychology (ISCSP-UL) and Psychosocial Intervention on behalf of Children, Youth and Families (Univ. Lusófona). She is also the author of the radio program “Crescer a Valer”, on radioava.global, and the children's story “The Princess of Light and the Crystal Fairy - The magic seeds”. Its signature strengths are Creativity, Forgiveness, Integrity, Spirituality and Love.

Patrícia is a psychologist (FPUL). Master in Society, Risk and Health (ISCSP-UL), in the area of Resilience. Postgraduate in: Applied Positive Psychology (ISCSP-UL) and Psychosocial Intervention with Children, Youth and Families (IEC-UM). He has extensive experience in community and educational intervention and in the training of educational agents in areas related to socioemotional development and intervention with children and young people in crisis. She is a consultant in TEIP school clusters, by ISCTE-IUL. Its signature strengths are Love, Kindness, Gratitude, Teamwork and Leadership.

Kalpna is a psychologist (FPUL). He has an Executive Master in Coaching & Consulting for Change (INSEAD) and in Social and Organizational Psychology (ISCTE-IUL). He has a vast career in the area of human resources, consulting and business coaching. Of course, the fact that I was the mother of Daniel and Miguel contributed greatly to taking these issues as a personal responsibility. They are the engines of this immense desire to learn and see flourish. Its signature strengths are the Taste for Learning, Openness to new ideas, Persistence, Creativity, and Love.

Learn more at semearvalores.pt

Budget and due dates

BUDGET:

• Book illustration: € 1,000
• 1000 copies printed: € 2,630
• Commissions for PPL (5% + VAT) and payment partners (2.5% + VAT): 369 €
• TOTAL: € 4,000

SCHEDULE:

The book will be ready for commercialization during May 2021.

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