How did it start?
The
Word in Your Hand™ project started with
this post in our community, back in late July 2007. The idea was great, so we invited members of the community to
contribute their photos.
What is the premise of the Word in Your Hand™ project?
1) Write a word in your hand describing how you feel about diabetes.
2) Take a photo, showing the hand with the word.
3) Share it with others.
Between July and November 2007, we collected over 120 photos for the project through
TuDiabetes.com® and through the
TuDiabetes.com Flickr group.
What was the goal of the project?
We wanted to empower people touched by diabetes to express themselves and let the world know what it is like to have diabetes. The result of the project was this
video including some of the
120+ photos submitted with music by
one of the members too.
The video was posted on numerous channels in time for
World Diabetes Day, Nov. 14, 2007, such as:
YouTube,
Current.TV and
Vimeo
To date, the video has been picked up by
nearly 25,000 blogs and other web sites.
Video Update (Aug. 20, 2009):
A new video (and a
remix of the video) were published in August 2009, to continue raising awareness about life with diabetes:
How you can submit the Word In Your Hand?
You are welcome to submit your photo through the
Word In Your Hand page.
Help us continue to develop diabetes awareness programs like this one.
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Diabetes Hands Foundation.