I - Who are we?

This is us !

I present to you my wife, Jaira !

She’s been drawing since her childhood and has made children’s book illustrations her work.

The other one's me, Raphaël !

I’ve been trained in Sciences as well as Programming and currently in training to become a chef. My passion is to explore the world around me and learn as many things as I can while doing it.

II - What is this project?

Even before starting her professional career, Jaira had a dream : creating a book that can help other people identify narcissistic people, mental abuse, physical abuse, basically any kind of toxic behavior.

This idea came from her own experiences. Fortunately enough, she has come out stronger than she ever was and is determined to help people that are in the situation that she was once in.

Lately, we have been working hard to bring this project to life, and want to turn her idea into a graphic novel series with your help.

Didi and Tonton’s Tremendous Adventures features two people :

Didi, a child who grew up in a toxic environment, going in the same school as

Tonton, a boy evolving in a supportive household

The book series is all about empowering children, teenagers as well as adults facing the same struggles to realize the root of their problems and how to deal with them.

Within each book of the series, different events will happen.

The first episode will cover Didi growing up with an unsupportive and abusive family, causing anxiety, poor self esteem, and a lack of empathy.

This subject is especially relevant in countries like the Philippines (where Jaira was born and currently resides) where physical and mental abuse are common nationwide.

The second one will talk about narcissistic abuse and their effects on Didi.

For the following episodes, we will interview people with different backgrounds to keep expanding the possibilities of Didi and Tonton’s Tremendous Adventures by including their stories in the series.

We will make all of the books proof-read by multiple specialized mental health professionals to make them as relevant as possible.

/!\ Didi and Tonton’s Tremendous Adventures is not meant to replace any help from any medical professional, if you are in mental distress, please consult with a local/online therapist and/or call a mental health hotline.

III - Why crowdfunding?

Making and publishing a graphic novel book is quite expensive, and with our goal being to help as many people as possible, we’ve set the bar really high so the series can hopefully become a reference in the mental health world as well as being enjoyable for any person to read.

From third-world countries to first-world countries, mental health awareness is nowhere near accessible enough for most people, and we hope to change this with our books.

IV - Budget Breakdown

This is the biggest chunk of where your donations will go.

We are both taking a small salary as we are practically working full-time on it (being authors, illustrators, scriptwriters, storyboard artists, programmers, etc… takes time)

On the visual side, Jaira has been a professional children’s book illustrator as mentioned before for 5+ years now (see more of her work here).

For the text, proof-reading and hiring mental health specialists will make sure that the quality of the script and the impact will be better than what we even imagined (we also will translate it in as many languages as possible).

This part is key to making the book available.

First : Distributing

By itself it is not very costly, nonetheless after the production is done, we need to get an ISBN and make it available internationally in e-book, paperback and hardcover versions on the internet, and hopefully in libraries throughout the world.

Second and last : Printing and sending books to mental health communities

As financing in public mental health communities is not enough, we cannot expect them to spend any kind of money, as they barely have enough to hire the strict minimum number of mental health professionals needed to run these groups and establishments.

As the name of the step suggests, we will print books, and send most of them for therapists to use as a tool, but also for people there to read.

The goal of this project is once again to help as many people as possible, and marketing is key to it.

The money will be spread on going to mental health conventions and conferences, participating in other literary events, and online advertising.

V - Thank you !

We thank you so much for reading the presentation of this project.

We sincerely hope that you enjoy this as much as we do ! If so and if you can, you may donate, and if not, please write to us , we are always glad to have feedback (good or bad), we can all improve !

It is our biggest adventure yet and we will do anything for it to succeed, and all of your donations greatly help us, no matter how small it is.

Thank you for your attention, and a thousand thanks to those participating in any way, shape or form.

Sincerely,

Jaira and Raphaël