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13/06/2024

All over the world, people are being killed for who they love, and homophobic laws are criminalising them. Africa is no exception. But laws alone don't stop hate crimes. We see this in South Africa, where le****ns and trans women are still targeted. Enough is enough!

We stand in unwavering solidarity with q***r Africans, amplifying their voices and championing their rights. This Pride month, let's unite to support and protect our q***r siblings across the continent.

The time to voice our support and take action is now. Follow and engage with these organisations fighting for human rights across the continent: The Initiative for Equal Rights-TIERs Outright International

22/05/2024

The Treatment Action Campaign is steadfast in advocating for our health rights ✊🏿✊🏽.

Last week, they marched and delivered memorandums to Thabo Mofutsanyana, Lejweleputswa, & Dr Kenneth Kaunda districts to demand that everyone eligible gets a 3 month supply of ARVs now and for the Department of Health to start giving 6 month supply by the end of 2024.

The TAC is urging provincial governments to issue longer supply prescriptions of ARVs to the 5.5 million people relying on the public health care system. This effort will enhance adherence and save people time and travel costs. Viva!

When community action meets communication design, magic happens! the earth is round offers communication services and design that aims to support and amplify the vital efforts of movements like Treatment Action Campaign





📸 Treatment Action Campaign

22/04/2024

Today is . Our mother, our home, our one and only beautiful blue planet 🌍🥰 We made this little video in support of this year's theme: . Let's ! Find out more here: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2024/

14/03/2024

JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! We are looking for two graphic designers and a writer/social media guru! Read the requirements here:

the earth is round is a communications & marketing agency based in Cape Town, South Africa.  We revel in creating excellent work which delivers clear messages on target every time – be it about a specific idea or product or about your organisation as a whole.

08/03/2024

This week we did some quick posters for Treatment Action Campaign and Gender DynamiX who protested against the Ghanian q***r hate bill

Treatment Action Campaign calls on Ghana’s president to reject bill that will criminalise LGBTQ+ people

01/03/2024

A few years ago we did the translation, design and printing for a booklet on the controversial Bantustan Bill for the Legal Resource Centre

01/03/2024

We just completed a second booklet for the , this one on the rights of fishing communities. We wrote, translated, designed and printed it. These booklets are made to strengthen community knowledge of their rights

29/02/2024

Today the amazing clinic monitoring project Ritshidze is live streaming the launch of a report highlighting the poor quality of health services provided to people who use drugs, s*x workers, and the LGBTQIA+ community in South Africa. Data from interviews with nearly 14,000 people will be presented to the health department and PEPFAR. Ritshidze will expose the truth of the daily indignities, abuse, and humiliation that some people must go through, while simply trying to get health services. Tune in live from 10am

We designed the report and their brand.

Join us live on 29 February as we launch a brand new report highlighting the poor quality of health services provided to people who use drugs, s*x workers, a...

17/11/2023

South Africa needs you! 🇿🇦

Find out where and how to register: https://www.elections.org.za/

23/09/2023

Want to know more about PrEP? We scripted, animated & edited this explainer video for treatment literacy project Modern ART for South Africa. Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/YfBvRk_a004?
si=s2Rv5GAKkBVV5508

09/09/2023

Ritshidze is an amazing community clinic monitoring & health rights advocacy project specifically focused on the HIV and TB response in South Africa. We are so proud to do all their design work - from their inception in 2019 to today - including branding, display materials, website & timeline-sensitive reports

Agnes Lakaje, who has been on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for more than 15 years, says there are too many inefficiencies in public clinics in the Free State.

01/09/2023

Soaking up some much needed sun during our lunchbreak 😎 We have been super busy between materials for 's clinic monitoring reports, Rethinking Economics Festival preparations for and various items! As we say farewell to Elizna, 😢 we welcome Pinky to the team on an initial short term contract 🙌🏼

the earth is round specialises in digital design for organisations working for the greater good.

09/08/2023

Happy Womxn's Day! Here is to all South African womxn, we celebrate your courage & love 💗

24/06/2023

We did some posters for Treatment Action Campaign's protest at the 11th South African AIDS conference this week

21/03/2023

We have come a very long way – and we have such a long way to go still. Happy Human Rights Day!

14/12/2022

It has been the longest and the shortest year 🫠😌 thank you dream team 💗 We are off on our year-end holiday on the 23rd, back on the 11th 🥳

10/12/2022

Check out these myth-busting factsheets we did for the amazing Institute for Economic Justice!

In this UBIG Factsheet Series, published in partnership with The Daily Vox, the IEJ, using international evidence, makes the case for why we believe that the introduction of a Universal Basic Income Guarantee will help to unlock a fairer, safer and more prosperous future for South Africa. - https://mailchi.mp/iej.org.za/ubig-factsheet-series-1-to-7_newsletter_december-2022

09/12/2022

Congratulations to Rural Health Advocacy Project SA on your brand spanking new website! We structured & designed this custom-built site from start to finish. It has an easy-to-use Wordpress content management tool. We also designed the brand for RHAP

Universal Healthcare Coverage Day Seminar: From crisis to resilience On Monday, 12 December 2022, Rural Healthcare Advocacy Project (RHAP) is hosting a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day seminar. UHC is in line with the Constitution of South Africa in which the Bill of Rights states that everyone h...

11/11/2022

It's been a wildly busy few weeks.....

07/10/2022

Friday photo dump

23/09/2022

This week we created a short animation to be used on info screens in shopping malls in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal! This is to publicise the amazing SECTION27's Basic Education Rights Handbook's second edition - which we also designed

23/09/2022

Loadshedding tripped us up this week 😣 but we hobbled through...

1. Watch out for the ad we designed for Section27, it will be in this weekend's City Press.
2. Tomorrow the pink army from Modern ART for South Africa hits Thembisa with some groovy music, live graffiti and free treatment literacy materials.
3. We pushed out the urgent second edition of the State of Free State Health for the amazing Ritshidze clinic monitoring project.
4. Our big back up battery arrived, meaning we can now work through up to Stage 6 loadshedding! 🙌🏼

16/09/2022

The has kicked off in Johannesburg! We designed the logo and materials

01/08/2022

29/07/2022

We designed booth artwork for the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition's Make Medicines Affordable campaign, now up at the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal!

09/04/2021

The People Power Truth book by the Consortium to Promote Human Rights, Civic Freedoms and Media Development (CHARM) was delivered today! Edited by Anso Thom. We designed the book and website. Read it at peoplepowertruth.com

19/02/2021

Check out this Daily Maverick story by Nomatter Ndebele about the super cool graffiti walls we collaborated on with the amazing SenzArt 911!

Modern ART for South Africa HIV i-Base Treatment Action Campaign

South Africa’s antiretroviral therapy regimen has been upgraded to include the new drug dolutegravir, which has milder side effects for users. Now, SA’s Treatment Action Campaign has partnered with i-Base, a British HIV treatment activist charity, to create awareness about the new drug in Soweto...

29/01/2021

We laughed, we cried, we growled, we ate Boom Bars... it's been a busy week! Here is Elizna working on a new fun graffiti mural design about COVID-19 for the Modern ART for South Africa campaign. This week we also worked on an exciting new interactive section for trainers on the Modern ART website for HIV i-Base, a fact sheet about equitable access to lymphoma medicines for the Cancer Alliance, a policy brief on infrastructure financing for the Institute for Economic Justice, a logo for new coalition that will keep an eye on PEPFAR for Health GAP – and a super-cool anthology about media, civil society & human rights for Fojo Media Institute!

20/01/2021

CALL FOR DEDICATED REACT NATIVE DEVELOPER

We are looking for an excellent, dedicated React Native developer with an affinity for human rights to join the Modern ART for South Africa team (https://modernartforsouthafrica.co.za).

****The suitable person/small company will work on our basic new app about HIV treatment literacy in South Africa and other African countries that we want to improve and expand.
****You must have a proven track record in working in React Native, have experience with Android & iOs apps and deploying apps to the Google Play & Apple App Store.
****You will work closely with graphic designers, a WordPress developer, health rights NGOs and trainers in the HIV treatment field.
****You must be available for at least one year of intensive work as this is a retainer position on a long term project which will require fairly quick turn-around times.
****Commitment, teamwork, diligence and attention to detail is essential.
****You must be excellent with all things related to app development back-end – including the ability to recreate designs supplied in XD exactly, checking your own work, maintaining an orderly database, supplying user behaviour reports and linking with a mirror WordPress website.
****The project might continue after the initial year, and we are looking for a good fit with someone committed and innovative who will become an integral part of our team.
****A true passion for human rights will go a long way.

Please email a 1-2 page CV/company profile to [email protected], along with a paragraph on why you would want to join this project.

09/12/2020

We are super-super excited to see one of our designs for the amazing Modern ART for South Africa project being hand-painted on a wall in Soweto! 😍