If you were a superhero, how would you imagine yourself?
We ask children in hospital this question. Then we make their answer real.
Their answers
Every hero starts with a child’s answer.
Children at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, 2015. Tap to hear them.
It starts with a drawing
An illustrator sits with each child and draws the hero they describe.
The name, the powers, the colors and the story all come from the child. As far as they know, the drawing is the gift.
What they don’t see
Behind the scenes, the drawing becomes a real Supersuit.
Designers and makers cut, sew and fit it to the child. A photographer and a film crew get ready for the day they wear it.
The reveal
This is how Retaj imagined herself.
This is ReFroze.
Superhope turns children with cancer into the superheroes they imagine, to boost their positive mental attitude. Their imagination led the transformation.
After the reveal
After experiencing such a Superhope, we see a new lease of life in the children. If someone's able to willingly engage in something because their mood is better, it also means their recovery is significantly better too.
Nurse Manager, Butterfly Ward, Great Ormond Street Hospital
The easy thing would be a costume of a superhero everyone already knows. Every Supersuit here started as a child’s own idea, so the hero they become is theirs.
I do think that a project like Superhope should be in every hospital as an integral part of our care.
Consultant Paediatric Oncologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital
The Superheroes
35 Superheroes so far, each one designed by the child who became it.
ReFroze
Super Retaj · 2018
Turns everything around her into a winter wonderland.
The Light
Super Maddie · 2015
Turns the lights back on.
Kicker
Super Omar · 2014
Kicks a ball from any distance and always scores.
ButterFly
Super Latifa · 2018
Flies, and calls a swarm of butterflies with one clap.
DarkGadget
Super Hamad · 2018
Indestructible shield technology.
Violet
Super Dania · 2014
A wand that makes everything more beautiful.
Super Flash
Super Armaan · 2015
Runs as fast as lightning.
Flowergirl
Super Aysha · 2018
Flower power.
Where
Five campaigns in four hospitals, across three countries.
Your turn
If you were a superhero, how would you imagine yourself?
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