19 January 2024 UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is extending its 27th Annual Student Contest on the theme “We are all on the same team” until 23 February 2024.
This year’s contest invites children to express their creative views on the transformative power of sport in changing people’s lives and communities around the world. Sport, recognized as a fundamental human right, not only contributes to physical and mental health, but also serves as a powerful catalyst for social cohesion, sustainable development and peace. For forcibly displaced people, particularly refugee children and youth, sport becomes a tool to overcome traumatic experiences and integrate into their new societies. Students at all school levels (Kindergarten, Primary School, Junior High School, High School), including refugee students attending reception classes and non-formal education centres can participate in the contest through sketches, posters or comics. The evaluation committee of the contest consists of representatives from the Hellenic Olympic Committee, the Hellenic Theatre/Drama and Education Network, the Network for Children’s Rights, UNRIC – the UN Regional Information Centre (Office for Greece), Athens Comics Library and UNHCR. In addition, Sofia Bekatorou, double Olympic medalist, Ibrahim Al Hussein, Paralympic athlete from Syria and Popi Kyrdi, teacher and head of the Cultural Programmes at the Primary Education Directorate of A’ Athens, will take part in the evaluation process. Awarded entries will receive as gifts ethically manufactured footballs and activity trackers, while all participants will receive commemorative diplomas for their participation. Entries to the Contest can be submitted online until 23 February 2024 through the dedicated webpage: https://www.unhcr.org/gr/student-contest-23.
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