Painting/Poster Competition on Chemicals Impacts on Environment and Children Health - Beware of Mercury

Inter-School Painting/Poster Competition (Rawalpindi, Islamabad) on Chemicals Impacts on Environment and Children Health – Beware of Mercury

 

Greetings from the Sustainable Development Policy Institute!

 

Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) is an independent policy think tank that provides advice to public, private and voluntary organizations and undertakes policy-oriented research and advocacy. SDPI was founded in August 1992 on recommendation of Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS), approved by the then federal cabinet.

 

SDPI is pleased to announce a Paintings/poster competition on "Chemicals Impacts on Environment and Children Health – Beware of Mercury" and request nominations/entries from brilliant students of your institute. The last date for submission of entries is 10^th October, 2013.

 

The competition seeks to raise awareness on negative effects of chemicals especially mercury on environment and health. We anticipate that the contest would lead to greater understanding and support for minimizing chemicals production and use (especially mercury) for protection of environment, healthy living and sustainable development. For background information to help conceptualize ideas for  painting/poster an article by Sadaf Nawaz is also enclosed with. 

 

The painting/poster competition is targeted at two levels: junior level (class 5^th – 8^th) and senior  level (class 9^th – 12^th, including O & A levels students). Following are the few brief rules for competition.

 

Rules

·         Posters must have creativity, original artwork and ideas.

·         Posters should not be mounted on mat board.

·         Participants may use any type of media, such as water color, crayon, color pencil, etc.

·         Computer clip art, pictures from magazines and other print media, or any other copyrighted brand or product images will not be accepted.

·         The competition is limited to schools/ colleges located in Rawalpindi/ Islamabad.

·         Participants must provide complete information such as Full Name, Guardian Name, Age, Grade/Class, Name of School, and Address.

·         Decision of the panel of judges constituted by SDPI would be final who may also recommend not to award a prize/prizes in view of lack of quality or inadequate number of entries.

 

 

Prizes

·         Winners of 1st, 2^nd & 3^rd best entries would get monetary awards of Rs.5000, Rs.3000 and Rs2.000 for Senior and Junior level both, respectively along with SDPI publications, meritorious award certificates and group photograph. 

·         All painting/poster presenters will receive a letter of thanks, and participation certificate. 

 

The painting/poster must reach, by October 10, 2013, to  either of Ms. Sadia Sharif or Ms. Mehreen Bano, Policy Advocacy and Outreach, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) at our contact given below (who may also be contacted for any clarification/ further information regarding this competition).

 

We look forward to your response.

 

 

Thank you.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sadia Sharif                                                                           Mehreen Bano

Policy Advocacy and Outreach                                       Policy Advocacy and Outreach                        

Sustainable Development Policy Institute                Sustainable Development Policy Institute          

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