Children can participate in the contest by writing a short-story or making a short-film or draw a picture on Sheikh Zayed’s achievements and highlighting his humanitarian role at the Arab and international levels … reports Asian Lite News.
The Children’s City of Dubai Municipality has launched Year of Zayed Competition for children, under the slogan, “Zayed, We Will Follow Your Path.” Children can participate in the contest by writing a short-story or making a short-film or draw a picture on Sheikh Zayed’s achievements and highlighting his humanitarian role at the Arab and international levels.
As per the terms and conditions of the competition, the short-story should not exceed three pages, the length of the short-film should not exceed 10 minutes and the picture size must be in A3 paper (colored or not colored) with any type of drawing or coloring tools.
The participant must follow the Children’s City page on Facebook, “childrencitydxb” and the child or anybody on his or her behalf should upload one of these works on their Facebook account and put mention @childrencitydxb with hashtag #yearofzayed_childrencity.
The target age group is children from 8 to 15 years and the deadline for accepting entries is 21 October 2018.
“The aim of the initiative is to enhance the place of late Sheikh Zayed locally and internationally as a symbol of patriotism,” said Naila Al Mansouri, Head of Children’s City.
She said the move is in continuation of the various activities carried out by the departments and institutions of the country in general and the Dubai Municipality in particular on the occasion of the Year of Zayed, in order to highlight his role in the establishment and building up of the UAE, in addition to his local and global achievements.
“It also aims to instill in the minds of children respect and appreciation to Sheikh Zayed’s personality, principles and values as an example of one of the world’s greatest and most inspirational leaders, and the promotion of the love of the nation and the leader in the hearts of children as well as the development of creative skills for children in the consolidation of all noble concepts and adopting them in their personal lives,” said Al Mansouri.