Drawing a New Future

The Commander of EUFOR Major General Bernard Bair with children from “Silvije Strahimir Kranjcevic” school in Sarajevo.

The Commander of EUFOR Major General Bernard Bair was delighted to visit “Silvije Strahimir Kranjcevic” school in Sarajevo and “Jovan Ducic” school in East Sarajevo on Friday 11 March 2011 in support of the EUFOR Schools’ Competition.  This year’s competition has two themes: “Europe without Borders” and “Children of the European Union”.  
This is the fourth year that EUFOR has organised an art competition for the school children of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Already, nearly 300 Schools across the country have signed up to participate in this year’s competition. The children have been asked to produce a drawing or painting, design a poster, draw a comic strip or, with a group of friends, produce a photo essay.

The Commander of EUFOR Major General Bernard Bair with children from “Jovan Ducic” school in East Sarajevo.

The competition is open to all those at school between the ages of 6 and 18. The winners of this year’s competition can look forward to receiving such prizes as trips abroad, computers and cameras. All the prizes have been donated by the international community within BiH.
Gen Bair said: “This competition provides the youth of Bosnia and Herzegovina an opportunity to express their hopes for their nation to join the European Union. EUFOR will continue to work tirelessly to provide a safe and secure environment so that this can happen.”    
The full details of the competition are available on the EUFOR website (www.euforbih.org) or through the Facebook page.

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