In anticipation of the World Refugee Day the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the Center for Children and Adolescents “Evrika” held a republican contest of children’s works of arts “We live under the one Sun”. The organizing committee received more than 1600 children’s drawings, posters, essays and poems from all regions of the Republic of Belarus. Children reflected their vision of the refugee problem in their works. Through the participation in the contest children have learned about the problems refugees face in their live, and that teaches them to be tolerant, merciful. When students learn the tragic fates of refugees, they begin to estimate the peaceful atmosphere in their native country.
On June 10, 2010 at 11.00 the grand opening ceremony of the exhibition of children works “We live under the one Sun”, devoted to the World Refugee Day, took place in the National Museum of History of the Republic of Belarus (K. Marks str., 12). Sholeh Safavi, Representative of the High Commissioner for Refugees UN Office in the Republic of Belarus, representatives of the Ministry of Education, heads of national communities, the children whose works were recognized as the best, creative teams of the Center for Children and Adolescents «Evrika» participated in the opening ceremony.
100 best works will be exhibited from 10 to 16 June in the National Museum of History of the Republic of Belarus. After that, children's work will be exhibited at the Vitebsk Regional Museum (Vitebsk, Lenina str., 36), then in the Museum of the city of Gomel (Gomel, Pushkin str., 32).