Ashraf AboArafe
The UN representative in Egypt gave a speech today concerned with COVID19 as follows:
Dear Colleagues,
COVID-19 has presented a host of new challenges for parents and guardians of young children, the majority of whom are out of school. Yet confinement can also be an opportunity – for learning, creativity and discovery.
To encourage this creativity, UNESCO is inviting children between ages 6 and 12 to draw a UNESCO World Heritage site that matters to them, from now until 17 May 2020. This could be a World Heritage site in their own community, a memory from a recent family vacation, or a place they saw in a book, movie or TV show. To learn more about the stories behind each World Heritage site, you may wish to explore the World Heritage List on the UNESCO website.
UNESCO will be exhibiting a selection of these drawings, chosen for their artistry, originality and diversity, on the UNESCO website.
Entries require parental or guardian consent and must be shared through their Instagram account on behalf of the participating child. To be eligible, the Instagram account through which the entries are published MUST be set as ‘Public’ so that they are visible to UNESCO.
