Please find above the Prezi presentation made for the award ceremony for the WHO Lead Poisoning Week of Action. We have put a lot of effort into this slideshow so we hope that you’ll enjoy it.

LEAD Group President Elizabeth O’Brien was delighted to hand out 29 of the 44 prizes in the 2014 Volcano Art Prize yesterday at the Award Ceremony at Hampden Park Public School in Lakemba in Sydney’s west. It was the only Australian event to mark the World Health Organisation’s 2nd International Lead Poisoning Awareness Week of Action – a week instigated by Elizabeth O’Brien. See Elizabeth’s President’s Report to read of the Group’s achievements in FY 2014 and check out the beautiful artworks from art teacher Alice Ju and the students at Hampden Park.

Left to right (age in brackets): Fatima Syed (9), Zahra Naisa Lativa (8), Izzah Hussain (8), Raita Islam (8), Leyanna Flaifel (8), Abdur Rehman (8) and Leonard Carey (9). Photo: Anna Muraoka

Above is a photo of six of the winners with Elizabeth in the background holding up ‘Lava Bird’ by Meerab Imran (11). Her lead safety message is: “Protect our birds from the dangers of lead.” I would like to congratulate the winners once again and encourage you to submit your entry for next year’s VAP as soon as possible. This event was also part of The LEAD Group’s celebrations for LSW’s one year anniversary. The calendar can now be purchased at our calendar page (with full preview) or at the LSW store.

It’s easy to enter & there’s a $500 People’s Choice Prize
See the slideshow Volcano Art Prize (VAP) Made Easy – How to Create a Winner, at https://volcanoartprize.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/VAP-made-easy Enter your landscape orientation graphic or very short film, tell your friends to like your entry, and order your calendars at:     
www.volcanoartprize.com
ENTRY DEADLINE FOR 2014 IS Monday the 25th of AUGUST!

What are the 44 prizes?

• The entry which gets the most Facebook “LIKES” wins the People’s Choice prize: $500 cash! and is printed on the front cover of the Lead-Safe World Calendar for the next year’s competition
• 13 entries chosen by the VAP judge win a place in the next year’s Calendar, plus 5 copies of the Calendar they’re in.
• 30 entries chosen by the VAP judge win a Pictureproducts mug (ceramic or thermal plastic) printed with their own graphic.

Examples of great images with excellent lead-safety messages:

I am writing to tell you about The LEAD Group’s Volcano Art Prize (VAP) which has just opened for entries from anyone anywhere in the world. Sponsored by a global environment group and health promotion charity, The LEAD Group Inc, entry to the prize is FREE for children and for adults in non-OECD countries. Entrants over the age of 18 in OECD countries only pay AU$10 to enter.

The judge for the competition is the renowned artist and art teacher Julian Wrigley.”

For more information about VAP go to www.volcanoartprize.com

Please forward through this message to anyone you think may be interested. We would love it if you could send it to any school contacts you may have so we can get kids involved with the competition.

Get creating!