Artist: Joshua Fatsea
Age: 10
School Name: Creative Einstein
Lead-safety Message: Protect pets by testing your soil for lead at a lab. In Australia, you can test at a lab via a LEAD Group Kit from www.leadsafeworld.com/shop
Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.
Artist: Joshua Fatsea
Age: 10
School Name: Creative Einstein
Lead-safety Message: They are threatened due to habitat destruction and degradation as they are particularly sensitive to pollution and climate change. Stop burning their Central American rainforests to grow beef!
Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.
Artist: Joshua Fatsea
Age: 10
School Name: Creative Einstein
Lead-safety Message: On Earth, volcanoes spew lead dust and fumes because lead is in Earth’s core but other planets and moons in our solar system are lead-free as far as we know.
Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.
Artist: Shitemi Owen
School Name: University of Nairobi
Lead-safety Message: This cake symbolises the successful work of University of Nairobi Chemistry Students Association and Basco Paints of raising lead poisoning awareness and introducing lead-free paints to Kenya.
Description of Work: The cake has logos of the sponsors of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action (ILPPWA) 2022 that included the University of Nairobi, University of Nairobi Chemistry Students Association and Basco Paints. It was 10 years anniversary icon from World Health Organization and a symbol of Ban Lead Paints.
Artist: John Spencer Onyango
School Name: University of Nairobi
Lead-safety Message: Dr Faridah Were and the Chemistry Students Association of University of Nairobi work cooperatively with Basco Paints to spread the message that lead kills and lead paint must be banned in Kenya and globally.
URL of a short film: https://youtu.be/QnKfHzlLskY
Description of Work: The video was taken during the 10th International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action (ILPPWA) from 23rd-29th October 2022. It details the activities that took place during the week. It was focused on enhancing the efforts towards elimination of lead in paints.
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