As a result, our children have the eyes of adults, but we, as grown-ups, must warm every child's heart with love and care. As a mother of three, I understand this very well. Children are our future, and thus the future of our country. They motivate, inspire, and encourage us to strive for better. Therefore, today we, along with the volunteers from "Hope," presented the young winners of the drawing competition with gifts — vitamin complexes and new backpacks.

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This was announced by Vita Prisyazhnyuk, co-founder of the charitable foundation for youth initiative "Hope." She, together with the volunteers, participated in the award ceremony for the authors of the best works.

The competition was held with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine as part of the European Union's "Green Recovery for Ukraine" program.

Among 2,524 participants from across Ukraine aged 2 to 18, 25 winners were recognized, along with 6 holders of special distinction marks and 162 laureates of additional distinction marks. The celebration at the National Library of Ukraine for Children was attended by winners from Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Kyiv, and Cherkasy regions, along with their families and friends.

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During the event, young performers from the vocal group "Harmony" of the Shevchenkivsky District Children's Creativity House in Kyiv, under the artistic direction of Larysa Krayukhina, performed.

Alla Hordiienko, the General Director of the National Library for Children, expressed gratitude in her congratulatory speech to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and partners for the opportunity to today organize a small celebration for the children and noted: "The results of the competition clearly show that a child's perspective on the green recovery of Ukraine serves as a guide for adults… And most importantly, children are also ready to join this work… I believe that such competitions not only develop a child's aesthetic taste but also engage them in the important task of protecting their native nature and, subsequently, their land. I hope that the competition has helped you, young artists, to feel the significance of restoring the environment devastated by war."

The exhibition of creative works will take place at the National Library of Ukraine for Children until November 17. Subsequently, the works will be moved to the office of the UN Representation in Ukraine.

Organizers: National Library of Ukraine for Children, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine (OSCE SPU), with participation from the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management, the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Association of Library Workers for Children, the public organization "INPOLIT," and the Charitable Foundation for the Development of the National Library of Ukraine for Children.

Representatives of the competition organizers also came to congratulate and award the children:

Pier Carlo Sanday – Senior Programme Officer of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP);

Oksana Kozachok - Assistant to the Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management, People's Deputy of Ukraine Yelena Kryvoruchkina;

Alexander Fedorenko – Head of the Organizational Activities Department of the State Environmental Inspection of Ukraine;

Iryna Kramarenko – Head of the public organization "INPOLIT." ‎<This message has been edited>