The results of the All-Ukrainian children's drawing competition "Zoological Gallery," organized by the National Ecological and Naturalistic Center for Student Youth of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, have been summarized.
The competition brought together young artists from all over the country around an important theme – caring for the animal world. The organizing committee received over 800 creative works, in which children expressed their vision of the beauty and uniqueness of biodiversity, calling to protect nature through the language of art.
Participants of the regional stage submitted two works dedicated to the depiction of birds and mammals that inhabit both Ukraine and beyond. As a result of the competition, five students from educational institutions in Donetsk region became winners and prize-winners at the All-Ukrainian level, receiving certificates for I, II, and III places from the NENC.
1st place
- Daria Synyak, a student of the Donetsk Regional Ecological and Naturalistic Center – "In the Embrace of Grass" (supervisor Olena Malanych)
2nd place
- Arina Porokhnya, an 8th-grade student of the Zoryanske ZZSО named after P.S. Dubrivny of the Illinivska village council – "Fox" (supervisor Olena Dekanenko);
- Daria Synyak, DONEC – "View from the Jungle" (supervisor Olena Malanych);
- Varvara Simakova, a student of Kostiantynivskyi ZZSО No. 5 – "Red Beauty" (supervisor Viktoriia Karahicheva);
- Alina Tsyhanok, a student of ZZSО No. 9 of the Toretska City VCA – "Daisies Bloom in October" (supervisor Liudmyla Sorokina).
3rd place
- Anna Pavlenko, a student of Bakhmut School No. 10 – "Silence of the Savannah at Sunset" (supervisor Nataliia Berezovska).
We sincerely congratulate our winners and thank each participant for their significant contribution to the formation of ecological consciousness through art.
May this bright "Zoological Gallery" of children's hearts continue to inspire good deeds and the protection of Ukraine's living nature!