25 January 2019
The winners of the “Superheroes for Super Goals” comic sketches competition were announced yesterday in Minsk at National Sustainable Development Forum. The competition has been launched in September 2018 with the goal of involving young people in the Sustainable Development Goals agenda.
The competition took place from September to November 2018, with schoolchildren and students from all over Belarus participating with their works about the SDGs and revealing their vision of the Goals’ significance to Belarus.
The work of Renata Sivakova (13 years old), the student of the State Educational Institution “Povyatskaya Nursery-Kindergarten — Secondary School” has scored the third place of the competition. Her superheroine is Mrs. SDGs, which personifies all 17 Goals. In the comic, she goes to the places that lack clean water. She uses her superpowers to help suffering villagers to cope with a monster that pollutes water. The second place was taken by Maxim Morozov (19 years old), a student of the Grodno State University named after Yanka Kupala, Faculty of Art and Design. Maxim’s superhero is Ales Zhurka, a young guy with a fashionable haircut in a traditional superhero costume. But instead of the cape Ales Zhurka is wearing crane wings, a symbol of unity with the nature of Belarus. Ales Zhurka helps Belarus achieve Goal #2 (End Hunger) by creating a machine that gathers grain and bakes bread right away; gives super effective lessons, helping to achieve Goal #4 (Quality Education). Superhero also has the ability to teach any profession in 2.5 minutes, aiding in the realization of Goal #8 (Decent Work). Clean water and energy Ales Zhurka are also under the personal control of a superhero.
The first place was taken by Anna Kovetskaya (14 years old), a student of the State Educational Institution “Minsk High School No. 210”. Anna’s superhero — Tsuravik, the spirit of the Belarusian swamps. He loves nature and takes care of it, scavenging and cleaning water from pollution. In his free time, Tsuravik writes books about the importance of protecting our nature.
All the winners were awarded diplomas and memorable gifts in a solemn ceremony on the Forum’s stage.
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the participants for the bright and impressive works!
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