Kazakhstan and Ukraine continue to develop cultural ties

On June 4, 2021, a representative of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Ukraine took part in the award ceremony and exhibition of the winners' works of the annual International Children's Drawing Competition on topic “Illustration for a Folk Tale", organized by the All-Ukrainian Charitable Foundation "Hope and Good" and the Kherson Educational and Aesthetic Complex "Art school".

3,405 artworks from 12 countries - Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, India, China, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey - were submitted for the competition. The jury, which includes artists from Bulgaria, the USA, and Ukraine, determined 30 winners, and 250 artists were awarded with diplomas of laureates.

94 drawings of children from Kazakhstan were presented in the competition, 2 of which became winners - the works of students of the Children's Art School "Zhuldyz" of the Education Department of the Akimat of the East Kazakhstan region - Auelkhan Osman, 8 years old, the work "Fight on the Kalinov Bridge" and Isaeva Yulia, 15 years old, work "The Fox and the Crane". The awards will be transferred by the Embassy to the Akimat of the East Kazakhstan region for further presentation to the winners of the competition.

The ceremony was attended by Head of the Charitable Foundation, ex-Minister of Ukraine for Family, Children and Youth Valentyna Dovzhenko, Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine Maryna Lazebna, representatives of the foreign diplomatic corps, etc. The event also included a discussion with the students of the Artek International Children's Center.

As a gift, the organizers of the competition were given the books "Collection of Kazakh folk tales "Bird of Happiness", published by the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Ukrainian.