Ukrainian Speleological Association (UkrSA), the Editors board of the UkrSA “The Light” magazine and UkrSA Commission "Children and Caves" invite young artists to take part in
the 4th International Contest of Kid’s Drawing "Caves in the Eyes of our Children".

Contest will be held in the following age categories: up to 6 years, 7-9 years, 10-12 years, 13 years and older.

We are looking forward to your work from March 15 to April 15, 2016. Jury decision will be taken by April 24. Prizes and diplomas will be sent to the winners by mail.

The terms of the contest are available on the Childandcave website: http://childandcave.org.ua/index.php/en/condition

Please, send your kid's drawings to the following e-mail address: speleoukraine[@]gmail.com. Indicate "Contest of Kid’s Drawing" in the title.

UkrSA is an all-Ukrainian public organization of Ukrainian cavers. One of the activities of UkrSA is to work with children. An introduction to caving, trips, expeditions is an effective means of educating children and youth.

Since 2013, the UkrSA Commission "Children and caves" and speleological magazine "The Light" (published by the Ukrainian Speleological Association) successfully held the International Contest of Kid’s Drawing "Caves in the eyes of our children". During these years the competition was attended by 338 children from 18 countries (Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Hungary, Romania, China, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, India, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Sri Lanka, Serbia , Malaysia), who sent 388 drawings. All images posted on the website of the UkrSA Commission "Children and caves", and the winners are published in "The Light" magazine.

Visit the Childandcaves website to enjoy remarkable artworks of children about caves: 
http://childandcave.org.ua/index.php/en/

Olga Shamanskaya, the UkrSA Executive Secretary, on behalf of the Contest's Organizing Committee