All Island Children's Peace Art Competition

The All Island Children's Art Competition was organised by the Lions Club of Nugegoda Central together with the Origami Folders Association of Sri Lanka. The objective of the competition was to motivate creative talent of children in Sri Lanka, to enable them to enter the international arena in participating in the 21st Children's Peace Drawing Competition organized by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum of Japan.

The paintings received were displayed at an exhibition. From these entries, 250 paintings were selected and sent to Japan for the 21st Peace Drawing Competition, which will be held later this year.

A prize giving was held on September 9, 2006 at the New Town Hall Auditorium and awards were presented to the three winners in each of the two age groups, 7 - 10 years and 11 - 15 years.

In addition, ten outstanding entries in each group were also awarded prizes. Among the winners was Dilanthi De Tissera, from the Blind School, Ratmalana.