Healthy
River, Happy Children!!
Are you a young photographer/photo enthusiast?
Are you concerned about the decaying health of Rivers
of Odisha?
Are you worried about our children not getting healthy
Rivers to play and groom their childhood?
If answer to the above questions is YES, then you are
invited to participate in a FIRST of its kind photo contest for young
photographers interested to capture the relationship between Rivers and our
Children.
Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO), in collaboration with Photophilics
International (PI) invite young photographers of Odisha to participate in a
photographic contest as per the following terms and conditions:
1. The
photographs should capture the relationship that children of the state of
Odisha share with the Rivers of Odisha. The contest centres around the theme
“Healthy River, Happy Children”.
2. The
photographs should be able to show: i. the joys and happiness of children in
relation to Rivers; ii. The impact of pollution on Rivers and related impacts
over children; and iii. Initiatives taken up by individuals or
organisations/groups to save Rivers that has helped develop relationship of
Children with Rivers.
3. The
participants must be in the age group of 15 – 40.
4. The
photographs will only be accepted in print copies of size 12-18.
5. A
photographer can submit a maximum of 4 photograph under each of the three
themes described above in Point 2.
6. A
photographer can chose to submit photos on any/all themes. Each photo should
have the following details in a separate piece of paper: a. Name, b. Age, c.
Sex, d. Complete postal address with cell phones and email ids, e. Theme under
which a particular photo is submitted and f. Title/Caption for the photo, if
any.
7. The
photographer must enclose envelops with suitable postage stamp for return of
the photos. The organisers will not be
responsible for any damage of the pictures in transit.
8. The
photographs can be edited but in a minimum manner.
9. The
photograph must be the original work of the photographer. Any disputes raising out of the photographs
shall be the liability of the photographer and not the organizers.
10. WIO &
PI will have the right to exhibit the photos selected with proper
acknowledgement.
11. The
winners will be intimated over phone/email id.
12. While
winners of First, Second and Third positions will get Prizes/cash rewards, all
participants will get Certificates.
13. There is
no participation fees.
14. Participation will not necessarily guarantee
awards and the organizers will not be liable for any explanations for
rejections of any photograph.
15. The
photographs should be sent in sealed envelopes with appropriate
protection. The envelopes should be
superscribed with “Photos for ‘Healthy Rivers, Happy Children’ competition’, and
should be sent to the following address:
Photophilics International
C/o: Hotel Sujata, V. S. S. Marg, Sambalpur – 768 001,
Odisha, INDIA.
Cell numbers: +91-9437060727/9437050103
16. LAST DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES: 10th JUNE, 2013.
For further details, contact:
Ranjan Panda, Convenor, WIO. Cell: +91-94370-50103. Email:
ranjanpanda@gmail.com
Shaswat Padhi, President, PI. Cell: +91-94370-60727. Email:
shaswat.p@gmail.com
This photo contest is part of a larger campaign that
aims at building a healthy relationship between the urban communities and
Rivers/Water Bodies. Several Organisations and Individuals have come forward to
be part of this campaign. A few to name
are: ONE DROP, Bakul Foundation, Yuva Udayan, Nadi Ghati Morcha
(Raipur), Hotel Sujata and Sakshi Handlooms.
Anyone concerned about health of Rivers and interested to be a part of
this campaign may please contact Ranjan Panda, Convenor, WIO at the above email
id/mobile number.
Its appreciable,after all we all related with nature. river has an important role directly or indirectly with our daily life.children are not getting a healthy river environment as we were getting earlier.pollution rate is so high,if we not try to check it,we will completely loss our river culture.
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