International NGO Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) (President: OSA Yukie) is
calling for poster designs for the purpose of educating refugees and displaced persons in regions where AAR operates about the dangers of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is currently raging across the world, as well as means of preventing infection and spread of COVID-19.
*Information is current as of July 31, 2020. Details may change in accordance with changes in the social situation, so please refer to our website for updates.
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Wishing you can see your loved ones soon.
Wishing their lives are saved.
Wishing the world is filled with a lot of smiles.
work example by KAGII Yasuhide
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Told “Don’t Come near Me” Just upon Their Faces Being Seen...
The refugee settlements in Africa’s Kenya and Uganda where many people who have evacuated from South Sudan are concentrated in appalling sanitary conditions; Bangladesh, which has become the place of refuge for Myanmar refugees; and the refugees and displaced persons from Syria who have escaped from Syria to its border with Turkey. The Turkish government is adopting successive COVID-19 countermeasures such as restricting people from going outside, but most of the information is provided in Turkish. No consideration is paid towards the Arabic-speaking Syrians. At the refugee settlements in Uganda where AAR is active some people have been told “don’t come near me” by teachers just for putting their heads out of the window.
We want to provide even a little amount of information about COVID-19 countermeasures to the refugees and evacuees in positions of weakness. This is something the Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan) has to do straight away. And it was with this in mind that we have started to solicit posters.
We are waiting for your ideas. We obviously welcome all donations, too. I truly hope that we can rely on your kind cooperation. YANASE Fusako (Chairperson, AAR Japan)
1. Application Guidelines
(1) Eligibility
Individuals or groups anywhere in the world (irrespective of age or region) who agree with the objectives of this project.
(2) Artwork theme
Poster artworks that promote understanding of the dangers of the COVID-19 and preventing infection and spread of COVID-19.
(3) Artwork rules
Although there are no restrictions on poster size, use of text, or creation methods, please be sure to comply with the submission method stated below.
(4) Submission Method
Poster artworks are to be submitted online.
(5) Awards and Special Cash Prizes
Best Poster Award 3 posters (Special cash prize: 300,000yen each)
Outstanding Poster Award 10 posters (Special cash prize: 100,000yen each)
Honorable Mention 20 posters (Special cash prize: 50,000yen each)
Encouragement Award 100 posters (Special cash prize: small amounts will be awarded)
2. Schedule
(1) Application Period
August 1, 2020 (Sat.) – October 3, 2020 (Sat.)
(2) Selection Period
Announcement of selection results: Late-October
(3) Awards Ceremony
TBD
(4) Exhibition Period in regions where AAR Japan operates
TBD
3. Judges
The poster artwork will be appraised by the following judges. (honorifics omitted.)
UEDA Keiko (Writer,Stage Director, Takarazuka Revue)
KOBAYASHI Yasuo (Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
(contemporary philosophy,formative culture studies))
ONUKI Yasuhide (ex-Director General of Europe)
SATO Kashiwa (Creative director)
Vu Dang Khoi (Physician; former Vietnamese refugee)
YO Shomei (Artist, picture book author)
YANASE Fusako (Chairperson, AAR Japan)
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Hosted
International NGO
Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan)
5．Supported by
Support 21 Social Welfare Foundation
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Sponsored by
Rolex (Japan) Limited
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Inquiries
Association for Aid and
Relief, Japan (AAR Japan)
7F Mizuho Building, 2-12-2 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0021
Contact Person: YOSHIZAWA Yuki,TAKAGI Takumi
Toll free number: 0120-786-746
Tel:
03-5423-4511 Fax:03-5423-4450
10:00-18:00 (from Mondays to Saturdays) (Closed Sundays and public holidays)
Email: aar_art@aarjapan.gr.jp
| “You might become infected without realizing,” “Wear
a mask and wash your hands.” The AAR staff members are conducting a study group
for local people. (Meheba former refugee resettlement area, Zambia) |
Since April 2020, through its offices in Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Uganda, Kenya and Zambia, AAR has been making emergency responses by pursuing the distribution of sanitary goods and food, along with hygiene education and the provision of information to refugees and households with members with disabilities. AAR also implements support within Japan.
See our activity reports on COVID-19
