This morning, the Regional Office for Protection and Rescue of Dubrovnik, with the patronage of the Municipality of Ston, organized an exhibition of works by children and youth from the entire Dubrovnik-Neretva County, as part of the Competition for Artistic, Literary, and Photographic Works by Children and Youth on the Theme of Disasters and the Strength of the Civil Protection System, held at the Rector\u2019s palace in Ston.<\/p>\n
For the seventh year in a row, the State Administration for Protection and Rescue has been organizing the competition with the aim of raising students' awareness about the risks of disasters. The themes of the works were related to natural and technological disasters in Croatia and around the world, as well as the actions of the civil protection system and emergency services.<\/p>\n
During the opening of the exhibition, an award ceremony was held to honour the best works at the county level. The youngest participants who received awards were children from county kindergartens: Lora Kukuljica (\u0160katulica Kindergarten), Nikola Bulum (Metkovi\u0107 Kindergarten), and Patricija Dropuli\u0107 (Sta\u0161evica Branch Kindergarten). In the category of art works by students up to the fourth grade of elementary schools, the winners were Maroje Ma\u0161kovi\u0107 from \u017dupa Dubrova\u010dka Elementary School, Petra Cvjetanovi\u0107 from Ston Elementary School, and Petra Milo\u0161evi\u0107 from the Montovjerna Branch of the Kanaveli\u0107 Elementary School. Among the older elementary school students, awards were given to Ivana Tolj from the Orebi\u0107 Elementary School, and Marija Penjak and Vito Favro from the Petra Kanaveli\u0107 Elementary School in Kor\u010dula.<\/p>\n
In the category of literary works by students in the lower grades of elementary schools, the winners were Nika Alamat, Marina Aleti\u0107, and Bruna Bukvi\u0107, all fourth-grade students of the Montovjerna Branch Elementary School. In the category of literary works by students in the final grades of elementary schools, the winners were Nika Matana from Lapad Elementary School, Ilia Letuni\u0107 from Gruda Elementary School, and Martina Radi\u0107 from Ston Elementary School.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, this year high school students did not participate in the category of photographic works, and there were no literary works from students in schools with special educational needs. However, among the numerous artistic works by students with special educational needs, the winners were Frane Markota from Don Mihovil Pavlinovi\u0107 Elementary School in Metkovi\u0107, as well as Ana Vatri\u0107 and Tomislav \u0110ura\u0161 from Gruda Elementary School.<\/p>\n
Ana Mili\u010di\u0107, head of the Regional Office for Protection and Rescue of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, said more on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition, whose authors are the youngest from older preschool age to the final grades of primary and secondary schools.<\/p>\n
- Thank you to the municipality of Ston as the sponsor of the exhibition and event, and equally thank you to all the participants of the competition who send us more and more works every year. This year, too, we had a very difficult task to choose the best from a total of 247 submitted art and literary works. But it's no secret that the choice was ungrateful because we found each work beautiful in a special way, and that's why we organize final exhibitions in the territory of our county in order to present the wealth of expression of our young fellow citizens to the general public - said Mili\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n
You can see the gallery of pictures from the exhibition at the link.<\/p>\n