The Global Fund for Children (GFC) has announced a photo competition for young budding photographers and filmmakers between the ages of 16 and 24 related to project Rise. The participants can send photo entries and/or one 1-minute video representing the biggest issue that adolescent girls face in their community, with a maximum 50-word description of the issue. All entries will be evaluated by GFC’s expert judge, and the top ones will be put on their Facebook page for extensive Facebook network to vote on. The photographs and videos that receive the most “likes” will be the winners.
Theme:
The theme of Project Rise is “What is the biggest issue that adolescent girls face in your community?” In association with Global Fund for Children’s Grassroots Girls Initiative Fellowship, Project Rise is creating a platform for talented young people to speak up and help sensitize people around the world to the kinds of issues adolescent girls face in different regions of the world. The participants can reach out to the world through art.
Winners:
The winners will get the opportunity for their work to be displayed at the global level. They will also get a chance to win a cash prize of up to $100!
Submission process:
Each individual is allowed to send in one entry. The entry can be either one photograph, one video, or one photograph and one video. Multiple entries in the same category are not allowed.
Voting procedure:
If your entry is selected as one of the top entries, you will be informed by email and your entry will be put on The Global Fund for Children’s Facebook page. The entire online network will be welcome to vote on the entries. You can also involve your own networks to vote on your entries.
Last date for submission of entry is September 2, 2011
For more information and details, you can visit this link.
