Littlies share their ‘he-art’ with Ethelbert
More than 300 entries were received for the non-profit organisation's colouring in competition.
ENTRIES for the Ethelbert Child and Youth Care Centre’s colouring competition, which was printed in the Highway Mail, poured in from across the greater Durban area. With so many entries, an art expert was called in to judge and four winners were chosen.
The director of the NPO, Vanessa Theophilus, said the colouring competition was launched as a way to celebrate and showcase two of their past residents as well as garner publicity for the empowering work the centre does.
“We really wanted something that could get children and their parents involved,” she smiled.
Each child needed to colour in a picture of the Easter bunny and more than 300 entries were received.
Sharde Osborne, a former art educator at Queensburgh Girls’ High School who now works at Danville Park Girls High School, was called in to judge the numerous submissions.
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She has worked in various fields, has travelled the world in a bid to experience different cultures and life until she ultimately reached the realisation that teaching was the vocation she wanted to pursue.
This lead her homeward bound. Art has always been a part of her life and, to be able to share that, is a joy.
“Engaging with young people and working towards a greater future for them is something that brings me joy, and teaching art gives me a space to work with young people in a way that brings out parts of themselves they didn’t know existed,” she said.
Sharde’s ties to Ethelbert Child and Youth Care Centre began while she was still an educator at QGHS and taking on the role as a judge in the competition for her was an easy ‘yes’.
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