Year 5 and 6 students from across Wyndham are being encouraged to enter this year’s Rotary Club of Wyndham Harbour Peace Writing Competition.
The annual competition enocurages students in years 5 and 6 – or equvilavent home-schooled – to think about peace.
The theme for this year’s competition is ‘Your Peace-maker Hero’.
Children are asked to look around their community and identify a person whom they believe creates or maintains peace, think about how the person achieves that, and write about it.
In a statement, Rotary Club of Wyndham Harbour said the world has seen many turbulent changes in recent times, with major wars happening or the threat of war looming in several parts of the globe.
“Peace is a desirable state of affairs for most of us. However, achieving peace is not easy. How does one work towards peace and how does one build conditions that are conducive to peace? These are important questions, and the answers may begin with creating peace in our own environment,” the Rotary club said.
“One of Rotary International’s seven main focus areas is peacebuilding and conflict resolution. The aim of this competition is to encourage young people to think about such issues and express their ideas.”
The Peace Writing Competition is free to enter and a range of prizes are on offer. The first prise winner will receive $250, with $150 going to second prize and $100 up for grabs for third prize.
Entries are due by Friday, July 25.
Details: rotarywyndhamharbour.org.au/content/1671/peace-essay-competition-2025 or projects@rotarywyndhamharbour.org.au
