Angelina Jolie invites you to Washington, DC, on World Refugee Day

April 7, 2009

Dear Educator,

UNHCR will sponsor its World Refugee Day poster contest, under the continued patronage of UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie. The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 15, 2009.

Angelina Jolie will present an award to winners at the World Refugee Day ceremony on June 18, 2009, in Washington, DC. Winning posters will be exhibited at the National Geographic Museum. 

Elementary, middle and high school students are invited to design a poster around the theme Real People, Real Needs.

"Refugees are the most vulnerable people on earth. Every day they are fighting to survive. They deserve our respect. Think about what you would need to survive as a refugee.  How would you want people to treat you?  Design a poster using your imagination and creativity to show how we can help refugees.” - Angelina Jolie

Posters should creatively illustrate what life is like for the millions of refugee children who flee their home countries due to war, persecution and human rights violations.

Read the full poster contest description and download the entry form.

A young girl from Luuq, southern Somalia. Although war is traumatizing for refugee children, many are quite resilient.

UNHCR/P. Wiggers