Meet the winners of our “Hope away from home” Youth Art Contest
Meet the winners of our “Hope away from home” Youth Art Contest
The five winners with their designs.
The five best designs on the theme “Hope away from Home” will be turned into a collection of graphic t-shirts by our global partner UNIQLO, available for sale in 2024 to raise funds for people forced to flee. Over 4,000 young artists from refugee and host communities joined the art contest worldwide. The full list of winners, star awards and special mentions can be found here.
![Switzerland. 2023 UNHCR x UNIQLO Youth With Refugees Art Contest](/sites/default/files/RF1319976.jpg "Afya, a 14-year-old from the USA, designed one of the five winning entries in the 2023 Youth with Refugees Art Contest. "The heart-shaped paper airplane is from someone important. When someone receives it on the other side of the globe, they will be hopeful and optimistic as a result of getting a little love while being away from home."")
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“A little love from home” – Afya, 14, USA
"The heart-shaped paper airplane is from someone important. When someone receives it on the other side of the globe, they will be hopeful and optimistic as a result of getting a little love while being away from home."
![Switzerland. 2023 UNHCR x UNIQLO Youth With Refugees Art Contest](/sites/default/files/RF1319978.jpg "Asifiwe, a 14-year-old refugee from Burundi resettled to the USA, designed one of the five winning entries in the 2023 Youth with Refugees Art Contest. "My friends are a source of strength and hope for me. We may be separate but I am sure we're together in heart and that our memories will continue to live on.”")
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“Friend code” – Asifiwe, 14, Burundi/USA
"My drawing is a picture of my friend group from when I lived in Burundi. We all follow our friend code that says: ‘My friend squad comes first and nobody can break us apart.’ My friends are a source of strength and hope for me. We may be separate but I am sure we're together in heart and that our memories will continue to live on.”
![Switzerland. 2023 UNHCR x UNIQLO Youth With Refugees Art Contest.](/sites/default/files/RF1319980.jpg "Georgette, a 14-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in Tanzania, designed one of the five winning entries in the 2023 Youth with Refugees Art Contest. "Despite our differences, we are all under the sky and share one moon, it doesn’t matter where you are, there is only one moon, and you are protected by the sky. "")
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“One moon” – Georgette, 14, Tanzania/DRC
“The sky and moon symbolize protection and unity. Despite our differences, we are all under the sky and share one moon, it doesn’t matter where you are, there is only one moon, and you are protected by the sky. I want to be a president because I believe I will have the power to make decisions that will not hurt people; power to end wars in the world.”
![Switzerland. 2023 UNHCR x UNIQLO Youth With Refugees Art Contest.](/sites/default/files/RF1319981.jpg "Georgette, a 14-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in Tanzania, designed one of the five winning entries in the 2023 Youth with Refugees Art Contest. "Despite our differences, we are all under the sky and share one moon, it doesn’t matter where you are, there is only one moon, and you are protected by the sky."")
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“Birds from home” – Mawardi, 20, Somalia/Ethiopia
“I remember the beautiful birds in my home country in the beautiful green forest. My hope is to see these birds again in the future, whether in my home country or somewhere else.”
![Switzerland. 2023 UNHCR x UNIQLO Youth With Refugees Art Contest](/sites/default/files/RF1319977.jpg "Virag,a 28-year-old humanitarian in Hungary designed one of the five winning entries in the 2023 Youth with Refugees Art Contest. "My drawing aims to express the act of chasing this hope, and the heart symbolizes that it is very much possible to follow your dreams, even if you are far away from home."")
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“Wings of hope” – Virag, 28, Hungary
"Having met many inspiring asylum-seekers and refugees, I know how important ‘hope away from home’ is to rebuild one's life in a new environment. My drawing aims to express the act of chasing this hope, and the heart symbolizes that it is very much possible to follow your dreams, even if you are far away from home."
