The illustrations and paintings reflected the sort of impact the tremors have had on children and young people and the lessons they have learnt from the experience. Kiran Bandhu Aryal, director of Siddhartha Multiple College, said, “The paintings help in exploring how the earthquake has affected young minds.” Similarly, Artudio’s Director Kailash Shrestha observed that all the paintings are attractive and portray the perplexity looming over the students’ minds and the need for reconstruction.
Kamal Raj Sigdel, Communication Analyst at UNDP believes that the paintings made by Nepali children will help energize the international community as earthquakes of varying magnitudes continue to rock countries all over the world. “For one, this workshop has encouraged young people to share their experiences. Next, the students have clearly expressed in their art as to how they can protect themselves and their loved ones should such calamity strike again,” he said.
Most of the paintings deal with the suffering of people in the aftermath of the temblor and the path ahead.
One of the participating students, Ruby Shah, said, “I chose to draw Buddha in my painting. As chaos continues to prevail, Buddha symbolizes the need for peace.”
All the participating students were given away gifts and goodies. Selected paintings from the workshop will be showcased in Patan on Wednesday.
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