2015 World Wood Day

Children's Event

Wood, an eco-friendly and sustainable biomaterial, has played an important role in human life. It is important for everyone, especially children and young teenagers, to understand the beneficent nature of wood. 2013 World Wood Day contains a Children's Drawing Competition to provide a special opportunity for local kids to learn to embrace and appreciate the natural beauty and the merits in wood.

We invite local children from Ilala District, Temeke District and Kinondoni District in Dar es Salaam to participate in the drawing contest this year.

Time: 21st March, 2013

Venue: Karimjee Hall, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Activity:

–Children Drawing Competition

The theme of this drawing competition is "I love tree". Children participating in this event will be provided with crayons and drawing papers, which will be given as gifts after contest.

–Wood Learning Session

We honorably invite Professor Ping Yang, from Technical Arts Department, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Japan, to be the instructor of wood knowledge session. Professor Yang will bring some fun wooden kits for kids to play!! Sit back and enjoy it!

–Wooden Toys Play

We provide more than 100 items of wooden toys, puzzles and wooden legos for kids to play. If you would like to have some fun, please jump out of the wall and join the fun!

All children are more than welcome to join other events, Tree Planting and International Woodcraft Show, on March 21^st.

Videos

2013 World Wood Day, Children's Event, Drawing

A wooden puzzle is waiting for the boy to solve it, while the wooden scooter is well-assembled and ready to be played.

Children use wooden legos to assemble a tree.

Each of the kid is using their creativities to express their love to the nature.

Kids are having fun with their new wooden toys. There are more than 100 items for them to enjoy in this session.

The boy is carefully using a pencil to make a draft and then coloring with crayons.

Children combine their life experiences in their drawings. Wildlife are living in harmony with human beings.

Children’s drawing competition centers on the theme: I love trees.

Children are showing their accomplished drawings with big smiles.

Professor Yang is surrounded by the kids and wooden kits.

Professor Ping Yang, from Technical Arts Department, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Japan, is showing some fun wooden kits for the local kids to play.

Children are excited at successfully penetrating the wooden arrow into the heart. It’s an experiment showing the expansion and contraction of wood due to thermal differences.

2015 Tanzania

Children's Event

Videos

Photos

A wooden puzzle is waiting for the boy to solve it, while the wooden scooter is well-assembled and ready to be played.

Children use wooden legos to assemble a tree.

Each of the kid is using their creativities to express their love to the nature.

Kids are having fun with their new wooden toys. There are more than 100 items for them to enjoy in this session.

The boy is carefully using a pencil to make a draft and then coloring with crayons.

Children combine their life experiences in their drawings. Wildlife are living in harmony with human beings.

Children’s drawing competition centers on the theme: I love trees.

Children are showing their accomplished drawings with big smiles.

Professor Yang is surrounded by the kids and wooden kits.

Professor Ping Yang, from Technical Arts Department, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Japan, is showing some fun wooden kits for the local kids to play.

Children are excited at successfully penetrating the wooden arrow into the heart. It’s an experiment showing the expansion and contraction of wood due to thermal differences.

Wood DIY event is aiming to teach kids some fun facts about wood.

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