Young Peacemakers Awards, 2020The Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA) wants to celebrate young people who have contributed to peace and global citizenship in their school, their local community or word-wide in a variety of ways.

Due to Covid-19, this year's Llangollen International Eisteddfod has been cancelled. However, the WCIA team have decided to continue the Young Peacemakers Awards online.

We hope that children and young people who may have more free time than usual will be inspired to get creative and express their ideas about how the world can be a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable place – through words, art or digital media.   

Individual young people or groups can enter under the following categories. It is also acceptable to nominate someone else (with their permission!)

Young Peacemaker of the Year: You will have been active in the pursuit of peace in your local or wider community, and your actions will have inspired others – your peers or people older or younger than yourself.

Young Global Citizens(s) of the Year:Nominees will have been proactive in finding out about global issues, raising awareness and making a difference, including developing materials, projects and campaigns. 

Young Peace Writer(s) of the Year Nominees are invited to submit original pieces of work around the theme of peace in a local or global context.  Contributions can take any form, including poetry, journalistic writing (including blogging), a series of effective tweets, biographies, stories, etc.  

Young Peace Artist(s) of the Year:This category will celebrate original artistic expressions of peace created by children / young people individually or as part of a group.  These could take a variety of forms, including paintings, murals, sculptures, photographic exhibitions – also film – and may reflect contemporary issues and thoughts about how we create a more peaceful world.

Young Peace Performer(s) of the Year:This category will celebrate original performances created to express the theme of peace, created by children / young people individually or as part of a group.  These could be in the form of music, song, dance or a mixture of the three.

Young Global Analyst(s) of the Year:Through their critical approach towards discussing global issues, nominees will have enabled others to better understand the significance of these issues to contemporary society, in particular in the context of internationl peace and security.

To register your interest and find out more information, go to the WCIA website or contact centre@wcia.org.uk .

Gwobrau Heddychwyr Ifanc, 2020

Y mae Canolfan Materion Rhyngwladol Cymru (WCIA) am ddathlu pobl ifanc sydd wedi cyfrannu at heddwch a dinasyddiaeth fyd-eang yn eu hysgol, eu cymuned leol neu’n ehangach mewn amryw ffordd. Yn anffodus, mae Eisteddfod Ryngwladol Llangollen eleni wedi’i ganslo oherwydd achosion Covid-19. Fodd bynnag, rydym wedi penderfynu y bydd y Gwobrau Heddychwyr Ifanc yn mynd yn eu blaen ar lein.  

Gan fydd o bosibl ychydig mwy o amser rhydd gan rai plant a phobl ifanc, rydym yn gobeithio y cânt eu hysbrydoli i fod yn greadigol a mynegi eu syniadau am sut gall y byd fod yn fwy heddychlon, teg a chynaliadwy – trwy eiriau, celf neu gyfryngau digidol. 

Arwr/Arwyr Heddwch Ifanc y Flwyddyn: Byddwch wedi bod yn weithgar dros heddwch yn eich cymuned leol neu eich cymuned ehangach, a bydd eich gweithredu wedi ysbrydoli eraill - eich cyfoedion neu bobl hŷn neu iau na chi eich hunain.

Dinasyddion Byd-eang Ifanc y Flwyddyn:Bydd y rhai a enwebir wedi bod yn rhagweithiol o ran dysgu a chodi ymwybyddiaeth am faterion byd-eang a chreu gwahaniaeth, gan gynnwys datblygu deunyddiau, prosiectau ac ymgyrchoedd.

Sgwennwr/Sgwenwyr Heddwch Ifanc y FlwyddynFe’ch gwahoddir i gyflwyno darnau gwreiddiol o waith sy'n ymwneud â thema heddwch mewn cyd-destun lleol neu fyd-eang. Gall cyfraniadau fod ar unrhyw ffurf, gan gynnwys barddoniaeth, ysgrifennu newyddiadurol (gan gynnwys blogio), cyfres effeithiol o drydariadau, bywgraffiadau, straeon, ac ati.

Artist/Artistiaid Heddwch Ifanc y FlwyddynBydd y categori hwn yn dathlu mynegiant artistig gwreiddiol o heddwch wedi'i greu gan blant / pobl ifanc yn unigol neu fel rhan o grŵp. Gallai'r rhain fod mewn amrywiaeth o ffurfiau, gan gynnwys paentiadau, murluniau, cerfluniau, arddangosfeydd ffotograffig - a ffilm. Gallant adlewyrchu materion cyfoes ynghyd â ffyrdd o greu cymuned / byd mwy heddychlon.

Perfformwyr Heddwch Ifanc y FlwyddynBydd y categori hwn yn dathlu perfformiadau gwreiddiol a grëwyd gan blant / pobl ifanc yn unigol neu fel rhan o grŵp i fynegi’r thema heddwch. Gallant fod ar ffurf cerddoriaeth, cân, dawns neu gymysgedd o’r tair ffurf.

Dadansoddwr/Dadansoddwyr Byd-eang Ifanc y Flwyddyn:Drwy eu dull beirniadol o drafod materion byd-eang, bydd y rhai a enwebir wedi galluogi eraill i ddeall yn well arwyddocâd y materion hyn ar gyfer ein cymdeithas gyfoes, yn enwedig mewn cyd-destun heddwch a diogelwch rhyngwladol.

Young Peacemakers Awards, 2020I gofrestru eich diddordeb ac am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch i wefan y WCIA neu gysylltwch â centre@wcia.org.uk