Caleb British International School, Nigeria won the David Shepherd Award at the Global Canvas Children’s Art Competition 2020 held at the Natural History Museum, London on 12th March, 2020

L to R: Jo Elphick (Education Manager, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation) Betty Nnokwute, Tomiwa Amowoyagi, Chizaram Nwaobi, Karen Botha (Chief Executive, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation) and Prince Olusegun Adeniyi (Art educator, Caleb British International School)

Caleb British International School has done Nigeria proud again for winning the David Shepherd Award at the Global Canvas Children’s Art Competition 2020 held at the Natural History Museum, London on 12^th March, 2020. The competition is a yearly event organized by David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. CBIS won Best International Entry at the 2017 edition. 

Before the announcement of winners, Jo Elphick, DSWF Education Manager said: “We have had another incredible year, with entries involving thousands of children all over the world who have been inspired to make wonderful displays of endangered wildlife for the competition. Once again this year, the standard of entries was very high, making judging which entries would make it through to the final a really difficult job. We could see just how much thought, effort and time the children had put into their displays”. 

There are about seven award categories at the award ceremony, Caleb British International School, the only African school shortlisted as finalist won the David Shepherd Award for their 3D Art created from recycled materials. For winning this award, Caleb British International School was given Certificate of Adoption of Black Rhino for one year. By adopting Inka, Caleb British International School have helped to protect the future of this endangered animal and a very special black rhino who lives in the Namibian desert.

The artwork titled; “Endangered Species under Water and Plastic Pollution” is a collaborative project executed by year 7 (Integrated and International), year 12 International and year 10 British students. The front page was partly completed by Daniella Ayeyemi, Morenike Falola, Osaretin Daniel and Portia Ogbuja. The back has the artworks executed by Betty Nnokwute, Tomiwa Amowoyagi, and Chizaram Nwaobi. The project was supervised by their art teacher, Prince Olusegun Adeniyi.

The 3D Artwork is a project based learning to help the students develop the 21st Century skills: Creativity, Critical thinking, Communication and Collaboration and how to protect lives on our planet, earth. Globally, 100,000 marine mammals die every year as a result of plastic pollution. This includes whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions. Caleb British International School is taking Climate action (SDG 13) towards protecting the underwater endangered species by creating a recycled 3D artwork through STEAM to campaign against plastic pollution and encouraging everyone to reduce the use of plastic. The artwork is to call attention to pollution crisis in the oceans and how it affect the endangered species under water.