Manipur Boy Wins UN Poster Competition

Come March 18, eleven-year-old Raj Phairembam from Manipur will be awarded at the United Nations headquarters in New York after winning the International Peace Poster contest in which children from 100 countries took part. He is the first Indian to win this award which includes a plaque and $5000.

“We are very happy to announce that Raj Phairembam has won the grand award in the International Peace Poster contest. I think it’s a tremendous achievement for the boy and he has done the entire region proud,” said Pankaj Kumar Poddar, the regional Chairman of Lions Clubs International, which has been organizing the contest in the country for the last 20 years.