Send a wish

Children’s poster competition for World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2025

Unlimit Health and The Leprosy Mission are inviting children aged 8-16 years in the UK to take part in our ‘Send a wish’ poster competition to help raise awareness of neglected tropical diseases.

Art has the power to shed light on important issues that some people may not be aware of Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are one example. These are a group of 20 debilitating infections that affect more than one billion people in the world’s poorest communities.  

NTDs are mostly driven by the surroundings people live in, such as low-quality housing and inadequate water, sanitation and health services. Without treatment, they can cause long-term health problems affecting people’s well-being and future, and get in the way of people fulfilling their wishes.

The brief 

Send us a hand-drawn poster using any medium you like, on the theme: send a wish around the world to end neglected tropical diseases. The poster should be no bigger than A3 size. The competition will close at midday on Wednesday, 22 January.

Submit your poster 

Email your poster to info@unlimithealth.org as a high-resolution photograph, and in JPEG or PNG format. The file size must be at least 1MB and should not exceed 20MB. 

Please give us the following information with your poster:   

Full name of the child  
Age of the child
Where the child lives (city, country)   
Name of the school 
Full name of the parent or guardian
An active email address so that we can contact the entrant’s parent or guardian about the Competition only
A valid phone number if the parent or guardian wants to be contacted about the Competition by phone  
The artwork’s title and the story behind the artwork and chosen wish: the entrant will explain what inspired them and their creative process, and why they chose their wish.(A maximum of 100 words)

Email my poster

Send a wish poster competition

The prize 

There will be 3 winners for each category (8-11), (12-14), (14-16) years, chosen by a panel of judges. Winners will receive art supplies and the opportunity to attend an event seeking to raise awareness of NTDs in Parliament.   

Winners will be notified the week before World NTD Day to ensure they can attend the event in Parliament to be held on 28th of January.  

The competition terms and conditions are here.