Soham Foundation organized an art competition in Dec2016-Jan 2017  themed “Our Environment," in line with Soham’s commitment to green energy with hope to inspire young, rural talented artists, aged 9 to 16, from all their foundation supported rural schools. The Competition’s goal was to increase environmental awareness and action among youth. A number of talented students participated with great enthusiasm and expressed their imaginations beautifully on the paper and also suggested different ideas for conservation of environment by illustrating their own personal view of the environment – their wishes, hopes and fears.The best painting from each school was taken and 12 winners were chosen by the judges .These 12 paintings are featured in Soham Foundation’s 2017 desk calendar so that everyone can see the environment through the eyes of children. These 12 students were awarded a cash prize of INR1000/ & a school bag with Certificate of Merit & Participation from the trustees of Soham Foundation.