The Palestine Foundation is excited to announce our latest initiative, a project where the whole family can support Palestine and its children with messages of love and visual hugs from afar: Hearts to Gaza – Postcards of Love to Palestinian Children.

Join us for this children’s art project and competition to send our love to Palestinian children in Gaza. This is open to all children between the ages of 4 and 12! 

Click here to submit a postcard today: https://heartstogaza.org/submit

Hearts to Gaza raises awareness about the struggles of Palestinian children, and gets children worldwide involved in connecting through art and messages of hope. These postcards remind Palestinian kids — especially those in Gaza — that they are loved and not forgotten, while empowering kids to advocate creatively for human rights.

The Hearts to Gaza children’s art competition is designed to both encourage children around the world to share their love with Palestinian children and to recognize their work through publication and distribution. We welcome submissions from children in three age categories:

  • Category 1: 4-6 years
  • Category 2: 7-9 years
  • Category 3: 10-12 years

Content Guidelines

The theme of Hearts to Gaza is: You are Loved, You are Not Alone

  • All submissions should be handmade on physical paper, rather than digitally created art. No AI, please.
  • All submissions should be on A4 or 8.5″x 11″ paper, in portrait (vertical) mode.
  • It is free to submit children’s work to the contest. With parents’ permission, we suggest teachers, youth group leaders, and people in similar roles to collect submissions for Hearts to Gaza.
  • All submissions require a parent’s permission. The Palestine Foundation may use all submissions in social media, the online gallery, publications, contest coverage and all other materials.

Some content suggestions and guidelines are:

  • Please use bright colors, smiles, hearts, sun, rainbows, flowers, doves, olive branches, kites, stars and similar images when designing your postcards. We want to send positive messages of love to Palestinian kids in Gaza.
  • Sample suggestions for kids include: “Draw what hope looks like,” “Draw a symbol of friendship,” “Show your favorite thing to play,” “Draw a picture of a peaceful world,” “Write or draw about what makes you happy.”

Competition winners will be featured in interviews, social media, a website gallery, a booklet and a potential calendar featuring the Hearts to Gaza children’s art.

Start and End Date

  • Hearts to Gaza begins on November 20, 2025 — International Children’s Day.
  • Submissions close on April 5, 2026 – Palestinian Children’s Day.

Judging Criteria

  • The judging panel will include local artists, art teachers, partner NGOs and potentially child psychologists.
  • They will judge the work on the following criteria:
  1. Message of Hope & Solidarity (40%): Does the postcard effectively convey a feeling of love, friendship, and support?
  2. Creativity & Originality (30%): Unique use of color, theme, and composition.
  3. Artistic Expression & Effort (30%): Considering the child’s age and ability

Prizes:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd in each age category (9 winners total).
  • Prizes will include a digital certificate of achievement, featured interview/profile on the Palestine Foundation’s social media, and their artwork prominently displayed in the booklet and calendar.

Publication of Artwork:

  • Booklet
  • 2026 Calendar
  • Postcard Packs
  • Website Gallery

Proceeds:

  • All proceeds from donations to the Hearts to Gaza campaign, or from the sale of the artwork publications, will be donated to a Palestinian partner organization on the ground in Gaza, for the specific purpose of providing art supplies and psycho-social support through art to children. All funds are handled by Hearts to Gaza’s sponsoring organization, the Palestine Foundation, a U.S.-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 47-5082577.