3,464.1 m of Painted Canvas for the Guinness Book of RecordsBucharest, On Saturday, November 18, 2006, UNICEF Romania and the students of Nicolae Tonitza Art School made their way into the Guinness Book of Records with „the longest painting made by children on canvas”. The canvas measured 3,464.1m, and the record was acknowledged by Mrs. Andrea Banfi, Guiness World Record Ltd representative. The event took place in one of the hangars of Romaero Baneasa and was attended by 1,500 children. The painting, which was the outcome of two months of hard work, was laid in front of the Hangar in an operation that took more than 12 hours. The students of Tonitza Art School, together with hundreds of other children from Bucharest continued to paint until the last centimeter of canvas was covered. „Today’s event is under the mark of UNICEF’s 60th anniversary and is od great significance to us because it is an event made together with children. Once we reached this new world record we obtained a new recognition for Romania, whose ambassadors were, in this case, these talented children. The canvas was painted with flowers, full of the colour and the warmth of the children’s souls. I seize the opportunity to thank to everyone who helped us and made this successful event possible,” declared Pierre Poupard, UNICEF Representative in Romania after the record was broken. “I was so surprised by the talent and the ambition of the children of Tonitza High Scool who wanted so much to be in the Guinness Book of Records. There are records everywhere in the world and enthousiasm is everywhere, but this time the optimism and the passion of the children took e by surprise”, said Andrea Banfi, Guinness World Records Ltd. Representative. Mr. Călin Popescu Tăriceanu, Romanian Prime Minister attended the event together with his family. The entertainment equaled the event – there was music, balloons, there were fairy tale characters, as well as body painting sessions and presents from the sponsors of the event. Sponsors: Carrefour, Prigat, Metro Cash&Carry Romania, Colgate-Palmolive, Stage Expert, Impressions, Kasper Events. UNICEF has been present in Romania since 1991, offering assistance to the Romanian authorities and civil society to create a favorable environment for the disadvantaged children, by developing complex health, nutrition, education and protection programmes. Lately, UNICEF has begun a series of activities to attract funds in the benefit of the Romanian disadvantaged children and the response of the international and local companies was very quick. For futher details, please contact: Codruţa Hedeşiu, UNICEF Communication Officer, phone no: (021)201.78.64, e-mail chedesiu@unicef.org.
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