Health and Art (HEART) Group

Now, we would like to invite all children and adolescents with the age of fewer than 18 years old, who were admitted to a hospital during their life, to this festival.
Instructions: Painting (Drawing) on an A4 page (297 mm × 210 mm)
Theme: Health
Required information: Name and Family name, Age (Date of Birth), City (Country), Tel (e-mail), Postal address, Disease name, Hospital name
Deadline for submission: June 9th, 2024
1- The original painting should be mailed to: Prof. Nima Rezaei, Children’s Medical Center Hospital, Gharib St, Keshavarz Blvd, Tehran 14194, IRAN
2- The scan copy of the painting (with a resolution of more than 300 dpi) should be e-mailed to: [email protected]
Two hundred selected paintings (drawings) will be printed in the booklet of the Festival.
The best 12 selected individuals will be our special guests at the Festival. Their awards will be formally presented at the Festival. At that time, they will be invited to come to the podium and be introduced to the audience.
Welcome Message
We are pleased to inform you that we are planning to organize the 10thInternational Festival of Paintings for Pediatric Patients (IFPPP) in November 2024, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. We cordially invite all children and adolescents (<18 years old), who were admitted to a hospital during their life, to submit their paintings (drawings) to this festival.
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th Festival in Tehran (Iran), Budapest (Hungary), Kharkiv (Ukraine), Reggio Calabria (Italy), Budapest (Hungary), Tehran (Iran), Istanbul (Turkey),Muscat (Oman) and Yerevan(Armenia) were all amazing, where more than 1000  paintings from more than 30 countries were submitted each year; and we hope to receive more than a thousand paintings this year as well. The top 200 selected artworks would be published in the booklet of the festival. 
We are eagerly looking forward to receiving your paintings soon.
Best regards,
Nima Rezaei

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Rank: Ghazaryan Ashkhen, 6 years old, Armenia; 2nd Rank:Seyed Kaniar Hosseini, 5 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Gergana Rosenova, 6 years old, Bulgaria
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Melis Ada Uyanik, 9 years old,Turkey; 2nd Rank: Marija Cvetkovaite, 7 years old, Lithuania and Sahar Akbari, 9 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Margaryan Artyom, 8 years old, Armenia and Fatemeh Masoumi, 10 years old, Iran
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Goda Biraite, 13 years old, Lithuania and Fatemeh Mirzaei, 12 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Rahminiyan Rengganis, 14 years old, Indonesia; 3rd Rank: Viara Pencheva, 14 years old, Bulgaria
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Rank: Ava Safaverdi, 15 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Harshinee Shah , 16 years old, India; 3rd Rank: Asena Arifova, 18 years old, Bulgaria

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Rank: Selda Arami, 6 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Eleonora Petrova, 5 years old, Bulgaria; 3rd Rank: Nika Vaziri, 6 years old, Iran
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Venus Mahaki, 7 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Aleksa Dimitrova, 10 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Amirhossein Tafahi, 9 years old, Iran
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Petya Dimitrova, 11 years old, Bulgaria; 2nd Rank: Reyhaneh Ali Panahi, 13 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Parham Kheiri, 12 years old, Iran
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Rank: Sofiya Marchenko, 15 years old, Russia; 2nd Rank: Sarina Rabi Hamedani, 15 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Khush Shah, 15 years old, India

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Rank: Arvin Fooladvand, 5 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Zlata Yakovleva, 5 years old, Russia; 3rd Rank: Alekzander Yankov, 6 years old, Bulgaria
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Liliana Balogh Borbala, 9 years old, Hungary; 2nd Rank: Arshida Asadi Hajivand, 8 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Liliya Yankova, 10 years old, Bulgaria
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Nirvana Roostaei, 11 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Anahita Afshari Tavana, 12 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Aanya Soni, 13 years old, India
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Rank: Labadeva Zlata, 15 years old, Russia; 2nd Rank: Lavin Hassanzadeh Oskouei, 15 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Yekta Esmaeili, 15 years old, Iran

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Rank: Nika Tayebi, 5 years old, Ahvaz, Iran; 2nd Rank: Ruthvirajsinh Chauhan, 5 years old, Ahmedabad, India; 3rd Rank: Mobina Sadat Hosseini, 6 years old, Tehran, Iran; and AmirTaha Shahabiveis, 5 years old, Ahvaz, Iran
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Ronika Ahmadi, 7 years old, Ahvaz, Iran; 2nd Rank: Petya Dimitrova, 9 years old, Ruse, Bulgaria; 3rd Rank: Anahid Amoozesh, 8 years old, Ahvaz, Iran
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Isabella Perez Carrasco, 13 years old, Lima, Peru; 2nd Rank: Zeinab BenEnayeh, 11 years old, Ahvaz, Iran; 3rd Rank: Monish Japadia, 11 years old, Ahmedabad, India
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Rank: Sofia Ananieva, 16 years old, Kharkiv, Ukraine; 2nd Rank: Melika Ahmadi, 17 years old, Karaj, Iran; 3rd Rank: Anisha Nawar, 17 years old, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Ranks: Tannaz Sadat Tabatabaei, 6 years old, Iran; and Kavya D Patel, 6 years old, India; 2nd Rank: Adriana Manolescu, 5 years old, Romania; 3rd Rank: Leticia Bravo Alonso, 5 years old, Venezuela
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Rahminiyan Rengganis Putri Marzuki, 10 years old, Indonesia; 2nd Ranks: Raha Behbahani, 7 years old, Iran; and Moksha Shah, 8 years old, India; 3rd Rank: Alyssa Panchal, 9 years old, Australia
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Ela Yildan, 12 years old, Turkey; 2nd Ranks: Mark Antonij Zumer, 14 years old, Slovenia; and Ilia Cheraghi, 11 years old, Iran; 3rd Ranks: Margherita Pierni, 14 years old, Italy; and Batool Marzooq Saeed Ahmed Ali AlBunni, 14 years old, Bahrain
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Ranks: Hanna Peresztegi, 15 years old, Hungary; and Anja Cepelnik, 17 years old, Slovenia; 2nd Ranks: Jayni Patel, 15 years old, India; and Tadas Gudauskas, 15 years old, Lithuania; 3rd Ranks: Guste Jurkute, 18 years old, Lithuania; and Reham Nabil Ali Shehada, 17 years old, Palestine; and Tamara Estefania Palma Arvizu, 16 years old, Mexico

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Rank: Atrin Afshari Tavana, 5 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Irina Maria, 4 years old, Romania; 3rd Rank: Nicolas Suzin, 6 years old, Brazil
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Anahita Afshari Tavana, 9 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Sohini Roy, 9 years old, India; 3rd Ranks: Asal Ghashangzadeh, 10 years old, Iran; and Benedetta Medici, 10 years old, Italy
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Iustina Iamandi, 12 years old, Romania; 2nd Rank: Faezeh Ghasemi Nejad, 13 years old, Iran; 3rd Ranks: Neel Bhaveshbhai Rajyaguru, 12 years old, India; and Vittoria Habibi Minelli, 13 years old, Italy
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Rank: Annabelle Armstrong, 18 years old, South Africa; 2nd Ranks: Mohammad Saedi, 18 years old, Iran; and Talah Khalid AbuDayeh, 17 years old, Palestine; 3rd Rank: Nastaran Teimouri, 16 years old, Iran

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Rank: Yulianna Nasinnyk, 6 years old, Ukraine; 2nd Rank: Yaroslav Zaharov, 4 years old, Russia; 3rd Ranks: Arnika Rezaei, 5 years old, Iran; Reza Ghahremani, 6 years old, Iran
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Rastin Azimi, 7 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Danaq Boycheva, 7 years old, Bulgaria; 3rd Rank: Abdul Aziz Al Hemaidi, 10 years old, Qatar
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Samira Khalili, 14 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Shivang Kanakray Upadhyay, 11 years old, India; 3rd Rank: Ümmügülsüm Topcu, 12 years old, Turkey
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Rank: Simona Grabauskienė, 17 years old, Lithuania; 2nd Rank: Alina Sferle, 17 years old, Romania; 3rd Rank: Hanieh Iranmanesh, 15 years old, Iran

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Rank: Elina Elyasi, 6 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Kononov Timur, 6 years old, Belarus; 3rd Rank: Fotios Michail, 5 years old, Greece
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Viara Pencheva, 7 years old, Bulgaria; Prutha Vipulbhai Vadodariya, 9 years old, India; 2nd Rank: Ayshan Bagheralmosavi, 7 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Paul Jules Butler, 8 years old, Germany
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Tarifeh Mahmoodkaki, 14 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Bianca Gegea, 14 years old, Romania; 3rd Rank: Helen Xie, 11 years old, Hong Kong, China
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Rank: Fatemeh Taati, 17 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Laura Lentovits, 15 years old, Hungary; 3rd Rank: Nidhi Shirol, 17 years old, India

Winners

Group A: up to 6 years old: 1st Ranks: Eivinas Venckus, 6 years old, Lithuania; Mohammad Aryan Ghazvinian, 5 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Yazdan Ghaemi, 5 years old, Iran; 3rd Ranks: Baran Zareian, 5 years old, Iran; Maryam Alieyva, 4 years old, Azerbaijan
Group B: 7-10 years old: 1st Rank: Maks LenartCernelc, 9 years old, Slovenia; 2nd Rank: David Alexandru, 10 years old, Romania; 3rd Rank: Amir Mohammad Bahmadi, 10 years old, Iran
Group C: 11-14 years old: 1st Rank: Paulina Schulz, 13 years old, Germany; 2nd Rank: Elin Serkisian, 12 years old, Iran; 3rd Rank: Alba Begara Valera, 12 years old, Spain
Group D: 15-18 years old: 1st Rank: Zahra Farasmane, 16 years old, Iran; 2nd Rank: Neha Ray, 16 years old, India; 3rd Rank: Mariam Ali Dbouk, 15 years old, Lebanon

The 4th Football Mini World Cup was held on June 16th in the Children's Medical Center in Tehran, Iran. Pediatric patients struggling with chronic diseases took part in this competition. They played football with three teams consist of senior football players, artists, and the board of trustees from Tehran University of Medical Sciences (who were medical doctors). Symbolically, the children represented Iran's national team. The three other teams represented the United States of America, England, and Wales national teams, respectively, which are Iran's rivals in the 2022 Qatar world cup.
First, the two girls' teams at the medical center competed against each other.
Team one, with white shirts, was managed by Kosar Zolfaghari. Arnika Rezaei (goalkeeper and team captain), Elena Ahmadi, Nazanin Fatemeh Mirkhani, Sana Haghighi, and Sogol Souri were the players. Team two was managed by Bahareh Jahandoost. Helma Shokri (goalkeeper and team captain), Zahra Souri, Mohana Issaabadi, Bahar Vinari, Ariandokht Aslani, and Fatemeh Noura Ale-Yamin played in red shirts.
Niloufar Ardalan was also the head coach of the girls' national team. Team one managed to win this game.
Then, the boys team entered the field. Their first match was against England (the senior football players' team). Mohammad Moein Mian Dashti, Soheil Nayebi, Kian Sobhani, Mahyar Mahmoudi, Mohammad Reza Oveisi, Arash Zolali, Mohammad Amin Bandari, Amir Ali Ebrahimi, Sepehr Bukan, Amir Hossein Zafi, Amir Ali Paderband, and Ali Asghar Rahmanpour were the team players. The head coach of the Children's Medical Center team was Dr. Nima Rezaei.
The head coach of the athlete's team was Mohammad Panjali, and the team manager was Saeed Naseri. Mohammad Aghaei, Hadi Shakoori, Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi, Morteza Fonunizadeh, Parviz Boroumand, Mohammad Reza Mahdavi, Reza Agha Mohammadi, Ahmad Taghavi, Mostafa Shabani, Mehdi Pashazadeh, Javad Manafi, Sadegh Droudgar, Nima Nakisa, Masoud Reza, Ali Nouri, and Behzad Dadashzadeh played symbolically for England.
The match ended in a 6-3 victory for the Children's Medical Center football team.
The next match was held among the medical center's boys and artist team, symbolically representing the USA. Seyed Javad Hashemi was the head coach of the artist's team, Amir Hossein Yar Yar was in charge of managing the team, and Hamid Sanaei, Mohammad Moslemi, Hamed Tehrani, Siavash Mofidi, Mehdi Salehpour, Seyed Mojtaba Zarifian (Uncle Mehraban), Farshid Sarbaz Watan, Omid Jahan, Mostafa Nazari, and Mahmoud Najafzadeh were the players.
The match ended 5-5, and the Children's Medical Center team won the penalty shoot-out.
In the final match, Iran's national team representatives competed against the board of trustees of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, who were representing Wales national team.
Dr. Hossein Qenaati, Dr. Mashallah Torabi, Dr. Mohammad Hossein Sadeghian, Dr. Reza Shervin Bedv, Dr. Hojjat Rahmani, Dr. Kazem Rahnama, Dr. Alireza Oliaei Manesh, Dr. Abbas Mazinani, Dr. Seyed Abolfazl Zakerian played for Wales under the coaching of Dr. Mohammad Jalili.
The last game ended with the victory of the Children's Medical Center team.
Children, the champions, received golden medallions and lifted the champion's cup above their heads at the end of the competition.
These matches aim to improve sick children's mental health and give them motivation and hope to fight better with their disease, stated Dr. Nima Rezaei, founder of the health and art group. This event was held jointly by HEART and Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

The Third Football Mini World Cup Was Extraordinary Successful, A Sample of Collaboration, Hope and Vitality. Days to the Beginning of 21st World Cup, Nima Rezaei, Teamed Up the "Health and Art", "TUMS Directorate Council", Celebrity Football Players, and Artists for this Biannual Sport Event. 
May 1st , the front-yard of Children’s Medical Center was carpeted with artificial turf, small number of sits for the audience, press spot and everything you see in a professional stadium! This year’s contest was a special one, as girls first had the chance to play in a real field, headed and coached by Iranian professional football women, Ms. Nasrin Ardalan and Ms. Rahmati, national team’s coach and coach of the national youth football teams. Iran’s team was presented by children, current and former patients of the Children’s Medical Centre (CMC). TUMS president, Dr. Karimi, international deputy, Dr. Kordi, former presidents. Dr. Jafari and Dr. Mansouri, and Professor. Bahadori, TUMS pioneer pathologist formed the Portugal Team. Artists and TV-show hosts formed the Morocco team and former professional football players, Nima Nakisa, Ahmad Reza Abed Zadeh, Mohammad Panjali, and several other professionals played as Spain. Girls were also from Children’s Medical Center patients and played with each other in two teams, under Ardalan and Rahmati’s guidance. 
The CMC team, AKA, Iran’s National Team, won the third mini world cup in a drenching squad of 4 consecutive plays.

In the second rounds of the Mini World Cup contests the TUMS directors team along with Children’s of the Children’s Medical Center and Pioneers Soccer Players of Iran National Football team and Volunteer Iranian Artists played in the central yard of CMC center for Children’s team to win the final match with a 5-1 score.
In The opening match Iranian artists consisting members of the famous “Fitile Children’s Show” and Iranian live-action show “ Amo Mehraban” could not do more than a 3-5 facing the incited CMC members . The CMC = team later went for an eight point clear in the second match against Iranian Pioneer Football players such as ‘’Ahmad Reza Abed Zade” and the renowned Goal Keeper ‘’ Nima Nakisa’’. The CMC team turned winner with their outstanding 7-2 result against world top one percent Scientists “USERN’’ team. Dr. Raofi, Professor Hans Ochs from Germany, Professor Ganten, David Haslam and Professor Elenora Gambinieri as team doctor composed the USERN team. In the final match TUMS directors coached by Dr. Bahadori and their Captain Dr. Zafarghandi wasted the glorious chance to win, for CMC squad to take home the Mini Cup for second.
Iranian Minister of Health, some of the world’s top 1% scientists and TUMS staff as well as CMC hospital staff and sick children and their family were spectators of the tournament.