Goi Peace News] WINNERS ANNOUNCED - 2016 International Essay Contest for Young People

[Goi Peace News] WINNERS ANNOUNCED - 2016 International Essay Contest for Young People





We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 International Essay Contest for Young People. From among 12,937 entries from 153 countries, the following winners were selected. We take this opportunity to thank all of you who participated in the contest!
First prize winners will receive the Minister of Education Award at a ceremony during
the Goi Peace Foundation Forum 2016 to be held at Nikkei Hall in Tokyo on November 29, 2016. Certificates and gifts for other prizes will be mailed to the winners in November 2016.
Guidelines for the 2017 International Essay Contest for Young People will be announced on this website and through the Goi Peace Foundation mailing list and facebook at the end of January 2017.

THEME
"Education to Build a Better Future for All"
We live in a world with many complex problems, both local and global. What kind of education and learning would help us address these challenges and create a sustainable world and a better life for all? Describe your concrete ideas for an ideal education.


List of Winners
(All ages are as of June 15, 2016.)

1st Prize

Children's category (1 entrant)
Taming the Jungle
Sizhe (Sophia) Liang (Age 14, China <Living in USA>)
Youth category (1 entrant)
Dreams and Abundance
Chiharu Konii (Age 17, Japan)

2nd Prize

Children's category (2 entrants)
Education Across Endless Clouds
Carrie Hsu (Age 13, USA)
Education and Character
Honoka Kato (Age 14, Japan)
Youth category (2 entrants)
Education System in My Utopia
Ece Sevenay (Age 16, Turkey)
Education for Awareness
Haley Payet (Age 16, Seychelles)

3rd Prize

Children's category (5 entrants)
Anghel Maria (Age 9, Romania)
Hiroki Kimiwada (Age 10, Japan)
Kinley Khamsum Lhendup (Age 13, Bhutan)
Alina Lascu (Age 14, Romania)
Chinatsu Ueno (Age 14, Japan)
Youth category (5 entrants)
Maaya Ito (Age 15, Japan)
Miyo Hataoka (Age 16, Japan)
Preethika Raviraja (Age 18, India)
Pitou Keo (Age 19, Cambodia <Living in UK>)
Ying Qin Tee (Age 25, Malaysia)

Honorable Mention
Children's category (25 entrants)
Haruka Nakamura (Age 9, Japan)
Mariyam Dhaniya Ageel (Age 9, Maldives)
Audrey Cherilyn Ilham (Age 10, Indonesia)
Yuan Tseng (Age 11, Taiwan of China)
Aaditya Singh (Age 12, India <Living in UAE>)
Adolfo Mandujano Lara (Age 12, Mexico)
Jacky Khiani Suhana (Age 12, Indonesia)
Muhammad Salim (Age 12, Pakistan)
Yuma Takasu (Age 12, Japan)
Zainab Hassan (Age 12, Pakistan)
Dhanieya Ganeish (Age 13, Malaysia)
Hashan Jayathilaka (Age 13, Sri Lanka)
Ito Kikuchi (Age 13, Japan)
Joel Andrew Mallari (Age 13, Philippines)
Manuela Faldini Malheiro de Oliveira (Age 13, Brazil)
Soewon Lee (Age 13, Korea)
An Sasaki (Age 14, Japan)
Marcelo Rainer Roman Abstoss (Age 14, Colombia)
Margaret Zheng (Age 14, USA)
Mariam Bint Imran (Age 14, Pakistan)
Naoki Yamaguchi (Age 14, Japan)
Rajashree Choudhury (Age 14, India)
Ryotaro Yamazaki (Age 14, Japan)
Toko Oba (Age 14, Japan)
Kana Seiki (Age 15, Japan)
Youth category (25 entrants)
Sujin Cho (Age 15, Korea <Living in USA>)
Alicia Marie Goeckel (Age 16, Germany)
Chulan Rishikesh (Age 16, Mauritius)
Emily Han (Age 16, Korea <Living in the Philippines>)
Kanae Imaoka (Age 16, Japan)
Pratik Kafle (Age 16, Nepal)
Risa Sato (Age 16, Japan)
Deborah Godwin Archibong (Age 17, Nigeria)
Johannes Lang (Age 17, Austria)
Linh Do (Age 17, Vietnam)
Hiromu Kasahara (Age 18, Japan)
Renato Valentim (Age 18, Brazil)
Jimenez Ahumada Delia (Age 19, Mexico)
Maria Jose Brenes Alvarez (Age 20, Costa Rica)
Maria Hizza (Age 21, Tanzania)
Dima Samaro (Age 22, Palestine)
Le Thi Kim Tho (Age 22, Vietnam)
Olena Sytnyk (Age 22, Ukraine)
Rahma Febrianti (Age 22, Indonesia)
Sandra Ruiz Llamas (Age 22, Mexico)
Anna-Liisa Chuykin (Age 23, Estonia)
Anastasiia Kandaurova (Age 24, Russia)
Melina Neophytou (Age 24, Cyprus)
Syeda Zeenat Junaid (Age 24, Pakistan)
Neo Moeti (Age 25, Lesotho)


Best School Award
No School Applicable
School Incentive Award (43 schools)
Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (Mexico)
Chicago Futabakai Japanese School-Saturday School, Illinois (USA)
Colegio Horizontes, La Paz (Bolivia)
Escuela Preparatoria No. 8, Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico)
Federal Government Girls' College, Kabba, Kogi (Nigeria)
Fuji Sacred Heart, Shizuoka (Japan)
Fukushima Prefectural Asakakaisei Senior High School (Japan)
Gymnasium #1, Brest (Belarus)
Gymnasium 12, Minsk (Belarus)
Highland Lutheran International School, Enga (Papua New Gunea)
Hiroshima Nagisa Junior High School, Senior High School (Japan)
Ibaraki Prefectural Koga Secondary School (Japan)
Instituto Nicholas Roerich, Mexico (Mexico)
Iskandhar Schoolv (Maldives)
Japanese Supplementary School in Middle Tennessee (USA)
Japaniche Schule in Zurich (Hoshuko) (Switzerland)
Johor Bahru Religious National Secondary School (Malaysia)
Jonan Gakuen High School, Osaka (Japan)
Kinki University Wakayama Junior High School (Japan)
Kokugojuku KURU, Tokyo (Japan)
Kokushikan Junior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
Kyoto Gakuen Junior and Senior Highschool (Japan)
Matsumoto Shuho Secondary School, Nagano (Japan)
Meijo University Senior High School, Aichi (Japan)
Okinawa Shogaku High School & Junior High School, Okinawa (Japan)
Omori 6th Junior High School of Ota City, Tokyo (Japan)
OOU Lazo Trpovski, Skopje (Macedonia)
Paderewski Private Grammar School, Lublin (Poland)
Preparatoria 23, Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (Mexico)
Rikkyo School in England, West Sussex (UK)
Roots Millennium Schools, Islamabad (Pakistan)
Sanonihondaigaku Secondary School, Tochigi (Japan)
Sadhu Vaswani International School For Girls, New Delhi (India)
Satri Withaya School, Bangkok (Thailand)
Setagaya Junior High School attached to Tokyo Gakugei University (Japan)
Showa Women's University Junior-Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
Sigaram Academy of Excellence, Tamil Nadu (India)
Sjkc Kong Min Cawangan Kedua, Penang (Malaysia)
Sugiyama Jogakuen University Affiliated Primary School, Aichi (Japan)
Teikyo Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary School (Japan)
Tshaphel Lower Secondary School, Haa (Bhutan)
Waseda Shibuya Senior High School (Singapore)