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Organized by The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO
Endorsed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Japan Private High School Federation
Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Nikkei Inc., Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education
Supported by FELISSIMO CORPORATION
As today's young people are crucial for the shaping of our future, it is imperative that they are enabled to develop to their full potential. UNESCO's objective is to help empower young people, reaching out to them, responding to their expectations and ideas, and fostering useful and long-lasting skills.
This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world's youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It also aims to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world.
The theme of the 2012 International Essay Contest for Young People was "Creating the Future We Want." From among 11,857 entries from 151 countries, the following winners were selected. First prize winners will receive the Minister of Education Award at a ceremony during the Goi Peace Foundation Forum 2012 held at Ginza Blossom Hall in Tokyo on November 25, 2012. Certificates and gifts for other prizes will be mailed to the winners in December 2012.
List of Winners
1st Prize
Children's category (1 entrant)
Youth category (1 entrant)
2nd Prize
Children's category (2 entrants)
Youth category (2 entrants)
3rd Prize
Children's category (5 entrants)
Youth category (5 entrants)
Honorable Mention
Children's category (25 entrants)
- Hiraya S. Marcos (Age 8, The Philippines)
- Nada Safira (Age 9, Indonesia )
- Eunike Setiadarma (Age 10, Indonesia)
- Maiya Delyth Naya (Age 10, Japan)
- Ayazhan Utegen (Age 11, Kazakhstan)
- Swasamon Jaidee (Age 11, Thailand)
- Oshin Bhuiyan (Age 12, Bangladesh)
- Kylie Patience Buscemi (USA)
- Saho Yamanaka (Age 12, Japan)
- Yoshinao Asanuma (Age 13, Japan)
- Erika Ushimaru (Age 13, Japan)
- Elaine Joyce T. Ang (Age 13, The Philippines)
- Haruka Kawada (Age 13, Japan)
- Kirtas Aidana (Age 13, Kazakhstan)
- Juhi Saxena (Age 13, USA)
- Palina Karpava (Age 13, Belarus)
- Madeline O’Connor (Age 13, USA)
- Artem Maryin (Age 14, Ukraine)
- Kana Iwabuchi (Age 14, Japan)
- Maho Kanamaru (Age 14, Japan)
- Emi Kamio (Age 14, Japan)
- Nur Iylia Fathin Binti Ahmad Subki (Age 14, Malaysia)
- Mladena Peeva (Age 14, Austria)
- Laura Marcela Aguirre Martinez (Age 14, Colombia)
- Eri Komatsubara (Age 15, Japan)
Youth category (25 entrants)
- Shekainah Shamma Liong Santiago (Age 15, The Philippines)
- Tanya Gupta (Age 15, India)
- Arisa Kanda (Age 16, Japan)
- Akane Kono (Age 16, Japan)
- Tran Huyen Chi (Age 16, Vietnam)
- Leyah Christine Dizon (Age 16, The Philippines)
- Jaime Costa Centena (Age 17, Spain )
- Yoshie Isomura (Age 18, Japan)
- Josephine Parol (Age 19, Germany)
- Koto Mineo (Age 19, Japan)
- Yvan Gaetan Guenoue Noubissie (Age 20, Cameroon)
- Norbert Gastardo Germano (Age 20, The Philippines)
- Paola Cruz (Age 20, Dominican Republic )
- Robby Soeyanto (Age 20, Indonesia)
- Kevin George Barrios (Age 21, The Philippines)
- Sharma Sanchit (Age 21, India)
- Joshua Ochieng’ Wera (Age 21, Kenya)
- Denisa Samková (Age 21, Slovakia)
- Cristina-Elena Pestrea (Age 22, Romania)
- Ayodeji Oluwole Ojo (Age 23, Nigeria)
- Veranika Buracheuskaya (Age 23, Belarus)
- Rafael Timoteo Corro Perez (Age 23, Mexico)
- Taiwo Orogbangba (Age 24, Nigeria)
- Lilian Omafodezi (Age 24, Nigeria & Germany )
- Manas Panda (Age 25, India)
Recognition for Effort
Youth category (8 entrants)
- Clare Wu (Age 16, New Zealand)
- Charley Ren (Age 16, USA)
- Muhammad Haziq Absyir Muhammad Fauzi (Age 16, Malaysia)
- Nozomi Aida (Age 17, Japan)
- Saaya Kitajima (Age 17, Japan)
- Nijesh Upreti (Age 17, Nepal)
- Jesús Andrés Villasana Álvarez (Age 18, Mexico)
- Adriana Borja Enriquez (Age 21, Ecuador)
Best School Award
- Ichikawa Junior & Senior High School, Chiba (Japan)
School Incentive Award
- Atomi Gakuen Junior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
- Chicago Futabakai Japanese School-Saturday School (USA)
- City Montessori School, Lucknow (India)
- Fuji Sacred Heart Junior High School, Shizuoka (Japan)
- Ikubunkan Senior High School & Ikubunkan Global High School, Tokyo (Japan)
- Japanese Language School of Cleveland (USA)
- Japanese School of Toledo (USA)
- Japanese Supplementary School in Middle Tennessee (USA)
- Japaniche Schule in Zurich (Hoshuko) (Switzerland)
- Kamikawa Junior High School of Kamikawa Town, Hyogo (Japan)
- Kashihara Municipal Unebi Junior High School, Nara (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)
- Miyagi Prefectural Hakuou Senior High School (Japan)
- Numazuhigashi Senior High School of Shizuoka Prefecture (Japan)
- Omori 6th Junior High School of Ota City, Tokyo (Japan)
- Osaka Communication Arts (Japan)
- Port of Sacramento Japanese School (USA)
- Saint Mary's International School, Tokyo (Japan)
- Shigakusya, Tokyo (Japan)
- Showa Women's University Senior High School, Tokyo (Japan)
- Sugiyama Jogakuen University Affiliated Primary School, Aichi (Japan)
- Tokyo Gakugei University International Secondary School (Japan)
Essay Contest 2012 Guidelines
Essay Contest 2012 Entries by Region
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