List of Winners

1st Prize

Children's category (1 entrant)
    I AM THE MUSIC MAKER
Tomohiro Alexander Nibe (Japan & U.S.A, Age 13)

Youth category (1 entrant)
    WITH LOVE
Hang Su (China, Age 24)

2nd Prize

Children's category (2 entrants)
    REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE WITH MY WORDS AND MY HEART
Koyo Okada (Switzerland, Age 11)
    MAKING THE MOST OF MY QUALITIES TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN.
S.S. Rishad (Bangladesh, Age 12)

Youth category (2 entrants)
    THANKS FOR LISTENING
Akira Kuriyama (Japan, Age 22)
    LIVING A NON-VIOLENT LIFE IN A CULTURE OF VIOLENCE
Barward Johnson (Liberia, Age 25)

3rd Prize

Children's category (5 entrants)
    MY SMILE IS EVERYONE’S SMILE
Ayumi Toge (Japan, Age 13)
   MAKING THE MOST OF MY QUALITIES
Mg Arkar Mg Mg Aung Kyaw Htet (Myanmar, Age 13)
    MY STRONGEST DESIRE
Khine Tharaphe Din (Myanmar, Age 14)
    MAKING THE MOST OF MY QUALITIES
Gunesh Divya (Mauritius, Age 14)
    WALKING AWAY......
Sara Rose Hooker (Mozambique, Age 15)

Youth category (5 entrants)
    THE ROAD TO INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION THROUGH AGRICULTURE
Yukinori Miyanaga (Japan, Age 17)
    MY STRENGTHS AND DREAMS
Ryo Yokoyama (Japan, Age 18)
    DEBATING, ARENA TO BEST MAKE USE OF MY QUALITIES
Muhammad Donny Eryastha (Indonesia, Age 19)
    INSPIRATION – SPREADING POSITIVE VIBRATIONS
Anna Mazurek (Sweden, Age 20)
    TRY IT OUT YOURSELF
Jim Haske (Qatar, Age 25)

Honorable Mention

Children's category (25 entrants)
        Ami Scherson (U.S.A., Age 7)
        Kenji S. Casul (The Philippines, Age 12)
        Janika Steiner (Germany, Age 12)
        Natasha Hotung (China, Age 12)
        Hannah Green (U.S.A., Age 12)
        Kenichiro Fukuda (Japan, Age 12)
        Melisa Gisell Perez (Argentine, Age 12)
        Chiang I Chun (Taiwan, Age 13)
        Mahadeo Kevina Shakti (Mauritius, Age 13)
        Amanda Chong Wei-Zhen (Singapore, Age 14)
        Ayanthi Indira Matarage (Sri Lanka, Age 14)
        Ai Kamisono (Japan, Age 14)
        Kullnigg Alfons (Germany, Age 14)
        Mio Saito (U.S.A., Age14)
        Yuki Sado (Japan, Age 14)
        Serene Tan Sze Jia (Malaysia, Age 14)
        Javeria Ali (Pakistan, Age 14)
        Mutsumi Hayata (Japan, Age 14)
        Chisato Mizutani (Japan, Age 14)
        Yumi Yamaguchi (Japan, Age 14)
        Shirley Wynn (Myanmar, Age 15)
        Mizuki Sato (U.S.A., Age 15)
        Sabrina Szeto Hui Ling (Singapore, Age 15)
        Hitomi Nishimaru (Japan, Age 15)
        Laura Giddey (New Zealand, Age 15)

Youth category (25 entrants)
        Ayumi Ito (U.K., Age 16)
        Santiago G. Vázquez (Argentina, Age 16)
        Charissa Ycazas (The Philippines, Age 16)
        Thomas Igeme (Kenya, Age 16)
        Evronia Fr. Angelos Fathy Azer (Egypt, Age 17)
        Javeriya Hasan (Mauritius, Age 17)
        Choi Hena (Republic of Korea, Age 17)
        Dace Baidekasne (Latvia, Age 17)
        Kennedy Calvin Craig Pemberton (St. Kitts and Nevis, Age 18)
        Natalie Turner (Ireland, Age 18)
        Verapat Pariyawong (Thailand, Age 18)
        Keisuke Moriya (U.K., Age 18)
        Archana Asundi (Singapore, Age 19)
        Yap Sui Lin (Malaysia, Age 19)
        Maryam Abdolbari Gozal (U.A.E., Age 20)
        Rie Yamazaki (Japan, Age 20)
        Remzi Cej (Canada, Age 20)
        Lindsey Michelle Jones (U.S.A., Age 21)
        Nur Sheena Binti Baharudin (Malaysia, Age 22)
        Emmanuel Annkah (Ghana, Age 24)
        Geraldine Borg (Malta, Age 24)
        Madhuree Joysury (Mauritius, Age 24)
        Mikhail Zenchenkov (Russia, Age 24)
        Fumiko Chiba (Japan, Age 25)
        Rebecca L. Gordon (U.S.A., Age 25)

Prize for Effort

Children's category (14 entrants)
        Brian Yamato Bates (Australia, Age 8)
        Goh Xing Juan (Singapore, Age 11)
        Tong Yi Lin Eileen (Singapore, Age 13)
        Nanami Kano (Romania, Age 13)
        Chikato Hamano (Japan, Age 13)
        Moeka Miyagi (Taiwan, Age 13)
        Kana Yamada (Japan, Age 13)
        Yee Yinghui (Singapore, Age 14)
        Emily Chan Ka Yan (Singapore, Age 14)
        Haruka Yamashita (Japan, Age 14)
        Koshi Yo (Japan, Age 14)
        Loh Yuh Yiing (Singapore, Age 14)
        Hina Akbar (Pakistan, Age 15)
        Ayako Mikami (Japan, Age 15)

Youth category (13 entrants)
        Jessica Köhler (Germany, Age 16)
        Mizuho Hirano (Canada, Age 16)
        Dargaye Zareen (Mauritius, Age 17)
        Ramasamy Vinasha (Mauritius, Age 17)
        Povilas Lastauskas (Lithuania, Age 18)
        Aung Ling (Myanmar, Age 20)
        Shashwat Kumar Gupta (India, Age 20)
        Satoshi Kato (Japan, Age 21)
        Reena Devi Dhunny (Mauritius, Age 21)
        Vohid Gafurov (Uzbekistan, Age 23)
        Sargsyan Gayane (Armenia, Age 24)
        Leonardo Plasencia (Argentine, Age 24)
        Eduard Muntaner Perich (Spain, Age 25)

Best School Award
        No School Applicable

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