List of Winners

1st Prize

Children's category (1 entrant)
    My job is to feed my hungry neighbor
Burunciuc Mihai (Moldova, Age 14)

Youth category (1 entrant)
    Healing the World: how we can care for our planet
Nusrat Haque (Bangladesh, Age 18)

2nd Prize

Children's category (2 entrants)
    There is nothing in the world that is useless
Saori Yoshida (Japan, Age 11)
    Is it the Real Thing or the Right Thing?
R.J. Dabbar (U.S.A., Age 15)

Youth category (2 entrants)
    Look at Environment from an Agricultural Point of View
Saori Ukigai (Japan, Age 17)
    Awakening People
Evronia Fr. Angelos Fathy Azer (Egypt, Age 18)

3rd Prize

Children's category (5 entrants)
    Caring for Our Planet
Jem Erika A. Nique (The Philippines, Age 10)
   True Nature
Rika Imai (U.S.A., Age 12)
    Caring for our Planet
Linda Chu (New Zealand, Age 15)
    Every Individual Matters and Makes a Difference
Moses Attrams (Ghana, Age 15)
    Taking care of our planet
Monika Kowalska (Poland, Age 15)


Youth category (5 entrants)
    Planting a tree in the Heart
Kenji Nishiyama (Japan, Age 17)
    Unite and Change, or Perish
Chanda Mutale (Zambia, Age 19)
    Caring for Our Planet
Sarah Cameron (Australia)
    From your window
Tran The Phuong (Vietnam, Age 23)
    Little Things Matter
Tomas Sinicki (Lithuania, Age 23)

Honorable Mention

Children's category (25 entrants)
        Jerrika C. Shi (The Philippines, Age 8)
        Regis Martin C. Andanar (The Philippines, Age 9)
        Jane Meryll Dalde (The Philippines, Age 11)
        Denitza Gonzalez (Mexico, Age 11)
        Carissa Bernadette Pobre (The Philippines, Age 12)
        Dalal Essa Abdul Hussain (Oman, Age 12)
        Bailee Renne' Rollins (U.S.A., Age 12)
        Ayako Ishikawa (Japan, Age 13)
        Elina Enikeeva (Uzbekistan, Age 13)
        Jamshid Hakimov (Uzbekistan, Age 13)
        Natsumi Maeda (Japan, Age 13)
        Stepanova Anna (Russia, Age 13)
        Ekaterina Shulejko (Belarus, Age 14)
        Sharbil Sarkees Khattar (Oman, Age 14)
        Doris de Leon Vargas (The Philippines, Age 14)
        Melody Kay O. Carolino (The Philippines, Age 14)
        Andrea Serey (Chili, Age 15)
        Elias Sarkees Khattar (Oman, Age 15)
        Syed Hassan Ali (Pakistan, Age 15)
        Janice Hernandez Aguilar (The Philippines, Age 15)
        Jwan (Russia, Age 15)
        Jean Michelle Manalang Legasto (The Philippines, Age 15)
        Nadesda Alexandrova Ivanova (Bulgaria, Age 15)
        Bijetri Roy (India, Age 15)
        Lara Cristy S. Lava (The Philippines, Age 15)

Youth category (25 entrants)
        Sachiko Tamura (Japan, Age 15)
        Ayushi Charan (India, Age 16)
        Olga Krasnyakova (Belarus, Age 16)
        Nicolas Damonte (Argentine, Age 16)
        S.A.D. Pullsara Madhavi Ranamal (Sri Lanka, Age 16)
        Khatamova Lola Sanjarovna (Uzbekistan, Age 17)
        Jessica Kohler (Germany, Age 17)
        Natalia Rubio (Chile, Age 17)
        Michaela Vladimirova Georgieva (Bulgaria, Age 17)
        Kliukaite Kornelija (Lithuania, Age 18)
        Stephen Onajite Jagboro (Nigeria, Age 18)
        Yukinori Miyanaga (Japan, Age 18)
        Cherene Amoye McLeary (Jamaica, Age 19)
        Bismark Marfo Appah (Ghana, Age 19)
        Sanjeeta Devi (Fiji, Age 20)
        Megan van Eck (South Africa, Age 20)
        Katsanee Surinprateep (Thailand, Age 21)
        Gillian A. Koh (Canada, Age 21)
        Shunk Tatyana (Russia, Age 21)
        Suryani Lukman (Indonesia, Age 21)
        Veronika Kostyunina (Russia, Age 23)
        Clifford Emeka Okwesi (Nigeria, Age 24)
        Luis Reginaldo L. Medilo (The Philippines, Age 24)
        Medvetchi Mariana (Moldova, Age 25)
        Stephen Ryan Menzies (Oman)

Best School Award

        Fukagawa Dai San Junior High School (Japan)

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