Thank you to all those who entered the Blogging Competition. We enjoyed reading your writing! Below are links to all of the articles we published: please read them and share your thoughts and comments with the authors and with us.
Congratulations to the winners of the Blogging Prizes! These were announced on 12 December 2016 by our great Jury. In addition, we have been impressed by the number and enthusiasm of participants --students, teachers and staff alike-- from the Bridge International Academies in Kenya and Uganda; some teachers even used their weekends to type up their students' articles, which demonstrated a great spirit and commitment. In recognition and as encouragement, it has been decided to award a special grant to the Bridge International Academies.
Entries in alpabetical order:
Young Writers Category (10–14)
- Gwakibe, Darausi (Uganda): An apple – king of all fruits
- Kageya, Hope Linda (Uganda): How people in Africa started using roller/painter
- Katushabe, Erone (Uganda): A wonderful fruit -- Shortlisted!
- Lubwama, Zahara (Uganda): The most loved fruit in the world
- Maina, Francis (Kenya): The White World
- Muggaga, Kawuman (Uganda): How I knew the apple
- Muladeghu, Esther (Kenya): Snow in the World
- Mulondo, Shafik (Uganda): Apples are good for our health
- Nakatu, Alexar Rebecca (Uganda): Rolling to paint
- Nalukenge, Esther Gift (Uganda): An apple
- Nzau, Faith (Kenya): The Colours in my Eyes
- Namawaya, Shaluwa (Uganda): Painting as an art -- Shortlisted!
- Prosper, Namususwa (Uganda): All about an apple
- Vos, Janneke (UK): Love Is Like An Apple Tree -- Winner!
- Walusanga, Regan (Uganda): The apple – a wonder
- Waswa, Paul Kevin (Uganda): Apple
Youth Category (15-18)
- Adine, Elizabeth (Spain): Technology + Art
- Azizan, Nur Afiqah (Malaysia): Sustaining the Inner Artist -- Shortlisted!
- Ayoubi, Jasmine (UK): Can You Really Outgrow Creativity?
- Baker, Olivia (UK): Saving the Planet
- Benedict, Ethan (UK): Technology, a world of its own
- Burgess, Hannah (UK): When I grow up
- Burnes, Ray (UK): Technology in Art
- Collins, Izzy (UK): What have we become?
- Cookie (France): What is an artist and how to remain one
- Hardy, Melissa (UK): Saving the Planet
- Harland, Macey (UK): Move to space
- Harsmok, Ryan (UK): Art and Technology are Important
- Hartford, Adrian (France): We Should Move to Space
- Jones, Emily (UK): Saving the planet is more important than improving individual life
- Jones, Emma (UK): The Art of Being a Child -- Shortlisted!
- Jones, Harper (USA): We must make an effort
- Kharod, Alicia (UK): Save the planet -- Shortlisted!
- McKeith, Cassandra (UK): Technology and Art are complimentary
- Ogamodey, Emmanuel (Nigeria): Save the planet or face the consequences -- Winner!
- Olumodeji, Morayo (Nigeria): Just for the ears of the human race
- Orton, Marisa (France): The Child Within
- Pabelick, Julie (Ireland): Art and Time
- Pattinson, Molly (UK): Our World
- Qambrani, Sana Ali (Pakistan): Let's Reclaim the "Defunct Artist"
- Roye, Julian (France): The Earth, Our Home, Our Future
- Searle, Rebecca (UK): What Role does Technology Play in Art?
- Smith, Joseph (UK): The Role of Technology
- Smith, Thomas (UK): Technological Art
- Sudlander, Alex (UK): The Future
- Thompson, Bethany (UK): Too late
- Tiberi, Kara (France): Save The Planet!
- Truman, Hattie (UK): Save us
- Ujike, Lukas (UK): Save the Planet
Adult Category (19+)
- Abba, Michael (Nigeria): The Key to Unlocking Visions
- Acava Mmaka, Valentina (Kenya): The Igniting Power of Imagination: Education Through the Arts
- Adeniran, Adetayo (Nigeria): Issues in implementing vision and policy in the developing countries: emphasis on economic policy
- Anyata, Kingsley (Nigeria): A Dilemma that Must be Solved
- Awolaja, Elaine (USA): The arts are of incalculable worth in what it means to be a human being
- Bello, Sarafadeen (Nigeria): What is the role of arts in education?
- Bryan, Vicky (UK): A United World
- Coleman, Ashleigh (UK): The Art (or the science) of Perfect Balance
- Crespo-Martín, Santagio (Spain): Bring me the arts! We do need them so much!
- Dairo, John (Nigeria): Education: A powerful weapon to eradicate corruption and terrorism in the world
- Dawal, Jesus (Philippines): Art and the Essence of Individuality
- Ellwood, Rory (UK): The Death of Universal Education -- Shortlisted!
- Faleo, Erima Aaron (Uganda): How schools and universities have shown their responsibility to teach their students on social behaviours alongside academics
- Han, Maythe (UK): Schools as a Microcosm of Society: Bridging the Gap between Kin and Others
- Gharemanzadeh, Reza (UK): Kant would be appalled
- Igbe, Silas (Nigeria): Turning visions into reality: Overcoming the intertia to act
- Jain, Bhavya (India): The Role of Arts in Education
- Juma, Victor (Kenya): Vision without Hallucination is but a Dream
- Justus, Evalyne (Kenya):The Dilemma of Gender Segregation in Schools
- Kahtan, Pinchas (UK): Arts and the Timelessness of Human Experience
- Kariuki, Winnerose Wairimu (Kenya): Importance of teaching social behaviour in schools and universities
- Kheraj, Al-Amin (Tanzania): The paradox of arts today -- Shortlisted!
- Kuria, Shem (Kenya): Do schools and universities have responsibilities to educate their students on social behavior alongside the academic?
- Kurumilla, Vijayshree (India): Education, Social Behaviour and the Inconvenient Truths
- Kwoma, Mark (Kenya): Vision without Execution is just Hallucination
- Machin, Jonathan (UK): The Lifeblood of Society
- Mahama, Baleng (Ghana): How schools can be better potters -- Runner up!
- Maina, Duncan Malachy (Kenya): Role of arts in education
- Mohammed, Ibrahim (Kenya): Teaching social behavior in learning institutions
- Musiriya, Nabisath (India): Be an Inspiration for Good Behaviour
- Musyoka, Benjamin (Kenya): A glimpse at the world through artistic eyes
- Naggayi, Lydia Sanyu (Uganda): A broader education for a more well-rounded student -- Shortlisted!
- Odhiambo, Victor (Kenya): Living Your Vision
- Okpomo, Kenneth (Nigeria): Moulding the social behaviour of students
- Ogbe, Chukwunonso (Nigeria): We are Humans
- Olewe, Esther (Kenya): Winnowing Society's Moral Fabric
- Onwumere, Odimegwu (Nigeria): See Why Gender-based School Is A Hoax
- Omondi, Godfrey (Kenya): The Importance of the Art of Education
- Omondi, Maureen (Kenya): Vision Without Execution is Just Hallucination -- Shortlisted!
- Otieno, Marian (Kenya): Social Behaviour Education:The Responsibility of Schools & Universities
- Ruiz, Maria Del Pilar (Paraguay): Are co-ed schools the best environment for students? -- Winner!
- Rumisha, Wilson (Tanzania): Implementation Is Power
- Saville, Jacqueline (UK): Academic studies do not take place in isolation
- Skellern, Catherine (UK): Why Expressing the Indescribable is of Primary Importance for Young People
- Udensi, Charles (Nigeria): Without birthing ideas the world would remain stagnant
- Uwadilachi, Godwin (Nigeria): My visions; worth more than hallucinations
- Vos, Bronagh (UK): A Teacher's Letter To Her Former Student
- Webb, Stephanie (USA): Neoliberalism to the Detriment of the World
- Williams, Alan (France): The evils of single gender schools
- Yelstine, Adrole (Uganda): Is gender segregation in schools beneficial or detrimental?