“Building a Secure Future Seeking Practical Solutions”

1) What are the biggest obstacles you face in your daily life?
2) What practical solutions would you propose to build a secure future for yourself and others?

1 Prize exaequo, $3000 each: Asnia Asim (Pakistan), and Wilfred Oliver Segovia (Philippines)
3 Prize, $1000: Lhotse Quintanilla (Bolivia), english translation,
4 Prize, $1000: Esther Ng (Singapore).

Other Finalists:
Wilfrido Kabiling (Philippines),
Safet Hadzimuhamedovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina),
María Fernanda Heyaca (Argentina), english translation,
Alfred Shako Kpane (Democratic Republic of Congo), english translation, and
Boniface Chimwaza (Malawi).

The Juries have also acknowledged many others, that are included in the "other distinguished essays"



Essay Competition finalists, from left to right: Maria Fernanda Heyaca, Lhotse Quintanilla, Safet Hadzimuhamedovic, Wilfrido Kabiling, Boniface Chimwaza, Asnia Asim, Esther Ng, Wilfred Oliver Segovia, and Alfred Shako Kpane who could not attend the final jury in person and presented his essay via teleconference

View videos of the 2005 Essay Competition Award Ceremony in Amsterdam, The Netherlands!

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Read the 2005 Essay Competition Report!