The 2010 International Essay Competition on youth unemployment attracted 2,009 submissions from over 150 countries (90% of submissions came from developing countries). The organizers and partners thank all participants for their submissions.

View the video of the ABCDE closing ceremony with the essay competition award ceremony here (go to "closing ceremony")

Video category winners :

First place : Collins Yiembe (Kenya), see video
Second place : Christopher Cruz (Philippines), see video
Third place : Yonian Gentilis (Indonesia), see video

Essay category winners :

First place : Riska Mirzalina (Indonesia), read essay
Second place (tie) : Maria de Los Angeles Lasa (Argentina), read essay in Spanish or English and Maureen Omoro (Kenya), read essay
Third place : Ashis Himali (Nepal), read essay

Finalists :
Geoffrey K. See (Singapore), read essay
Michael Oluwagbemi (Nigeria), read essay
Shaili Pandia (India) read essay
Nahla Benslama (Morocco), read essay

Authors of best 20 essays, see list
Authors of best 200 essays, see list

Congratulations !!

Diplomas of participation for the 2010 competition have been sent out via email (please check your junk mail folder if you cannot find yours).

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Finalists and winners of the 2008-2010 Essay Competitions are blogging on Youthink!

Winners of the 2009 Essay Competition are writing for the World Bank Climate Change blog! See blog posts by Sophie, Guillermo and Kwasi