Youth Essay and Arts Competition’ which was held from 25th May to 19th June 2020 to offer young Malawians a special opportunity to contribute their ideas towards the development of the National Transformation 2063, the envisioned successor to Vision 2020.

NPC collaborated with itsYouth Core Advisory Panel (Youth CAP), the National Youth Council of Malawi, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Bank, the USAID-Funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) and Seed-Co in running the competition which received overwhelming response from youths in all parts of the country.

PRIMARY SCHOOL CATEGORY
Winner: Talandira Kubalasa of Likuni Girls, Lilongwe,  Std 8, 12 years old, female.
Runner -Up 1: Mtende Ngwira of  Mkwichi, Lilongwe,  Std 6, 11 years old, male.
Runner-Up 2: Megan Chiwawula of Chesa Pvt,  Zomba, Std 4, 10 years old, female.

SECONDARY SCHOOL CATEGORY
Winner: Jacquiline Salatie of Mary Mount, Mzuzu, Form 1, 13 years old, female.

Runner-Up 1: Shareefah Morta of Dedza Islamic, Dedza, Form 4, 14 years old, female.

Runner-Up 2: Anthony Mlepo of SOS, Lilongwe, Form 3, 14 years old, male.

TERTIARY CATEGORY
Winner: Joseph Katsala of LUANAR,  Lilongwe, Year 4, 21 years old, male.

Runner-Up 1: Naeema Dudha of MAGU, Lilongwe, Year 1, 19 years old, female.

Runner-Up 2:  Oliheya Nyoni of The Polytechnic,  Blantyre, Year 1, 22 years old, male.

ARTS CATEGORY
Winner: Shameemah Morta of The Polytechnic, Blantyre, Year 2, 17 years old, female.

Runner-Up 1: Kenneth Kubalasa of Don Bosco Technical, Lilongwe, Year 2, 25 years old, male.

Runner-Up 2: Nathan Mumba of Mkwichi Primary, Lilongwe, Std 6, 10 years old, male.

The competition targeted school-going young Malawians aged 10 to 25 who were invited through radio, TV, newspapers and social media to submit entries in four different categories of 1. Primary 2. Secondary 3. Tertiary and 4. Artistic drawings.

Three winners from each of the categories have now been identified following rigorous assessment, which involved primary and secondary school teachers, college lecturers, Youth CAP representatives, Zaluso Arts Group, journalists as well as officials from NPC and representatives from all the sponsors.

NPC and its partners congratulate the winners and all those who submitted entries for their patriotism and creative writing and drawing skills as demonstrated through the high quality of essays and artistic sketches received, which gave tough time to assessors in coming up with the winners.

Also worth noting is that out of the four top winners, three are female and that from all the 12 winners and runners up, six are female. Hats off in a special way to the girls who have demonstrated girl power through this competition.

All the winners and their runners up have already been informed – either directly for adults or through their parents or guardians for minors – of this development, including getting their consent on this press release and will soon be contacted again as to when and how prizes will be presented to them.

For more details or any clarifications, please email NPC Communications Specialist, THOM KHANJE on tkhanje@npc.mw or call on 0888879329.