On January 23, 2024, the Grand Stage of the Shanghai Himalayas Art Museum was bustling, with children and parents from all over the country gathering to pay attention to the waves of children who came to the stage to receive the awards. Some families even mobilized as a whole family, and the family of five celebrated the event together, as if they were celebrating the New Year and winning the Nobel Prize.
On the eve of the Year of the Dragon, the award ceremony of the "Peace Cup" China-Africa Children's International Comic Contest in Kenya, jointly sponsored by the International Peace Exchange Foundation and the Kenyan Embassy in China, after nearly a year of planning, organization, solicitation, competition, evaluation and other links, hundreds of outstanding winners of various awards stood out from 24,713 works.
Rebecca Ekuam, Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of Kenya in China, and Zhang Yue, Deputy Representative of the Shenzhen Office of the International Peace Exchange Foundation, presented the Peace Prize to Zhang Boyan and Liu Yichen
Zhang Ming, Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee of the Silk Road Ecological and Cultural Journey, presented the Silk Road Award to the children
The Minister Counsellor of the Kenyan Embassy in China and Jiang Sanbo, Director of the Xu Beihong Cultural Exchange Center in Beijing, presented special awards to the children
Innocent Aloyce Mogunde, Education Counsellor of the Kenyan Embassy in China, and Zhang Ming, Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee of the Silk Road Ecological and Cultural Journey, presented the gold medals to the children
With the support of parents and art institutions, some children have participated in the 2021 Egypt and 2022 Morocco stations, and they have also gained a lot in this year's Kenya competition, becoming a veritable "three consecutive championships" and "two consecutive championships". As the award-winning children unanimously agreed, it was the mysterious pyramids and beautiful totems of Egypt, the capital city of Morocco that overturned the "God" palette and the mythical Sahara Desert, as well as the fascinating animal kingdom and the stunning African Grand Canyon in Kenya, which sparked their curiosity and led them to pursue their dreams with their brushes and walk through the dreams of the African land.
Innocent Aloyce Mogunde, Counsellor of the Embassy of Kenya in China, and Wang Jinjun, Secretary-General of the Shenzhen Representative Office of the International Peace Exchange Foundation, presented certificates to the outstanding institutions
Representative of the jury of the Organizing Committee of the competition
In order to tell Chinese and African stories well, the organizing committee has carefully planned, carefully organized and steadily promoted the healthy development of the competition, so that children can immerse themselves in the practice of aesthetic education countless times, so that they can enjoy themselves physically and mentally, play and create.
Zhang Ming, Chinese Chairman of the China-Africa Children's International Comic Contest, delivered a speech
肯尼亚驻华使馆公使参赞Rebecca Ekuam致辞
Zou Jiacheng, Executive Director of Shanghai Himalayas Art Museum, delivered a speech
In order to witness this historic moment, the Minister Counsellor, Education Counsellor, Kenyan judges and 20 students from the Embassy of Kenya in China attended the award ceremony. The Minister Counsellor delivered an enthusiastic speech: "We commend the initiatives of China for organizing the China-Africa Children's International Comics Contest, which has united children from all countries while holding high the banner of peace and development, and has achieved integrity, perseverance and commitment, so that comic art transcends national borders and becomes a bridge of friendship that connects different cultures and promotes mutual trust, mutual respect and common promotion." ”
Moderator: Xiao Fan and Kenyan judge Peter Gikonyo
Leng Jie, Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee of the China-Africa Children's Comic Contest, announced the winners
When the temperature in Shanghai was only 3 degrees, the chopsticks dance "Prairie Beat" from the Second Affiliated Primary School of Shanghai Sixth Normal School, the "Shang Tambourine" from Shanghai Haihong Art Center, and the lantern dance "Yuan Ri" from the Li Dance Space Li Dance Troupe added a strong festive atmosphere to the scene. The children waved the small national flags of China and Kenya, and the sound of "Happy New Year" echoed in the air for a long time and was cherished in their hearts.