`Dear Barack Obama - Dear John McCain Competition`
In September 2008 The Mbegu Trust ran a competition open to all secondary school pupils in Kenya to ask a question, and write a short letter beginning “If you become President of the United States I hope you will…”, to either Barack Obama or John McCain. The competition is now closed.
OVER 1,000,000 KSH AWARDED!
Prizes were awarded by a panel of judges for the best, most pertinent questions and most original contributions.
The prizes were awarded at a ceremony to be held in Nairobi on November 27. |
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The Mbegu Trust is a Nairobi-based charity established to fund and promote the development of education in East Africa. [Website]
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THE PRIZES
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The winning eight students each received Ksh 20,000
- Their schools received Ksh 100,000
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24 runners-up prizes of Ksh 2,500 were also awarded.
Winning entries are posted on this website. Copies of the winning entries will be sent to President-elect Obama and Senator McCain, and winning entries together with a selection of many more entries will also be placed on public display in Nairobi.
The aim of the project was to provide an educational tool for Kenya’s teachers to inform the school children of Kenya about the history, political process and the election of a president in the United States; as the basis for comparative Kenya/US studies; and to provide funds for the development of education in Kenya East Africa now and into the future. |
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15,000 students entered the competition! |
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Response Statistics
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