I am not the puppet of a cigarette: The laureates are known

The prize handing ceremony on the contest “I am not the puppet of a cigarette” that took place on the 28th May 2015 in Yaounde.

The laureates

There are about forty projects that were subject to a thorough study within this competitions jury. According to Monique Ngo Mayag, the reporter of the jury, “This is the selection of interesting and mature messages that the candidates submitted to the appreciation of the jury”. After 04 hours of deliberations, the laureates are officially known:

§  1st prize: Bessawa Mpondo Léopoldine, form 3 student from Francois-Xavier Vogt College.

§  2^nd prize: Sissako Sonia, form 5 student in Jean Tabi college.

§  3^rd prize: Sokoudjou Ngutchou Linda, form 5 student in Jean Tabi college.

§  The special prize of the jury was awarded to Bassong Elouga Andréa-Morris, a form 1 student for the quality and pertinence of her message.

Organized by the Cameroon Coalition to Counter Tobacco during this year World No Tobacco Day 2015, the contest of the best tobacco prevention message, wish to create a discouraging environment to tobacco and implicate adolescents in the prevention of this scourge amongst youths.

This contest was opened to students of forms 3 to 5. During this pilot edition, the candidates had to express their ideas by act of drawing and poems, their argumentsbeing that they do not want to be the puppet of a cigarette one day.

Mr Pascal Awono, the representative of the minister of public health, underlines all contest interest of this sort or prevention against tobacco are welcomed. The authorities present during the prize giving ceremony, put forward their wishes that this initiative be extended to other students.

 

The laureates and panelists of debate