The global contest, held in 2004 by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), is intended to give children the opportunity to develop their interest in cars and further understand the joy and importance of having a dream.
The contest involved children using the rich power of their imaginations to draw their “dream cars” and was under the theme “Your Dream-The Car of the Future”. It was open to children aged 15 years and below from 64 countries and regions around the world.
The objective was to create an opportunity for Toyota distributors to further strengthen relationships with local communities and clients through community-based activities. Mr. Takahiko Takabayashi, Managing Director of Toyota Ghana, said he was glad that Ghana was invited to join the global initiative by TMC.
He said this year’s contest was limited to children and customers, and added that “Since this is an annual project, we are going to open-up the nominations next year and the years ahead to cover all Ghanaian children, irrespective of their affiliation with Toyota.” The children who participated were given prizes to encourage them to practice their creativity even more.
The winners of each category received GH¢500 cash. The 1st runner-up also walked home with GH¢300 cash while the 2nd runner-up got GH¢200. In addition to the cash prizes, all award winners received reading books, drawing materials, Toyota-branded schoolbags, pens and pencils, calculators and much more.
Those whose artworks were not selected received consolation prizes and educational materials for participating.
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