Oshwal Academy feted in the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest

By Victor MUJIDU

Oshwal Academy registered an impressive performance at the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest.

Nairobi Academy kindergarten, Lavington Primary, Aga Khan Primary Mombasa, Crawford International, Braeburn Gitanga, and St. Austins were among the other competitors who were also awarded.

An estimated 1,733 participants took part in the contest targeting school going pupils below the age of 15 years old and under who live in Kenya.

In the 0–7-year age group, Ella Rahel Haile won Ksh 50,000, Roshan Sagar Dodhia won Ksh 45,000, and Vivian Shah came in third place with a hefty damn cheque of Ksh 30,000.

Aveer Paresh placed third in the 8–11-year category, taking home Ksh 30,000; Anasha Zoe was awarded Ksh 45,000; and Jaiden Alpesh took home Ksh 50,000 (the top prize).

In the 12-to 15-year-old age group, Dhara Vishaal Shah won, Diyan Pratin Shah came in second place, and Johrat-UL-Majf placed third with a comparable sum from the previously listed categories.

Additional special categories that were recognized with honors were Wakudoki and the youngest participants. In the Wakudoki, the winner was Shayan Sagar Dodhia from Nairobi Academy Kindergaten, while Rumaysa Akram Twalib from Aga Khan Primary in Mombasa won the youngest category.

Mr. James Mungai won the prizes from the teachers’ category, while Aga Khan Primary Mombasa was recognized for having the most entries.

The competition majorly provides a platform particularly in the automobile sector, by giving young people an opportunity to showcase their artistic ideals and abilities.

“We have these young artists really coming and trying to resolve issues of the world by seeing what some of us can’t see or do or even changing the way that the interests of the future, and this is imagination and innovation we want to appeal to young children because this is where the ideas are generated,” said Arvinder Reel, CFAO Motors Kenya Managing Director.

Mr. Reel further commented that the power of art can, however, generate customized value besides generating ideas for execution.

“It’s really to bring out the transformative power of art, because it serves as a crucial reminder to all of us of unrealized possibilities that we have the profound depths of human, because I think the most difficult part is art that comes from scattered planning; maybe going to the exhaustive pursuit of bringing the ideas into life is not sometimes fully recognized, and we just want to be in that forefront and be able to recognize,” he added.

The contest was organized by Toyota Kenya – now known as CFAO motors.

The contest is comprised of the national contest and the world contest. Winners of this national contest will be entered as representatives of PNG into the “World Contest,” to be held in Japan. Kenya, for instance, will take three representatives from every category into the world contest.

Being the 17th edition, 5,000 USD prize money will be awarded to each Grand Prize winner in each category (1 person in each category, 3 persons in total) and each Special Award winner in all categories (2 persons in total).

Similarly, 10,000 USD prize money will be awarded to each Grand Prize and Special Award winners’ elementary, junior high, and high school as a general rule, while 3,000 USD prize money will be awarded to each Best Finalist in each category (7 persons in each category, 21 persons in total).