𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬

The Ministry in partnership with the Tautua Program initiated the Ending Violence Poem Competition, 2024. The objective for this competition was to encourage our students to learn and understand about the importance of keeping a violence-free environment, and that they too have a role to play in ending violence in Samoa. The competition invited high school/college and primary school students from all schools in Samoa. By the closing date, a total of 9 poems were received for primary school category and 12 for Colleges. The competition was judged by members of the Management who were given files of poems to be judged separately and submitted to be tallied by the Prevention and Early Intervention Unit within the division for Social Development for the final scores. This ensured that there was complete independence in the judging of the competition.

The prizes for the winners are stationery vouchers from Samoa Stationery and Books that was sponsored by the Tautua Program.

𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

First place – Norman Schmidt , Samoa College , $500 voucher

Second place – Koinonia Ioelu , Samoa College , $400 voucher

Third place – Dominic Palemene , Samoa College, $300 voucher

Fourth place – Rosehanna Semisi , Samoa College, $150 voucher

𝟐. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧;

First place – Precious Merrychrisda Tuilaepa, Vaiola Primary School, $500 voucher

Second place – Nuulua Sapati ,Fasitoo Uta Primary School, $400 voucher

Third place – Vallenistic Rachel Peter, Apia Primary School, 300 voucher

Fourth place – Lupe Tofilau, Vaimea Primary School, $150 voucher

The poems will be posted gradually in the next few days to encourage us all that it is everyone’s responsibility to end all forms of violence in Samoa.

We also extend our gratitude to all our competitors who submitted their poems for this competition.