‘Peace
Begins with Me’ was the theme of the 3rd Edition of the Keeping It Real (KIR)
Foundation World Poetry Day Competition. The objective of this project activity
is to identify and coach budding writers in Primary schools to become better
skilled in the art of writing especially poetry.
Three
public Primary Schools; Army Children Primary School Rainbow Town, Model
Primary School Nkpogu and Community Primary School Amadi-Ama in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State participated in the competition. One hundred and eighty-six pupils
submitted entries for the poetry competition.
Four pupils
from two of the three schools; Army Children Primary School Rainbow Town and
Model Primary School Nkpogu emerged as finalists. Master Idongesit Okon, a
Primary Five pupil emerged as the overall winner of the 2017 KIR Foundation
Poetry Competition.
The final
three received certificates and digital dictionaries as prizes. All the four
finalists had the opportunity to read their poems on live television at Rivers
State Television (RSTV) and at Rhythm 93.7FM in Port Harcourt. KIR Foundation appreciates
the Academy of Poets in Port Harcourt for partnering with us to commemorate the
2017 World Poetry Day.
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