The National awards of The 13th Toyota
Dream Car Art Contest was held today to announce the nine winners who competed
in the World Contest in Japan.
The Toyota Dream Car Art contest is a
global initiative organized annually by Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Japan
and one of the biggest drawing competitions in the world reaching out to
children across more than 80 countries. It welcomes children under 16 years of
age who are encouraged to use their imagination to create the car of their
dreams in the form of art.
Previously,
Pakistan has had two World Contest Winners. This year Pakistan has two World
Winners in two age categories i.e. 8 to 11 Years and 12 to 15 years. 10 year old girl, Palwasha Azeem from Rahim
Yar Khan for her “Lantern Car” and 13 year old boy Ibrahim Kureshy from Lahore for
his “Car of Invisibility”
Children are broadly divided
into 3 age categories. Additionally, the contest has a special “Royal” category
to entertain differently-abled children as well. This category has seen active participation from
differently abled children, growing by 41% with 1600 drawing submissions this
year against 1100 in 2018.
CEO Indus Motor Company Ali
Asghar Jamali said, “Pakistani children are immensely gifted. It
is unfortunate that we don’t have proper platform to nurture their talent. The
Toyota Dream Car Art Contest is focused to
facilitate untapped potential of our youth and providing them avenues to show
their talents to the world.”
“It’s been an
interesting journey for the Dream Car since it revved up its engine in 2011 with
the 5th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest. It all started with a humble
10,500 artwork submissions from just 250 schools nationally and over the years
has grown exponentially, with 2019 – 13th Toyota Dream Car Art
Contest – receiving a record 48,500 artworks from 1,550 schools across the
country, making Pakistan the 3rd nation globally to have received
the highest number of artwork submissions,” he
added.
The national winners of the
first category (children under 8 years) were
Gold: Fatima Hassan, Silver: Ahmad, Bronze:
Imran Mirza.
The national winners of the second category
(children aged 8 to 11) were
Gold: Muhammad Asmad Yaqoob, Silver: Muhammad
Shazam Yaqoob, Bronze: Palwasha Azeem.
The national winners of the third category
(children aged 12 to 15) were
Gold: Ibrahim Ahmad Qureshy, Silver: M.
SUFIYAN SALMAN, Bronze: EMAN ASIF
The national winners in “Royal” category were
Gold: Maryam Junaid, Silver: Maaz Ali Baqrani, Bronze: Ahmad