Deputy Japanese Ambassador to Uganda Mizumoto Horii congratulates Akankunda Daniela as the Director of Viva College school Ms Faridah Kisaame (Left) and her mother Jill Kyatuhaire (Right) looks on at the Embassy of Japan during the flag off ceremony. 

A 14-year-old student Daniela Akankunda, a S2 student at Viva College School has emerged winner out of over 1000 students who applied to represent Uganda at the Japan summer camp this year.

Akankunda wrote a short essay about the extinction of Mother Nature and environmental degradation in Uganda as one of the major challenges that will see the ‘Pearl of African’ disappear in the near future.

“I am very excited to be part of this study and I know I will learn a lot when I am there. I want to come and help my people in my community and especially in my school to learn how to conserve the environment,” Akankunda said.

The students will be hosted by United World College ISAK in Japan being a member of the summer camp which happens every year in different countries around the world.

“I am afraid that my grandchildren will not see this beauty in my country if we do not step up our efforts to conserve the environment. If I got $10, 000, I would encourage my fellow children to plant trees and conserve the environment in all ways,” Ms Jill Kyatuhaire, Akankunda’s mother said reciting from her daughter’s write up.

In this competition sponsored by the Japanese government, interested students were supposed to write an essay about their mother nature, environment and their short biographies. The Pieces that emerged the best would send the authors to this competitive summer camp in Tokyo which is attended by 80 more students picked around the world.

Source * https://www.monitor.co.ug