Covid-19 essays awarded global prizes
The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition is the world's oldest international writing competition for schools. Thousands of young people take part each year, writing their essays and entering them. Three of this years medalists are from Ghana's Roman Ridge School in Accra. They all wrote about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Audrey Brown spoke to them, gold medalists Abena Nomafo and Nana Adjoa Forson, and bronze medalist Tenzin Kofi Mainoo.
(Photo: Nana Adjoa Forson (L) Tenzin Kofi Mainoo (C) and Abena Nomafo (R). Credit: The Roman Ridge School, Accra, Ghana.)
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