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National Winners from 18 Countries and Region Selected for Panasonic KWN Global Contest 2017
Panasonic (News - Alert) Corporation has completed the final judging process for the
Global Contest 2017 of "Kid Witness News (KWN)," an educational program
designed to support the video production of elementary, junior high, and
high school students around the world with the KWN concept of "The World
Through Their Eyes."
The 26 national winners for the KWN Global Contest 2017 have been
selected and approximately 100 representatives of the 26 winning schools
in 18 different countries and region have been invited to Tokyo to
attend the "KWN Global Summit 2017" from August 1 to 5, which will be
held for the first time. During this period, the Grand Prix winners will
be announced at the KWN Global Contest 2017 awards on August 4.
Amid a global environment that calls for the world to work more closely
together, the "KWN Global Summit 2017" is a new initiative for nurturing
the next generation of young global leaders, which seeks to provide them
with the opportunity for furthering mutual understanding and promoting
peaceful coexistence, with the aim of "Create Our Future Together" by
looking at social issues from a global perspective. Around 100
representatives have been invited from 18 countries and region around
the world to visit Tokyo to spend five days working together through
interviews and discussions and sharing the ideas, geared towards "Create
Our Future Together."
The children will study the issues together through their "eyes" and
give presentations entitled "Our Proposal For A Better Future" on August
4 for KWN Global Summit 2017. Their activities are scheduled to be
broadcast live via KWN Facebook (News - Alert) and Youtube.
KWN activities are currently being conducted in 18 different countries
and region around the world as part of Panasonic's educational support
activities for the next generation. This is an interactive educational
program in which participating schools are supplied with video equipment
and the videos they produce are judged in contests every year. The
children complete the entire production process themselves, from
planning to investigation, filming, and editing. First launched in the
United States in 1989, KWN has now been running for 28 years with a
total of more than 180,000 children and their teachers taking part so
far. This year saw around 5,000 people took part from 18 different
countries and region around the world, with submissions received from
343 schools. The five-minute videos were produced on three broad themes
- "communication," "environment," and "sports" - as the children offered
their own unique perspectives on issues close to them like sports,
global environmental problems, and people who have dealt with families,
disabilities, and PTSD. The 26 national winning entries from 18
countries and region can be viewed on the official KWN website.
[Related Website] - KWN Global Contest 2017 special website http://www.panasonic.com/global/corporate/kwn/contest2017.html -
KWN Global (English) http://www.panasonic.com/global/corporate/kwn.html -
KWN Facebook (English) https://www.facebook.com/PanasonicKWN.Global/
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KWN 2017 national winners
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(Listed alphabetically by country name)
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No
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Country/school/title
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Topic/details
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Elementary schools
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1
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[Austria]
Private Elementary School
of the Franciscan Sisters
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Communication: The video describes the message of
the importance of friendship; life is more fun with friends.
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What is important to us?
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2
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[Canada]
Ecole Rockingham School
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Communication: The video shows their unique group work with the
entire school celebrating Canada's 150th anniversary with each
member holding up a card about patriotism.
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Here's Our Canada
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3
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[China]
Beijing Haidian Wanquan Primary School
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Communication: The video depicts the sadness of Beijing children who
spend their entire days studying.
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One day of Beijing Kids
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4
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[Czech Republic]
Primary School of Josef Bublik, Banov
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Communication: The students from two villages overcome their hatred
to learn love and respect transcending religious and ethnic
differences thanks to their teacher's lessons.
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Against the hatred
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5
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[Germany]
School at Ernst-Reuter-Place
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Communication: The children of different countries and cultures
assemble at one school and transcend language barriers to come
together through dance.
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Tell me what you want!
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6
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[Hong Kong]
Yuen Long Government Primary School
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Environment: A strange email received from the year 2077 tells the
children of water shortages and environmental devastation in the
future.
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2077
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7
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[Indonesia]
Al Azhar 17 Bintaro Islamic
Elementary School
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Communication: Questioning the danger of children losing their
desire to learn because of limited, one-way discussion and
communication.
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Silent Language
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8
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[Japan]
FC Força Hahajima
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Communication & Environment: The video shows how people living on
the island of Hahajima, Ogasawara are connected to their beautiful
natural surroundings.
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Sharing Ties
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9
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[Malaysia]
Long Sepiling Primary School
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Communication: The video focusing on hands, with the message that
hands are a divine gift that joins people together.
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THE POWER OF HANDS
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10
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[Slovakia]
Primary School with Kindergarten of Rudolf Dilong
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Communication: The importance of expressing respect and gratitude to
our mothers with interviews and acted scenes is underlining in the
movie.
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My mum
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11
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[Thailand]
Assumption Samutprakarn School
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Sports: The main character of the video learns about sportsmanship
and paying respect to one's opponent.
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The Winner
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12
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[United States of America]
Rancho Minerva Middle School
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Communication: A 92-year-old US Navy veteran and a 14-year-old child
of immigrant parents write a letter to today's America with their
message about patriotism and the importance of family.
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Dear America
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13
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[Vietnam]
Master Hand Children Group
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Communication: A young boy shows how advances in technology have
left him lonely due to insufficient communication with his parents.
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THEY TALK TO ME, FINALLY
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Junior high and high schools
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14
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[Austria]
Ried Polytechnic School
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Communication: A student obsessed with computer games loses both
friends and the chance to go to a good school. But his classmates
care about him, trying to help him find a balance between the
virtual world and the real world.
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Back to Reality
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15
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[Brazil]
Guilherme Dumont Villares School
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Communication: A homeless boy encounters the world of music and sees
his own world changed
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Light of Melody
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16
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[Germany]
Wirsberg-Gymnasium
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Communication: The video is a comedic documentary taking a humorous
look at the various attempts and difficulties encountered producing
this video from the students' aspects.
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Attention Film!
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17
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[Indonesia]
Regina Pacis Junior High School
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Communication: A girl who had lost her will to live searches
desperately for, and ultimately discovers a new purpose.
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Love Letters
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18
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[Japan]
Fukushima Prefectural
Iwaki Senior High School
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Communication: The video without words shows communication is the
best way of bringing people closer together.
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Open.
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19
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[Malaysia]
Batu Lintang National Secondary School
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Sports: The story is following a disabled athlete who never gave up
on her dream and made a contribution to her country by winning a
Paralympic medal.
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PALALYMPIAN
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20
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[Oman]
Indian School Al Ghubra
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Sports: The story is about a poor boy who is good at cricket
pursuits his dreams to become a cricketer after his father's death,
conveying the message of the importance of the passion to make the
dream come true.
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Legends are not born, but made!
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21
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[Panama]
Saint Christopher Episcopal Institute
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Sports: The video is a documentary which tells us that there is no
limitation for achieving our dreams by depicting a young man who is
trying to overcome obstacles through sports.
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7/10
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22
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[Tanzania]
SWACCO
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Communication: The video is focusing on AIDS, poverty, and sexual
discrimination problems in Tanzania, showing that education is a
force that can change society.
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FURAHA I -I have a Dream-, -One day-
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23
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[Thailand]
Montfort College
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Communication: The story of a young girl whose mother suffers from
schizophrenia, and who falls into depression herself due to
relationships with society and at school.
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Dead End
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24
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[United Arab Emirates]
Elite Private School
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Communication: The video is about the people suffering from PTSD due
to war or the loss of loved ones get back on their feet with the
support of those around them.
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Afflictions
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25
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[United States of America]
Eastlake High school
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Communication: The video is about a daughter and her father who
wasted time and missed seeing his children grow up in their daily
lives in the lack of communication.
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It's Worth It
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26
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[Vietnam]
Alpha Secondary School
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Communication: The video is about social conditions in Vietnam,
stressing the importance of freedom of expression for children in
education.
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The Scribble Picture
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About Panasonic Kid Witness News
KWN was launched in 1989 when the local Panasonic company in the United
States supplied video recording and editing equipment to public
elementary and junior high schools for an educational program in which
children could produce news videos from their own perspective. The
program was then developed globally, with 18 different countries and
region taking part today. The aims of the KWN activities are, through
video production, to foster creativity among the children, and to raise
their social awareness as they investigate things like regional society
and global environmental issues. Those overseeing the activities have
also reported an educational value to the teamwork skills that can be
cultivated through the video production process. The program also allows
participating schools the opportunity for international exchange through
the global network of KWN participating schools.
The concept for these activities is "The World Through Their Eyes." The
program emphasizes the "world and perspectives as seen by children", and
seeks to cultivate the "eyes" through which the Kids Journalists view
their society.
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*Participants: 18 countries and region
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North America
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Canada, United States
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Latin America
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Brazil, Panama
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Europe
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Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovakia
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Middle East
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Oman, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates
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Asia
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China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
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About Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development of
diverse electronics technologies and solutions for customers in the
consumer electronics, housing, automotive, and B2B businesses.
Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2018, the company has
expanded globally and now operates 495 subsidiaries and 91 associated
companies worldwide, recording consolidated net sales of 7.343 trillion
yen for the year ended March 31, 2017. Committed to pursuing new value
through innovation across divisional lines, the company uses its
technologies to create a better life and a better world for its
customers. To learn more about Panasonic: http://www.panasonic.com/global.
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