Echezonna Eke Ogudu (16 years) of the Infant Jesus Model Secondary School, Oron, Akwa Ibom State won the second prize at the painting competition in Port Harcourt, which Adaba T Ibim, Stella Williams and the team working with Mundus maris in the Niger Delta organised on 30 October 2010. The title of his oil painting on canvas was "Niger Delta - hear the children".
For weeks the team had engaged with schools and students from two states in the Niger Delta to propose cooperation, art work and learning new skills as an alternative to the violence and environmental damage. This specific activity took place at the Stella Maris Secondary School and featured participants from two universities and 7 schools. The best works will be sent to the See(a)Art youth exhibition, scheduled for opening on 26 June 2011 in Hilden Germany. Read more.
Echezonna Eke Ogudu went on to win the first prize of the jury and the public at the SeeArt youth exhibition in Hilden, Germany. Read more.