Last September, “Tiangong Dialogue-Talk with Taikonauts” was successfully held in 8 African countries, including Somalia, during which African teenagers demonstrated strong interest in aerospace and aspiration to explore the space. 

From 1 March, a painting competition on the theme of “My Dream” will be co-hosted by the Chinese Follow-up Committee of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and China Manned Space Engineering. Teenagers and younger children in Africa, including Somalia, are warmly welcome to participate in by presenting paintings portraying their hopes and dreams. 

The competition will select 10 winner entries of First Prize, 15 Second Prize and 25 Third Prize. The winners will be awarded trophies and rewards (about 580 US dollars for First Prize, 360 US dollars for Second Prize and 290 for Third Prize)

10 winning entries will be carried by Chinese Taikonauts aboard China’s Shenzhou Spacecraft into the Tiangong Space Station and displayed live on social media platforms to the world.

The Somali participants are kindly requested to send the digital scans of the paintings, along with information such as titles and brief introduction of the paintings as well as names and phone numbers of the authors to somchnbro@gmail.com by 25th March. The size of the painting should not exceed A3 paper (420 mm*297 mm). Videos or photos taken in the process of painting creation are expected to be attached for making promotion videos.