As he emerged the winner of the competition, Aseweje has successfully joined other countries for the upcoming “My Dream” painting competitions for African youth.
The award ceremony held yesterday at the Chinese embassy in Bijilo was an event for Gambian youth to connect to Chinese astronauts in Chinese Space Station.
The occasion brought together competitors from the University of The Gambia, the University of Applied Science, Nusrat Senior Secondary School who were also awarded certificates for their brilliant paintings which exhibited their dreams including being doctors, agriculturists, space engineers and accountants among others.
Other African nations that have been successfully shortlisted for the upcoming “My Dream” painting competitions for African youth include Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mozambique, Malawi, Egypt, Chad, Comoros and Central African Republic among other nations.
Speaking at the ceremony, Liu Jin, Chinese ambassador to the Gambia expressed his impression with the paintings made by the various participants which exhibited their intentions of being doctors, accountants, space engineers, teachers and scientists among host of others.
He noted that the results of their dreams would not only benefit them as individuals, but also their families and the society.
He urged them to focus and pursue their dreams to achieve their target goals. He advised the students to study Chinese language and work hard to have scholarship to study in China and return to develop their nations.
He said: “It reminds me that my dream was to be a teacher, because my family was a large family and some of my relatives were teachers, so I developed the passion for being a teacher, but I finally became a diplomat.”
However, he noted that he found out that there are similarities between a teacher and a diplomat which is to communicate and make friends with others.
“It is my responsibility to contact these people from all walks of lives to communicate with them to promote our bilateral relations,” he revealed.
He further revealed that the Chinese government and The Gambia government through the Ministry of Higher Education, Research Science and Technology have signed a memorandum of Understanding on TVET programmes.
He said that “these are some of the things we need to do to promote our bilateral relations and promote our friendship. All our dreams are to promote bilateral relations.”
