Announcing the ONE Africa Award!
July 29th, 2008 at 2:58 pm | posted by Edith.Jibunoh
I am delighted to let you know that we have just launched the ONE Africa Award, an exciting new $100,000 grant for African individuals and organizations, based in Africa, leading the fight against poverty. ONE aims to showcase civil society working on bringing about change amongst the poorest people in Africa. This award for best practice will consider accountable organizations that can demonstrate their commitment and success in assisting Africans to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
African civil society has an extremely important role to play in advancing the development agenda, either through their own action, or as a monitoring body of government implemented programs, ensuring that money goes where it is most needed. We launched the call for applications on July 15th and will continue to receive applications until August 15th. This is our first award, and through this effort, we hope that we can best showcase the individuals and organizations that are doing amazing work, everyday, for African people.
I would be delighted if you could pass on this information on to individuals and organizations that you think would qualify. More information is available here.
-Edith Jibunoh, ONE’s Africa Outreach Manager, Abuja, Nigeria
July 29th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
This is wonderful!
If only we could reward transparent systems in all levels of business and government (in all nations) who work for the good of others, rather than a simple profit motive or for the good of a select few at the top …. (This goes for governments from Latin America to the U.S., as well.)
Looking forward to seeing the ONE Africa Award at work.
July 29th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Dear Edith, this is the BEST news that I could have heard from ONE so soon after the re-authorization of PEPFAR ! Thank you so much for informing us about the ONE Africa Award.
What your post says and what this award does is to highlight African achievements in our movement to end AIDS & extreme poverty. That is a VERY SIGNIFICANT signal to those in the African Continent and to the world that the attempts of individuals and civil societies there will be appreciated, rewarded…. and encouraged.
That is a productive and principled way for our movement to progress - empowering African people to step up to leadership positions in the achievement of our goals and in the future survival of their Continent.
THANK YOU, ONE & DATA, for this award and for the POSITIVE focus that it will bring to the People of Africa.
Have I told you lately that I love you? (smile)
ONE HEART, ONE HOPE, ONE VOICE, ONE LOVE - debbie
www.mpwn-uganda.org
August 1st, 2008 at 1:57 pm
hmm.. thank you very much. usefull information
August 3rd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Cool. It took almost a day to find this info. Thanks, great job.