The ONE Africa Award is a new tool for ONE to help showcase and celebrate some of the innovative work being done by Africans to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. With an annual grant of $100,000, ONE aims to bolster the efforts of African individuals and organisations based on the continent and leading the fight against extreme poverty. African civil societies have an extremely important role to play in advancing the development agenda, both through their own actions and as monitoring bodies of government-implemented programs, ensuring money goes where it is most needed.
The 2008 ONE Africa Award was given to Development Communications Network (Devcoms) for their work with the media in Nigeria, training and sensitising journalists and editors to public health care issues especially for women and children. Reducing child and maternal mortality are the fourth and fifth Millennium Development Goals but are the ones where some of the least progress has been made, especially in Africa. Devcoms' work sensitising and immersing reporters in public health issues has corresponded with a 15% rise in media coverage of maternal and child health in Nigeria. Devcoms also provides media support to advocacy efforts for free maternal and child health care across the country. The award was announced at the Civil Society Organizations' Parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana.
The 2008 ONE Award Finalists. MORE
Development Communications (Devcoms) Network is a media-development and capacity-building non-governmental organization that engages media in the development process with a strong emphasis on science and public health journalism. MORE
In 2000, leaders from 189 nations signed on to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of eight ambitious targets designed to significantly reduce global poverty and disease by 2015. MORE
Right now, I'm at the Mo Ibrahim Foundation Forum in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania about to announce the 2009 ONE Africa Award winner: "Slums Information Development and Resource Centers" (SIDAREC) of Kenya.Founded by a group of young people from the slums, SIDAREC focuses on lifting the standard of ... More
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I am really pleased to announce that the ONE Africa Award is once again open to receive applications from African individuals and organizations, based in Africa, leading the fight against poverty. The award of up to $100,000 aims to showcase civil society working on the ground to bring about ... More
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From Thursday the 9th – Friday 10th October, ONE Award Winner Devcoms hosted an immersion program for journalists in Kaduna (northern Nigeria) on current maternal newborn and child health issues in Nigeria with the goal of building the skills necessary for journalists to report responsibly on MDG goals 4 and 5 ... More
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As promised, here are some pictures taken at this year's ONE Africa Award ceremony! As you may know, the award created to honour outstanding contributions by Africans towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Development Communications (DEVCOMS) Network, won this year for their excellent work with the media in Nigeria ... More
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The winner of the ONE Africa Award 2008 was announced in Accra yesterday. It was a very special occasion for ONE and we were delighted that ONE’s Policy Advisory Board member, Mr. K.Y. Amoako from Ghana agreed to make the presentation. In a surprising move, ONE decided to ... More
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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 ... More
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