Deadline extended for ONE Africa Award

Africa-led, Africa-driven organisations now have an additional week to submit their applications for consideration for the Award. The Award honours outstanding contributions by African based organisations leading the fight against poverty and preventable disease on the continent.

Now in its eighth year, The ONE Africa Award highlights and bolsters innovative, Africa-led and Africa-driven advocacy efforts that help advance one or more of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world's blueprint for fighting extreme poverty and disease. This year's ONE Award is especially significant as it comes at a time when world leaders prepare to adopt the new Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) - the framework by which anti-poverty organisations and activists do more to encourage sustainable development by 2030. Previous winners include Friends Africa (2014), Agricultural Non-State Actors Forum (ANSAF) of Tanzania (2013), Positive-Generation from Cameroon (2012), GF2D from Togo (2011), SEND Ghana (2010), SIDAREC of Kenya (2009); and Devcoms of Nigeria (2008).

More details on ONE Africa Award and full scoring criteria for applicants can be found at www.one.org/africaaward.

1. Who can apply - Individuals and organisations, based in Africa, that demonstrate innovative approaches and measurable results in helping to meet one or more of the Millennium Development Goals through advocacy are invited to apply.

2. How to apply - Applications can be sent to gro.eno@drawa.eno or by mail to:

ONE Africa
Silver Stream Office Park
1st Floor, Main Building
10 Muswell Road South
Bryanston, Johannesburg
South Africa

3. Announcement of the Winner - The award recipient will be announced in November 2015.

Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of ONE.org.