2011 ONE Africa Awards call for applications

The 4th Annual ONE Africa Award celebrates and bolsters innovative Africa-led, Africa-driven advocacy efforts to help advance one or more of the Millennium Development Goals, the world's blueprint to fighting extreme poverty and disease.

The goals specifically address critical issues to development, such as halving extreme poverty, halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and malaria and providing universal primary education. The recipient of the ONE Africa Award will receive up to US$100 000 in prize money.

Dr. Sipho S. Moyo, ONE's Africa director says, "Throughout Africa, citizens are designing and successfully implementing innovative strategies for tackling extreme poverty, and driving Africa's social and economic transformation through advocacy. These new ideas and exciting approaches are designed and implemented by Africans who understand the complexities of bringing about change and transforming lives in their communities."

Criteria

"What we are looking for are African organisations who have consistently demonstrated, through their work, that their advocacy efforts will drive the demand for change that is necessary for the continent to transform and attain any of the Millenium Development Goals. We want to celebrate Africa's greatness with partners who believe that the power to positively change Africa's future is principally in the hands of Africans themselves" continues Moyo.

Previous award winners include Nigeria's Development Communications Network (Devcoms) and Kenya's Slums Information Development and Resources Centres (SIDAREC) and SEND West Africa.

As demonstrated by these previous winners, the ONE Africa Award highlights the dynamism and achievements of African individuals and organizations who are building a better future for their communities, countries and continent.

For more, go to www.one.org/africaaward.